World leaders gathered to remember the 41st President of the United States, George H.W., Bush at a state funeral in Washington. But there was a moment of awkwardness when current leader Donald Trump walked into the National Cathedral with First lady Melania Trump. Bill Clinton was chatting away with Barack and Michelle Obama. While Hillary […] Read more

For the last two years, Brexit has been at the centre of European politics. For people from outside the UK like me, the whole thing looks quite confusing, messy, almost like a mistake. But do the people here feel the same? I travelled to the border between England and Wales to talk to people, to […] Read more

  Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party, which props up the ruling Conservatives, dealt another blow to Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday by describing the government’s Brexit legal advice as “devastating.” May’s government released its Brexit legal advice in full on Wednesday, a day after being forced to by MPs. In an accompanying six-page letter […] Read more

It has left the Belgian government fighting for survival and prompted the departure of Slovakia’s foreign minister — here’s everything you need to know about the UN migration pact that is causing unexpected political unrest in the EU? What is it? The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration sets out “a common understanding, […] Read more

France will suspend controversial fuel tax increases that have sparked weeks of demonstrations by the ‘gilets jaunes’ (yellow vests) movement. The u-turn, announced by French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe on Tuesday afternoon, follows a weekend of violent protests in Paris that led to hundreds of arrests and almost 100 people injured. Until now, French President […] Read more

  The EU’s top court, European Court of Justice’s advocate general said on Tuesday Britain has the right to withdraw its Brexit notice from the European Union unilaterally. The non-binding advice comes as the British parliament begins five days of debates on Prime Minister Theresa May’s proposed Brexit deal with the EU before voting on […] Read more

British MPs are set to debate and vote on a motion that could see government ministers found in contempt of parliament. Opposition parties say Downing Street limited the amount of information they released about the legal advice they received over Theresa May’s Brexit deal. You can watch the debate in the live player, below, from […] Read more

  Protests by the “gilets jaunes” (yellow vests) are now into their third week. The movement started online as a protest against rising fuel prices but has spread to include people angry about higher living costs. Demonstrators have blocked major roads across France and held violent protests in some of Paris’ fanciest neighbourhoods. Some protesters […] Read more

The host of the COP24 is also Europe’s second biggest coal producer, after Germany, and Europe’s black sheep when it comes to conforming to the 2015 Paris agreement. While coal accounts for 80 percent of the country’s electricity generation, experts have estimated that the share of coal in Poland’s energy mix should fall to 39% […] Read more

By Krysti Shallenberger, Alaska’s Energy Desk People take shelter in a lobby after an earthquake hits Anchorage on November 30, 2018. (Video still by Joey Mendolia/Alaska Public Media) A massive earthquake Friday knocked out power to tens of thousands of people in Anchorage. The city’s two major utilities, Chugach Electric Association and Municipal Light and Power, dispatched all their […] Read more