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Germany’s laudable commitment to remembering its dark past means that marches in support of Palestinians are banned
Mike Buckley, director of the Independent Commission on UK-EU Relations, sets out the tangible steps that could improve post-Brexit trade
Israel appears to be seeking collective punishment for Hamas atrocities, and this is not self-defense under international law
French co-operation with Armenia in its conflict with Azerbaijan is a welcome step towards ending Russian domination in the region
By aligning itself with the Kremlin, the Georgian Dream party is at odds with the country’s population who want to move closer to NATO and the EU
Like Sarajevo in the 1990s, the Ukrainian city of Kherson is under siege with daily bombardments – but there are only two foreign correspondents there to cover the carnage
Tom Mutch meets those left rebuilding their lives following Russian attacks in Kharkiv Oblast
Despite Keir Starmer’s mixed comments on our future relationship with the EU, Labour’s Brexit omertà seems to be over, writes Shamik Das
As Brazil assumes the presidency of the G20 and the UN offers concessions to Russia, is Ukraine losing the war of hearts and minds?
The world’s largest arms fair promises peace in the world
New Kremlin purges only cement Russia’s hardline commitment to the disastrous invasion
The significant gains made by the right across Europe in recent years haven’t appeared out of the blue, writes Simon Speakman Cordall
Russia’s attack on a crowded market in Kostiantynivka was the latest in a long line of mass casualty strikes that have been inflicted on Ukrainian citizens
An alliance between Kim Jong Un, Russia and Cuba? The Cold War is back, this time with vengeance in its heart
Bulgaria’s new pro-European Government is taking a tougher line against Moscow as Putin steps up pro-Kremlin propaganda in the region
Calls for the UK to leave the European Convention on Human Rights shouldn’t be viewed as mere sabre-rattling – as many did with Conservative promises to leave the EU, writes Nicholas Reed Langen
President Lukashenka has colluded with Putin in the forced transfer of children, and should face the same sanctions
Bypassing the indecision of their Western allies, Ukrainians continue to show the world how they improvise, adapt, and overcome obstacles
Aisha Jung, who had worked for Amnesty International for 17 years, told Byline Times that she took on legal action after objecting to the award of the prisoner of conscience status
Ukraine’s population has not grown much since 1960 but Russia’s invasion had led to a catastrophic drop in the birth rate
Byline Times speaks to Ukrainian women taken advantage of in the UK’s cleaning and hospitality sectors
Russia’s use of cluster bombs is leaving Ukraine fighting sub-optimally against a weapon it doesn’t have, writes Brian Latham
As there is no consensus yet to invite Ukraine into NATO, an interim security deal would be guaranteed by including it and Poland in the JEF
Ukraine’s second biggest city, Kharkiv, has suffered from thousands of missile attacks since Russia’s invasion. How are residents dealing with the destruction?
The trauma of loss and the fears of a bigger catastrophe around the nearby nuclear power plant haunt Ukrainians living near the reactivated front line
What are tankies, vatniks, and ‘useful idiots’, and why do they deride traumatised Ukrainians as warmongers and Nazis?
Despite the odds and the heavy punishments, resistance still exists in Russia. Index on Censorship’s Assistant Editor Katie Dancey-Downs talks to those who are braving it to stand up to Putin
Caolan Robertson reflects on Russia’s attack on a pizza restaurant hit by missiles in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, in which at least 10 people were killed
How Boris Johnson ushered a ‘former’ KGB agent and his son into the British establishment – while most of the media looked the other way
Many academics in both Ukraine and the UK are horrified by the Putin-enabling posturing of far-left factions within the UCU
Prigozhin’s mercenary force is not a private military company but a sub-division of the Russian Ministry of Defence. So what is really going on with the short lived mutiny?
Rishi Sunak may have been pitching the UK as a possible global hub for AI regulation in a recent White House visit, but the reality is that the EU is the one innovating in this field
Putin’s partial mobilisation has failed to compensate for his military failures, and will deplete Russia’s domestic workforce for generations ahead
Tom Mutch reports from Orikiv in Zaporizhzhia, an area with historic Russian ties, which has turned against Moscow after a reign of torture and terror
Thousands of people have been evacuated, but much more are abandoned on Russia-occupied territories
Mark Temnycky explores the consequences on global food supplies of what appears to be yet another example of the Kremlin’s ecological terrorism
Pedro Sánchez hopes to win over wavering centrist votes in a snap election. But what of the potential king makers on the far right and far left?
Despite the controversy, the French President’s economic proposals are far from the ‘Anglo Saxon’ model. Barnaby Towns argues that, when it comes to addressing inequality, the UK could learn from them