Opinion

No episode of diplomatic alignment between Moscow and Belgrade gives Russia any claim over Serbian sovereignty

Export controls, tariffs and chip bans haven't severed the U.S.-China relationship - they've just forced both sides to get creative

The Union should define a role for itself aligned with the UN framework rather than appear as an instrument of Greek Cypriot leverage over Turkey

A war does not end when the people who fought it die, but when the generations born afterward refuse to inherit the enemies of their parents and grandparents

The greatest risk is that the Cyprus problem will again produce meetings, statements, documents, visits, without producing real results

Accession delay invites rule of law backsliding, waiting-room fatigue and greater vulnerability to malign interference from the EU’s geopolitical rivals

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhürman has already shown willingness to test a negotiated settlement

Meloni gave the example by denying to mainstream parties the easy argument that every move to the right is a leap into the unknown

The claim that the President of Ukraine was invited primarily for Brussels does not survive contact with the facts

If governmental decisions in reality contradict European principles are adopted under European slogans, trust will be destroyed very quickly

European politics has grown accustomed to reacting only after a border has collapsed, reception centres have overflowed and the police have lost control of the streets

As conflict spreads across the Eastern Mediterranean, the UNSG sees the unresolved Cyprus issue not merely as a diplomatic problem but as a growing security vacuum