Category: Politico News

The move comes as Washington has already moved to withdraw soldiers from Germany and reduce its contributions to NATO force-planning requirements, including high-end assets such as fighter aircraft, airborne refueling tankers, maritime patrol planes and naval capabilities. “The outcome of this review will be an acceleration of NATO’s transition to a stronger, more equitable, and sustainable […]

Icelanders begin voting on whether to restart accession talks with the European Union, reopening a debate shaped by security fears, economic uncertainty and the question of who controls the country’s fishing waters. Zoya Sheftalovich and Kathryn Carlson also examine Donald Trump’s threat of new tariffs after the EU fined Google €890 million, and what that […]

The Nordic country will vote on Aug. 29 on whether to resume accession talks with Brussels, with early voting beginning Monday. The referendum will not decide whether Iceland joins the EU — any eventual membership agreement would require a second public vote. Polls suggest the question of reopening discussions is finely balanced, although a clearer […]

Over the course of the four-year war, Russian President Vladimir Putin has increasingly relied on North Korea to supply artillery shells and missiles. Bringing in North Korean troops is raising concerns about Moscow transferring its own military know-how to the regime of Kim Yong Un in Pyongyang. “Russia is helping North Korea learn how to […]

Since then, the Air Force has offered up unused land on five installations for private companies to build data centers. The Army has already entered into two conditional agreements with private companies to build “commercial hyperscaled data centers” on its installations, the branch said in a news release. The investment firm Carlyle Group will build a […]

The Italian minister said Fedorov was “moved” by the proposal and saw it as “a mark of respect and friendship,” but he didn’t elaborate on whether Fedorov accepted or not. Crosetto strongly praised Fedorov, who has been credited with bringing a technology overhaul to Ukraine’s military but also clashed with top generals. “Fedorov embodies innovation; […]

Belgian police on Friday arrested an intern at NATO’s strategic headquarters of the Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE,) suspecting her of “spying on behalf of a third country and of being a member of a criminal organization,” the Belgian Federal Prosecutor Office wrote in a statement on Saturday. The intern, a Canadian national of Chinese origins, […]