Nordic table talk In Helsinki last week, 10 European leaders met for a private dinner without their officials and aides in the intimate surroundings of the Mannerheim Museum, the home of Finland’s World War II leader Gustaf Mannerheim. Amid the 1940s interiors, decorated with the former president’s hunting trophies, the leaders of countries including the […]
Continue ReadingIn his view, NATO allies would then be open at least to discussing the request, like Estonia. “But that doesn’t mean that we are jumping into the unclarity or jumping into something we don’t know what it is,” he clarified. The defense minister strongly disputed Trump’s characterization of NATO allies as abandoning the United States […]
Continue ReadingThe pushback comes after the Commission announced earlier on Wednesday that it is exploring a new EU-U.S. “dialogue” on digital rules, as Washington piles on the pressure over how Brussels enforces its laws on American tech giants. “We are discussing with the U.S. to set up a dialogue to reinforce our cooperation on digital technologies […]
Continue ReadingTrump is furious with European countries for not fully joining the war against Iran, which started Feb. 28 with U.S. and Israel conducting bombing raids across the Persian nation. European countries have also been largely unwilling to intervene militarily in the Strait of Hormuz, a key global trade chokepoint that Iran has blocked in response […]
Continue ReadingAfter reaching their lowest point since Oct. 2024 before the invasion, yields on 10-year U.K. government bonds have now soared to their highest since the 2008 financial crisis. Deutsche Bank has estimated that the increase has already stripped between £7 billion and £10 billion from the chancellor’s £23.6 billion fiscal headroom. “The costs of borrowing […]
Continue ReadingLONDON — Britain will host a meeting of 35 nations in a bid to ease the Strait of Hormuz crisis “later this week,” British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Wednesday. Speaking in Downing Street, Starmer said Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper will bring together the nations behind last month’s joint statement urging safe passage through the […]
Continue ReadingThe Commission’s thinking is that by allowing spare permits to remain in the system if carbon pricing spikes too high in the years to come, it will balance them — a welcome change for Italy, Poland, Austria, and other allies who led calls for reexamining the ETS in light of the energy crisis wrought by […]
Continue Reading“I was never swayed by NATO. I always knew they were a paper tiger, and Putin knows that too, by the way,” Trump added. His remarks were published hours after U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington may need to reconsider its relationship with NATO once the war against Iran is over, sharply escalating […]
Continue ReadingEuropean countries are stiffening their resistance to U.S. requests for help against Iran despite President Donald Trump’s growing fury against Washington’s historic allies. Spain has emerged as a key point of tension in the transatlantic rift. Madrid has barred U.S. military aircraft involved in the Middle East conflict from using its airspace and refused access […]
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump on Tuesday said he expects U.S. forces to withdraw from Iran in “two or three weeks,” signaling a potential end to the month-old military campaign amid skyrocketing energy prices. The comments came during an executive order signing at the White House, in response to a question about the rising cost of gas. […]
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