Ukraine’s allies will meet in January to finalise plans for post-ceasefire security guarantees, including the possible deployment of troops on the ground, a French Elysée official said on Friday. The comments come after fresh talks between Washington and Kyiv yielded a 20-point plan to end the war, now on Moscow’s table. French President Emmanuel Macron […]
Continue ReadingLeader of the conservative European People’s Party (EPP), Manfred Weber, called on Friday for troops under the European flag to help secure a future peace agreement in Ukraine. The comments followed the latest round of talks between Washington and Kyiv, which produced a 20-point plan to end the war, and is now under review in […]
Continue ReadingNATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Friday rejected calls for Europe to shoulder its defence alone, saying the alliance can still count on the US. The remarks follow the Trump administration’s release of a national security strategy calling on allies to “share the burden” and take “primary responsibility for their regions”, and come after repeated […]
Continue ReadingRussian nuclear-capable bombers conducted a “scheduled” flight over the Norwegian and Barents Seas, prompting “fighter jets of foreign countries” to escort them, Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Thursday, according to Russian news agencies. Neither the date of the Tu-95 flights nor the countries that deployed monitoring aircraft were specified. “Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers and missile […]
Continue ReadingThe European Union protested on Tuesday at a fishing agreement between Britain, Norway, the Faroes and Iceland, saying it could irreversibly damage the dwindling mackerel population in the North Atlantic. “This decision was taken without prior consultation with the European Union,” the 27-nation bloc’s executive Commission said in a statement sent to AFP concerning the […]
Continue ReadingGermany deported a man to Syria for the first time since the civil war broke out in the country in 2011, the interior ministry in Berlin said on Tuesday. A Syrian immigrant previously convicted of criminal offences in Germany was flown to Damascus and handed over to Syrian authorities on Tuesday morning, the ministry said.”Our […]
Continue ReadingUkraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that the duration and structure of any US security guarantees remain to be defined after the latest round of talks with negotiators. “We are discussing the duration of these guarantees,” Zelenskyy wrote on social media. “In addition, there is a deterrence package – what an 800,000-strong army will be […]
Continue ReadingItaly’s competition authority said on Tuesday it had fined low-cost airline Ryanair €256 million for allegedly abusing its dominant position to prevent travel agencies access to its services. The move comes a day after the antitrust body fined US tech giant Apple €98 million, accusing it of abusing its dominant position in the mobile app […]
Continue ReadingFinland said Monday it will raise the reservist age from 60 to 65 next year to strengthen the country’s military preparedness towards any threat posed by neighbouring Russia. Defence Minister Antti Hakkanen said the reform, which enters into force on 1 January after being signed into law by the president, will result in an increase […]
Continue ReadingThe Trump administration on Monday has suspended leases for offshore wind projects currently under construction, marking a major setback for renewable energy in the US. The Pentagon said turbine blade movement and reflective towers could interfere with radar interference called ‘clutter’. “This clutter obscures legitimate moving targets and generates false signals near the wind projects,” […]
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