MADRID — It’s riskier than the Cold War. It’s less predictable, with fewer ground rules, a real danger of nuclear escalation, attritional bloodletting deeply scarring Ukraine, and no clear path back to any sort of détente. NATO leaders on Thursday concluded a summit meeting in Madrid that positioned the alliance on the brink of a […]
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DUBLIN – Ireland and the EU may need to await a change of leader in London before the confrontation over post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland can finally be defused, Irish Deputy Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said Thursday. Varadkar – who as Irish premier struck a 2019 agreement with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson that […]
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Listen on Spotify Apple Music Google Play EN_Google_Podcasts_Badge Created with Sketch. Stitcher Acast Coming to you from the NATO summit in Madrid, our POLITICO team analyzes a packed week in international diplomacy and what it means for Europe and its security. We also hear from the prime ministers of Sweden, Norway and Estonia. Sarah Wheaton […]
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ATHENS — A new row is brewing between Athens and Ankara over the EU granting trademark approval to the term “Turkaegean” for Turkish tourism campaigns. The slogan, initially registered by the EU’s Intellectual Property Office in December 2021, has triggered a belated backlash from top Greek politicians. Greece’s European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas sent […]
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Russia on Thursday withdrew from Snake Island, a craggy speck of land in the Black Sea, handing Ukraine a symbolically potent political victory and depriving Moscow of a strategic outpost for its air defences and electronic warfare systems. The island’s capture by Russian forces on the first day of their invasion entered Ukrainian folklore as […]
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NATO leaders concluded a summit with new commitments to a united front against Russian aggression, but they face the challenge of persuading their own people that it’s worth the cost.
Continue ReadingParliament and Council negotiators agreed on Thursday on new tools ensuring that foreign subsidies granted by non-EU countries to companies do not distort the internal market.Committee on International Trade Source : © European Union, 2022 – EP
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President Joe Biden on Thursday vowed that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine “will not end with a Russian defeat of Ukraine in Ukraine.” The president’s pledge came during a news conference at the conclusion of the NATO summit in Madrid — where Biden sought to rally Western allies to prolong their support for Ukraine, and […]
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MADRID — NATO came together in a rare wartime meeting this week and showed a united front on arming and supporting Ukraine in its war with Russia, naming China as an economic and diplomatic threat — that is also rapidly building up its military — and trying to make the alliance better able to respond […]
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Iran says it’s ready for new indirect talks with the United States to overcome the last hurdles to revive its tattered 2015 nuclear deal with major powers amid a growing crisis over the country’s atomic program
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