Analysis

How industrial policy, human capital, dense supply chains and strategic market conquest underpin China’s competitive rise

Over 125 national measures combine immediate household and business support with longer-term energy diversification and efficiency reforms

Can the ruling Czech coalition, led by Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, find a candidate strong enough to defeat incumbent President Petr Pavel in the January 2028 election?

Turkey’s opposition is being redrawn from the ground up, with Özgür Özel’s new party already polling almost eight points ahead of Erdoğan’s AKP

Uncomfortable questions arise over modernisation delays under the long-serving Mitsotakis governments

From jellyfish invasions clogging French reactors to record-low Danube levels forcing shutdowns, this season’s heat and drought have exposed critical weaknesses

The Mecca Pact formalises mutual defence among three major Muslim powers, reflecting declining confidence in Western security guarantees

Should voters endorse reopening accession negotiations, then Iceland could become one of the EU’s fastest-moving candidates

The National Security Council called on the belligerents to lower tensions and take concrete steps toward peace

The Prime Minister seeks early public mandate for sweeping changes to judiciary oversight, welfare, public media and local voting

During the last two years Bulgaria has become the world's No. 1 country by the share of battery energy storage capacity relative to the size of its electricity system

The government’s pro-Russian tone does not protect Slovakia from attacks. Moscow benefits from a fragile and divided country, says Patrik Haburaj