News
The United Nations Secretary-General has condemned the continuing escalation of violence in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone, reminding all sides of their obligations under international humanitarian law to protect civilians and…
Books
Simon & Schuster UK is restructuring its adult nonfiction program, and adding a new imprint modeled on Gallery Books in the U.S.
Food
Organic food and drink businesses could face a ban on exports to the EU if there is no deal on equivalency with the EU. Alex BlackAlex is business reporter at…
Europe
The European Parliament will be awarding The Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism on a yearly basis from October next year. This prize was approved by the European Parliament’s Bureau…
Europe
From 9.15, MEPs are to assess the results of the special European Council meeting, in particular on escalating tensions between Turkey and its EU neighbours. …
News
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control's (ECDC) coronavirus alarm threshold is 20 cases per 100,000 people on a seven-day average. Beyond that, the agency says, the risk of…
America
Authorities in northeastern Syria have said they will remove Syrians from the al-Hol displacement camp, and relinquish any responsibility for foreign nationals being held there. The Kurdish Autonomous Administration of…
News
As he revealed his plan to fight “separatism” in France, President Emmanuel Macron referred to the preference given to religious law over the country’s republican and secular values by Muslim…
Christianity
Eileen Barker, Europe’s most senior scholar of new religions, notes in her entry “New Religious Movements” in the 2020 SAGE Encyclopedia of the Sociology of Religions, that “one does not…
Europe
At 8 pm Bulgarian time, MEPs are discussing a resolution on Bulgaria that is to be voted on October 8. Only speakers pre-selected by parliamentary groups are to talk. Positions…
