Shorouk Express Economy ministers from Italy and Spain are calling for European governments to avoid confrontation with the U.S. over President Donald Trump’s tariffs, despite the biggest EU countries calling for a tougher stance. “We still are calling for a negotiated solution,” Carlos Cuerpo, Spain’s minister of economy, trade and business, said on Saturday. Giancarlo Giorgetti, Italian economy and…
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Shorouk Express Trump ‘Liberation Day’ live As well as live updates here tonight, you can follow live coverage of the tariffs announcement on our US blog here. Jane Dalton2 April 2025 19:20 Everything you need to know about Trump tariffs Jane Dalton2 April 2025 19:05 Analysis: How Trump tariffs might hit UK business Jane Dalton2…
Shorouk Express From April 2025 the UK will demand European travellers obtain an ETA travel authorisation, but when will the EU / Schengen area finally roll out its own equivalent visa-waiver for non-EU arrivals? As a reminder, the EU is planning big changes for travel in the near future with its biometric entry/exit system known…
Shorouk Express History has a knack for irony. Sometimes weakness dresses up as resolve, confusion gets repackaged as strategy, and political despair comes wrapped in the shiny foil of “the people’s will.” What just happened in Yerevan? Classic case. Under the gold dome of the Armenian Parliament — amid staged outbursts and a laughably theatrical…
Shorouk Express Skygazers across a broad swathe of the Northern Hemisphere will have a chance to see the Moon take a bite out of the Sun on Saturday when a partial solar eclipse sweeps from eastern Canada to Siberia. The partial eclipse, which is the first of the year and the 17th this century, will…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 27. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced the launch of new transport and logistics corridors aimed at enhancing trade and development between Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, Trend reports. Among the main highways is a path winding through Iraq’s Basra and another that sails across the Caspian Sea…
Shorouk Express Barely a month ago, a phone call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin sent an unmistakable message across the Atlantic: the United States may not be there forever to keep Europe safe from an aggressive Russia. By the time the pair spoke again this week, a whirlwind of diplomacy had seen…
Shorouk Express For people in some parts of Europe, recent years have sorely tested their patience. What seemed like a deep-seated tolerance of their governments – of corruption, of nepotism, of authoritarianism, and of creeping rapprochement with the Kremlin – has finally given way to anger. In recent days, hundreds of thousands of people have…
Shorouk Express It’s becoming a thing — another week, another meeting of European Union leaders in Brussels. As was the case earlier this month and at the leaders’ retreat in February, defense spending is again top of mind. The main topic will be Ukraine, of course, as the bloc continues to show its support for…
