Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Tuesday that reports from Eastern European media outlets that he passed “strategic information” to Russia were “foreign interference”. In one leaked phone call Szijjarto is alleged to have told Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov that he was “at his service”.
Continue ReadingUsing Russia’s frozen assets to finance Ukraine remains on the table if Viktor Orbán refuses to lift his veto on the €90 billion loan after the April 12 elections, EU High Representative Kaja Kallas said amid the ongoing stalemate. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Orbán has blocked the financial lifeline over an unrelated dispute with Kyiv regarding the […]
Continue ReadingThe Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps threatened Tuesday to target American tech and defense companies operating in the Middle East if the U.S. and Israel continue to target Iranian leadership. In a statement released by the government-backed Tasnim News Agency, the IRGC said retaliatory attacks could begin as early as Wednesday evening and advised employees and residents […]
Continue ReadingAfter endorsing the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran in the first days of the war, Le Pen last week criticized U.S. President Donald Trump over his “erratic war goals” and said Washington’s “mistake” in attacking Iran has destabilized energy markets, in an interview with France Inter radio. Although Trump had initially reached out to Le Pen […]
Continue Reading“Some were just walking on the street, some were killed in their own homes, some were tortured and raped,” Kallas said, adding the slaughter was just one example of Russia’s barbarity throughout the war and could not go “unpunished.” She added that the EU was “pushing forward” with creating a special tribunal to prosecute Kremlin officials over the full-scale invasion, […]
Continue ReadingOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Insurers including Chubb, Fidelis, and Lloyd’s have been granted permission to appeal a London High Court ruling that favoured AerCap, the world’s largest aircraft lessor, in a dispute over […]
Continue ReadingHe added: “There is no dissolution of national identity in European identity, any more than our local identities fade behind our national identity.” In Carcassonne in southern France, National Rally Mayor Christophe Barthès on Sunday filmed himself removing the EU flag from the balcony of the town hall and posted it on his X account. […]
Continue ReadingOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Spanish police have uncovered a sophisticated drug-smuggling tunnel in the North African exclave of Ceuta, featuring a rail system and underground cranes designed to transport hashish from Morocco into […]
Continue ReadingMarch 31, 2026, 4:41 p.mMarch 31, 2026, 4:41 p.m A powerful explosion rocked a Russian chemical plant in the Republic of Tatarstan. According to the company in Nizhnekamsk, two people were killed and more than 70 were injured. The cause was given as technical failure. However, operations at the airport had been restricted shortly beforehand, […]
Continue ReadingHowever, Crosetto insisted it was “simply false” that Italy had blocked all access to the bases, saying that their use by the U.S. is regulated by a 1954 treaty, and that both sides are well aware of its provisions. Crossetto in a message on X stressed that “international agreements clearly regulate and distinguish what requires […]
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