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PM wants to keep dispute going until next general election, says former Northern Ireland secretary

For the latest edition of Europe Now, we head to Poland and Hungary. These two EU members both border Ukraine and have both taken in large numbers of Ukrainian refugees. But on more political issues, their governments' responses to the war have been drastically different. Our team meets lawmakers from…

Russia's blockade of the export of millions of tons of Ukrainian grain is a war crime, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday. "We call on Russia to deblockade the (Ukrainian) ports...It is inconceivable, one cannot imagine that millions of tons of wheat remain blocked in Ukraine while…

The 2007 settlement I worked on aimed to deepen the peace process – the vandals now in charge of Britain don’t care about it, says former Northern Ireland secretary Peter Hain

Trapped by the terms of their ‘transit visas’, seafarers from outside the EEA are facing exploitation, danger and violence

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Russia was likely to intensify its "hostile activity" this week, as Kyiv awaits a historic decision from the European Union on its membership application. Nearly three months after Russia launched a bloody invasion of his country, Zelensky said there had been "few such fateful…

Dominic Raab responsible for ‘significant decisions’ for 24 hours

Dmitry Muratov, the Russian editor-in-chief of the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, on Monday auctioned off his Nobel Peace Prize gold medal for a whopping $103.5 million to benefit children displaced by the war in Ukraine. Earlier Monday, the EU’s top diplomat called Russia’s blockade of millions of tonnes of Ukrainian…

‘We are ready. We warn partners,’ says Ukraine president, ahead of decision on membership application