European Council President António Costa is planning to convene an urgent EU leaders meeting after a fresh bout of transatlantic turbulence sparked by new tariff threats from Washington, he announced in a statement on Sunday. According to one EU official, Costa is considering convening a physical meeting of the EU-27 as early as Thursday, 22 […]
Continue ReadingThe countries targeted by US President Donald Trump’s threat of tariffs over their opposition to his designs on Greenland will “stand united” in their response, they said in a joint statement on Sunday. “Tariff threats undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral,” Britain, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden said. […]
Continue ReadingSpain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has signalled he is ready to push ahead with a common European army and defence industry – even if not all EU members are on board. “Europe must move forward in its integration process and equip itself with a truly common defence. And for that we do not need the […]
Continue ReadingItaly’s prime minister called US President Donald Trump’s threat to slap tariffs on opponents of his plan to seize Greenland a “mistake” on Sunday, adding she had told him her views. “I believe that imposing new sanctions today would be a mistake,” Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni told journalists during a trip to Seoul. “I spoke […]
Continue ReadingDenmark’s foreign minister is to visit fellow NATO members Norway, the UK and Sweden to discuss the alliance’s Arctic security strategy, his ministry announced on Sunday. Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen will visit Oslo on Sunday, travel to London on Monday and then to Stockholm on Thursday. The diplomatic tour follows US President Donald Trump’s […]
Continue ReadingThe European Union Aviation Safety Agency on Friday advised airlines to avoid Iranian airspace, after threats of US attacks that have put the Islamic Republic on guard. “Given the ongoing situation and the potential for US military action, which has placed Iranian air defence forces on a heightened state of alert, there is currently an […]
Continue ReadingThe Munich Security Conference has withdrawn its invitations to representatives of the Iranian regime, after Euractiv made public their planned attendance.An MSC spokesperson told the news outlet Iran International that the invitations had been issued weeks ago and were now being revoked “in light of recent developments.”The phrase refers to the violent crackdown on protests […]
Continue ReadingThe entire EU could be caught in the crosshairs of additional tariffs, threatening the EU-US trade deal reached last year, as US President Donald Trump doubles down on his ambition to bring Greenland, a Danish territory, under US control. “I may put a tariff on countries if they don’t go along with Greenland because we […]
Continue ReadingA Moscow court on Friday held a preliminary hearing in a lawsuit brought by the Russian central bank against Belgian financial group Euroclear over the fate of Russia’s blocked assets in Europe. The EU froze tens of billions of euros of Russia’s international reserves after the Kremlin launched its full-scale offensive on Ukraine almost four […]
Continue ReadingUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday a “state of emergency” will be declared in the energy sector, after relentless Russian strikes on heat and electricity supplies during freezing winter temperatures. Moscow has hit Ukraine with daily drone and missile barrages in recent months, targeting energy infrastructure and cutting power and heating in the frigid depths […]
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