Prince Michael of Liechtenstein

  European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, speaking at the EU-Canada summit in Montreal in the presence of Prime Minister Mark Carney, proposed that Canada become an associate member of the European Union. Enlargement has always been central to European integration. Its greatest success was admitting the Central European countries after they threw off […]

  Millions of cyberattacks exploiting two critical vulnerabilities in a widely used programming language for websites and internet applications forced governments, institutions, businesses and other organizations temporarily offline last week. The two gaps, collectively known as PHP2Shell, allowed attackers to execute malicious code on exposed web servers, potentially stealing sensitive data or disrupting services. Artificial […]

  What began as a pupils’ protest against poor and deteriorating conditions in schools escalated into widespread riots led by a radical socialist mob. There were battles with police, the Limoges town hall was burned, the Marseille city hall was stormed, shops were looted and cars were set on fire. Police officers were injured and […]

  The yield on France’s 10-year government bonds has risen to 4.9 percent. Rising government bond yields reflect diminishing trust in public finances, with France emerging as the greatest concern. Investors are demanding greater compensation for the risk of lending to the French government. This risk premium makes debt servicing more expensive, while issuing new […]

  In a recent address at the influential Valdai Discussion Club – a forum comparable to the Council on Foreign Relations in the United States – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow could resort to nuclear weapons if NATO tried to cut off the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. The Kaliningrad exclave sits on the Baltic […]