Shorouk Express With the publication of the Biotech Act, the EU sets out how it intends to boost the sector’s competitive position in the face of China’s rapid rise. The Biotech Act Regulation sets out a broad framework that combines investment, regulatory reform, artificial intelligence, and biosecurity safeguards, all aimed at ensuring that biotechnology breakthroughs…
Shorouk Express A Europe-wide trend is emerging: more and more politicians are campaigning on the claim that the financial burden of the war in Ukraine is unsustainable. All this is happening at a decisive moment, when Europe must assume full responsibility for financing a war in Ukraine that is slowly approaching the duration of the…
Shorouk Express Dual-national American readers across Europe say they would give up their US passports to stay European if they were forced to, with many citing political disillusionment, fears for safety, and the feeling of belonging to their adopted country. On December 1st 2025, Republican Senator Bernie Moreno of Ohio introduced the “Exclusive Citizenship Act…
Shorouk Express He’s not even European — yet Donald Trump has topped POLITICO’s annual P28 ranking of the most powerful people who will shape Europe in 2026. EU Confidential host Sarah Wheaton takes you inside the gala in Brussels — where commissioners, MEPs, diplomats, lobbyists and journalists packed into a glittering room, even as the…
Shorouk Express “This is not the time for self-congratulation,” Rutte said. “I fear that too many are quietly complacent. Too many don’t feel the urgency. And too many believe that time is on our side. It is not. The time for action is now.” Rutte warned Russia may be strong enough to attack NATO territory…
Shorouk Express The opinion introduces another challenge by calling for “flexibility” for member states. In practice, this means regulatory fragmentation across 27 markets, reopening the door to divergent national spectrum policies — precisely the outcome Europe has spent two decades trying to avert with the Digital Single Market. Without a credible roadmap, reserving the band…
Shorouk Express Residency and citizenship crackdowns, repatriation grants, caps on foreign population, elections and all amid an expected and continued rise in the polls for the right… how will immigration trends change around Europe in 2026? If there’s been a defining issue of European politics in 2025 it has arguably been immigration. Even when the…
Shorouk Express LONDON — Donald Trump has launched a crusade to convert European politics to his cause, mobilizing the full force of American diplomacy to promote “patriotic” parties, stamp on migration, destroy “censorship” and save “civilization” from decay. The question is whether Europe’s embattled centrists have the power, or the will, to stop him. In…
Shorouk Express A US Senator has introduced a bill that aims to eliminate the possibility of dual citizenship for American citizens. If passed the bill would affect those planning to naturalise in European countries as well as those who already have. American citizens living in Europe could see their ability to hold a European passport…
Shorouk Express There’s a familiar scene across Europe on any given weekend: cafés humming with early kick-off matches, fans huddled around TVs in living rooms, pubs overflowing before derbies. But the way people watch football – the rituals, the habits, the conversations – is shifting faster than ever. Digital culture has changed the sport forever….
