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Armenia's elections to deliver verdict on cautious pivot west

France, June 7 -- Pashinyan, who was propelled to power in a 2018 street revolution, is running under the slogan of "peace" - pointing to the prospect of finally resolving Armenia's more than three-de... Read More


Chinese investment in Europe hits seven-year high but rebound may be short-lived

France, May 21 -- According to a report by the Berlin-based Mercator Institute for China Studies (Merics) and New York's Rhodium Group, Chinese foreign direct investment (FDI) in the European Union an... Read More


Chinese investment in Europe hits seven-year high but recovery may be short

France, May 21 -- According to a report by the Berlin-based Mercator Institute for China Studies (Merics) and New York's Rhodium Group, Chinese foreign direct investment (FDI) in the European Union an... Read More


Trump in Beijing to reset US-China relations, with tariffs top of the agenda

France, May 14 -- Trump will be joined at meetings with Xi later this week in China by 17 chief executives, including SpaceX's Elon Musk and Apple's Tim Cook, with tariffs expected to be at the centre... Read More


Will Trump's Beijing visit mark another reset in the history of US-China relations?

France, May 14 -- The 1972 meeting between Nixon and Mao marked a turning point, when China, then in the middle of the Cultural Revolution, courted its arch-enemy Washington out of fear of the Soviet ... Read More


How Africa helped forge French billionaire Vincent Bollore's empire of influence

France, May 8 -- Heir to a family fortune built in paper manufacturing, Bollore steadily transformed the business into a sprawling network of commercial and political influence. First expanding throu... Read More


The woman who knew Orban first - and left before the rest

France, April 26 -- Hungary's political landscape has been transformed by Tisza's election victory, which delivered the party a two-thirds majority and opened the door to a potential overhaul of the c... Read More


Will Hungary's new leader restore media freedom after years of Orban propaganda?

France, April 16 -- During its 16 years in power, Orban's government was accused of turning public media into a political instrument, with critics saying it offered little room for opposition voices. ... Read More


New Hungarian PM's campaign silence on gay rights worries activists

France, April 15 -- "They very strategically and tactically avoided discussing this topic," says Dombos, director of the Hatter Society. "They did not want this topic to dominate the election ca... Read More


Spontaneous mass celebrations in Budapest after Orban's ouster

France, April 13 -- "I feel the freedom. I've never been so happy. Sixteen years of Orban was way too much," says Marcus, a man in his thirties who came with his girlfriend to the square that overlook... Read More