China’s median line violations suggest Taiwan ‘decapitation’ rehearsal
Chinese military aircraft are ramping up pressure on Taiwan with near-daily incursions across the halfway point in the waters between China and the self-governing island. And the White House is...
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Pet food ingredients do not belong in engines
Decarbonization of transport has become one of the key pillars of EU Green Deal, something that FEDIAF — The European Pet Food Industry, representing 15 European national pet food associations,...
View ArticlePentagon suspends F-35 deliveries after discovering materials from China
The Pentagon has temporarily halted delivery of F-35 fighter jets to the military branches and international customers after Lockheed Martin discovered a metal component used in the jet’s engine had...
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The power players behind Europe’s green agenda — ranked
The power players behind Europe’s green agenda — ranked CLASS OF 2023 Introducing POLITICO’s Green 28 list of the people steering and shaping policy. Photo from iStock Welcome to the green revolution....
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Inside the control room of Belarus’ hijacked Ryanair flight
Inside the control room of Belarus’ hijacked Ryanair flight A follow-up report by the UN aviation agency tells the story of the diverted passenger flight. Illustration by Dato Parulava Sometime...
View ArticleHello, goodbye: Greek minister lands in Tripoli, then immediately takes off...
TRIPOLI — When is a diplomatic visit not a diplomatic visit? When the top politician involved doesn’t even leave the plane before flying off again. That’s what happened Thursday when Greek Foreign...
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Destination Africa: The scramble to sell cyberweapons to dictators
This story is part of the series Leaked: The Altrnativ world of cybersurveillance. Read the rest. PARIS — As founder of the privacy-focused search engine Qwant, Eric Leandri was fond of citing the...
View ArticlePutin bolsters Belarus as Kyiv eyes assault from the north
Russian President Vladimir Putin made a rare visit to Minsk on Monday to double down on military cooperation in areas such as ballistic missiles and nuclear-capable warplanes, as fears grow in Kyiv...
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POLITICO’s most-read stories of 2022
The year 2022 will go down in the history books. And it includes a chapter few wanted to see written: War returned to Europe. On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin sent his tanks rolling...
View ArticleItaly mandates COVID tests for travelers from China
Italy has ordered mandatory coronavirus tests for all travelers arriving from China, the health minister announced on Wednesday. Orazio Schillaci said the tests — including antigen swabs and virus...
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Turbulence batters Russia’s air sector
Russia’s aviation authorities want to make one thing clear: All is OK. While many international routes are blocked and supplies of foreign parts have all but dried up, Moscow’s officials are falling...
View ArticleEU court upholds sanctions against Belarus’ airspace regulator over Ryanair...
The EU was entitled to sanction Belarus’ airspace regulator after it diverted a Ryanair passenger plane in May 2021, the bloc’s General Court ruled Wednesday. The court said state-owned...
View ArticleFighter jets coming ASAP, Poland tells Ukraine
Poland will deliver four Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine “in the next few days,” President Andrzej Duda said Thursday. Poland is the first country to formally commit to sending combat planes...
View Article‘A dream’: Patriot systems arrive in Ukraine
Patriot missile defense systems from Western allies arrived in Ukraine on Wednesday, Ukrainian officials announced. Throughout the invasion, Russia has bombarded Ukraine with airstrikes, repeatedly...
View ArticleIn a spin: Downing Street defends Rishi Sunak over latest short-haul...
LONDON — Rishi Sunak’s spokesperson insisted there is “a lot of pressure” on the U.K. prime minister’s time after he took a helicopter to Southampton instead of making the short train journey there...
View ArticleEurope’s sleeper train awakens
The night train revival is pulling into the heart of the European Union. The much-anticipated European Sleeper route linking Berlin and Brussels kicked off Thursday night. Its ambition: to be the...
View ArticleCzechs ban booze from government planes after alleged harassment scandal
Gone are the days of three-course meals and bottomless Chardonnay aboard government aircraft for Czech ministerial delegations. Czech Defense Minister Jana Černochová banned alcohol consumption on...
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Better together: The European effort on joint defense projects
This article is part of the Europe’s strategic impotence Special Report. Europe’s NATO members have a GDP that’s almost as large as that of the United States, but that doesn’t translate into...
View ArticleGreek parties halt election campaign after dozens of migrants drown
ATHENS — Greek parties halted pre-election campaigning on Wednesday after dozens of migrants drowned in a deadly shipwreck off Greece’s southern Peloponnese peninsula. At least 79 bodies were...
View ArticleIran faces legal action over downing of Ukrainian plane
Iran is being taken to the International Court of Justice over the shooting down of a Ukraine International Airlines flight in January 2020. The case has been brought by four countries — Canada,...
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