On October 8th, Poland’s constitutional court held that certain sections of European Union treaties are incompatible with the Polish constitution, escalating ongoing tension with the bloc. According to the BBC, the European Commission maintained that the judgment raises serious concerns about the primacy of EU law, and challenges the foundations
On October 18th, three children were killed, and 10 other civilians were injured in two airstrikes in Ethiopia. The airstrikes were carried out by Ethiopia’s government to destroy a communication facility run by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) in Mekelle, the capital city of Tigray. The TPLF is a
On Sunday 17 October, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) suspended its Special Monitoring Mission in eastern Ukraine in response to protests by pro-Russian separatists outside its headquarters in Donetsk. Reuters reports that roughly 200 protesters blocked the entrance to the hotel which houses some of the
On Monday, October 11, the presidents of Russia and Ukraine spoke to French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel about the ongoing Donbas conflict. They opened a new round of discussions on how to manage the hostility in Eastern Ukraine. The conversations with Russia and Ukraine were conducted
