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“The security of the Baltic states is also Germany’s security,” Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) said as he welcomed the leaders of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to Berlin. He was referring to a plaque on Vilnius Town Hall which reads: ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “The security of Lithuania is our security. The defense of Vilnius is the defense […]

Published on 03/07/2026 – 16:56 GMT+2•Updated 16:57 NATO allies are set to reaffirm their iron-clad commitment to Article 5 of the NATO Treaty and state that Russia poses a “long-term threat to Euro-Atlantic security and stability” in the final declaration of the NATO summit in Ankara next week. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING A copy of the document […]

The European Union will retaliate against China if the country fails to make tangible changes to its unfair trade practices by October, Ursula von der Leyen has said amid rising tensions between Brussels and Beijing. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “Dialogue is essential, but the dialogue has to deliver,” the president of the European Commission said on Friday […]

Published on 03/07/2026 – 16:07 GMT+2 EU member states agreed on Friday to sanction six Russian nationals linked to the chemical substance suspected of killing Russian dissident Alexei Navalny during his detention in a penal colony. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Those targeted are scientists and researchers involved in Russia’s military chemical weapons program, most notably in the […]

Ukraine is pressing allies to take immediate decisions on air defense at next week’s NATO summit, warning that delays in supplying Patriot interceptors are costing lives as Russia intensifies ballistic missile attacks. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Kyiv has appealed to nearly 40 partner countries to urgently transfer Patriot missiles from existing stockpiles in July, offering to backfill […]

By the end of next year, around 5,000 German troops will be permanently stationed between the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, and the border with Belarus as part of the new Lithuania Armored Brigade 45. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING During a major military exercise in May and June, Lithuanian schoolgirl Kamilė V. found herself at the heart of the […]

Published on 03/07/2026 – 15:02 GMT+2•Updated 3:03 p.m The Ukraine front line remained largely frozen in June, extending a longer-term trend of stalled Russian momentum, an analysis of data from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) carried out by the AFP news agency showed on Friday. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The June data showed a […]

Published on 03/07/2026 – 14:52 GMT+2 European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde is weighing the possibility of playing a role in the upcoming French elections, which could lead her to leave her post early, she told French newspaper Les Echos on Thursday. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Lagarde did not specify the role she has in mind, but […]

Authorities across Europe were hunting on Friday for a Ukrainian woman suspected of planting a bomb in Monaco that wounded three people, including a Ukrainian-born tycoon and his teenage son. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Identified as Anastasiia Berezovska, 39, the suspect is wanted in Monaco for attempted murder, placing an explosive device on a public road with […]

Ukraine and Moldova notched another milestone in their EU accession bids at a technical meeting on Friday, as member states unanimously agreed to advance the opening of another cluster of negotiations. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The move to unlock cluster six (“External Relations”) marks a further step in the two candidates’ accession process, reflecting Hungary’s gradual shift […]