#Politics

The Netherlands: COVID-19, lockdown and protests. Msgr. Van den Hende: “The majority of Dutch people follow the rules”

The Netherlands is hit by a wave of riots and protests, some of them violent, ongoing for the past weeks.…

Portugal: president Rebelo de Sousa sends euthanasia law to Constitutional Court. “Legal uncertainty”

EU Commission: new trade strategy. Fighting unfair trade, benefits for citizens and businesses

EU Commission: new trade strategy. Dombrovskis, “supporting recovery, green and digital transformations”

Kosovo: election won by the Vetevendosje movement. Kurti (leader), “Country collapsing. Dialogue with Serbia is not a priority”

Economy, uncertainty prevails. Gentiloni: “out of the tunnel in 2022.” EU confidence in Draghi’s ability

The European Commissioner presented data and forecasts for the EU economy, based on the current pandemic crisis, anti-COVID restrictions and…

Syria: EU-sponsored conference in Brussels on 29 and 30 March. “Supporting the future of the country and the region”

EU Parliament: plenary meeting to address Russia and the Navalny case, the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, the coup in Myanmar

Street protests. Msgr. Pezzi (Archbishop of Moscow): “The people’s discontent deserves immediate answers”

Msgr. Pezzi, Archbishop of Moscow: “I consider the Robin Hood role that the West attributes to Navalny to be somewhat…

The Navalny case: Council of Europe, “arbitrary ruling. Meeting the obligations undertaken by Russia as a member state”. Arrests go on

Navalny the tip of the iceberg. Lipke: “Russia- violence, poverty and lack of freedom”

Jesuit Fr Stephan Lipke, director of the St Thomas Institute in Moscow, analyses the situation in the Eurasian country for…