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OECD chief urges EU to heed Draghi as tariffs test Europe’s economic model
DUBAI (Realist English). European leaders should “listen very carefully” to the recommendations of former European Central Bank president Mario Draghi...
India and EU seal ‘landmark’ free trade agreement amid global trade tensions
NEW DELHI (Realist English). India and the European Union have concluded what officials described as a “landmark” free trade agreement,...
Russia remains EU’s fourth-largest gas supplier despite diversification push
BRUSSELS (Realist English). Russia remained the European Union’s fourth-largest supplier of natural gas in 2025, exporting almost 38bn cubic metres...
European stocks open lower as defense sector rallies on U.S. policy signals
LONDON (Realist English). European equity markets opened in negative territory on Thursday, with the pan-European Stoxx 600 slipping about 0.3%...
Europe’s corruption problem extends beyond the East–West divide, researchers warn
BRUSSELS (Realist English). Corruption in Europe is often portrayed as a problem concentrated in Eastern member states, while Western Europe...
EU squeezed between US and China as trade pressures intensify in 2025
BRUSSELS (Realist English). The European Union has come under mounting pressure in 2025 from both the United States and China,...
EU prepares €1.2tn upgrade of electricity grids, identifies eight priority projects to speed up renewables rollout
BRUSSELS (Realist English). The European Commission has selected eight flagship projects under its forthcoming “Grids Package,” a sweeping plan aimed...
EU’s Kallas downplays harsh US security report, urges unity with Washington
BRUSSELS (Realist English). The EU’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has called for maintaining transatlantic unity after the Trump administration’s...
EU agrees on phased ban of Russian gas imports by 2027
BRUSSELS (Realist English). The Council of the European Union and the European Parliament have reached a political agreement on a...
Putin and Xi reaffirm strategic partnership in New Year video talks
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin held a video conference with Chinese President Xi Jinping on February 4, marking...
Pompeo hints at US involvement in unrest and attacks in Iran
TEL AVIV (Realist English). Former US secretary of state and ex-CIA director Mike Pompeo has made a rare public statement...
Khamenei warns of regional war amid US military build-up in the Gulf
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei warned on Sunday that any US attack on the Islamic Republic would...
Trump warns Iran as US carrier group moves closer, raising fears of imminent military clash
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The risk of open conflict between the United States and Iran intensified after US President Donald Trump...
Star Wars without fiction: how space became the next battlefield
MOSCOW (Realist English). “Star Wars” stopped being science fiction long ago. Unfortunately, over ten thousand years of civilisation, humanity has...
Dadivank: The Legacy of Christ’s Apostles in Artsakh
YEREVAN (Realist English). In Artsakh, before the ethnic cleansing and forced deportation – simply put, genocide – carried out by...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
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