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Taiwan Culture in Europe: A Campaign of Connection and Confidence
Taipei’s cultural outreach across European cities highlights freedom, diversity and artistic exchange, strengthening people-to-people ties amid a shifting global landscape. As winter settles across Europe, galleries glow a little warmer and concert halls hum with unfamiliar yet inviting sounds. From…
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Greece Pulls Hundreds From the Sea as Winter Crossings Surge
A large-scale rescue off Crete underscores mounting migration pressure across the Mediterranean at the height of winter. Rescue vessels cut through rough winter seas south of Crete this week as Greece mounted one of its largest maritime operations of the…
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French Government Seeks Christmas Truce in Farmer Blockades
Paris urges a holiday pause as protests strain transport routes and national supply chains PARIS — As the holiday season approaches, the French government is calling for a temporary easing of farmer-led blockades that have disrupted transport, food distribution, and…
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Toho Sets Its Sights on Europe’s Anime Boom
Japan’s entertainment powerhouse expands across the continent as demand for anime surges among new generations of viewers. By late December, as Europe’s cultural calendar slows and streaming queues fill up for the holidays, one trend in entertainment is unmistakable: anime…
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Tractors at the Gates of Europe
Farmers encircle Brussels to oppose the EU–Mercosur trade deal as leaders meet, reigniting a debate over agriculture, sovereignty, and the future of free trade. Brussels awoke under a low winter sky to the rumble of engines and the smell of…
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EU Moves to Lift Kosovo Sanctions, Unlocking Financial Aid as Balkan Tensions Ease
Brussels signals a reset in relations with Pristina, aiming to stabilize the Western Balkans and reassert the bloc’s influence in a fragile region. The European Union is preparing to lift the restrictive measures imposed on Kosovo in the aftermath of…
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Europe Must Be Responsible for Its Own Security, von der Leyen Says
In Brussels, the European Commission president calls for strategic autonomy as shifting geopolitics and uncertainty over allies force the EU to rethink its defence future. BRUSSELS — Europe can no longer assume that its security will be guaranteed by others.…
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Western Balkans at the Crossroads of Europe
EU enlargement momentum returns as North Macedonia advances and Albania meets resistance Brussels — The European Union’s long-running conversation with the Western Balkans has returned to center stage, as leaders, diplomats and commissioners gather in Brussels for a high-level summit…
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Switzerland Secures Broad Backing for Deeper EU Ties
A new cooperation framework points to a pragmatic European path beyond full membership By late December, Switzerland has entered a pivotal moment in its long and often delicate relationship with the European Union. After years of stop-start negotiations and domestic…
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EU Sees Jimmy Lai Conviction as Emblematic of Democracy Erosion
Brussels condemns a Hong Kong court ruling, warning it underscores wider global concerns over rights, rule of law, and press freedom. Brussels — The European Union has condemned the conviction of Hong Kong media entrepreneur and pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai,…
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