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Kyiv’s approach has so far been successful: On several days over the past few weeks, no ships managed to dock at Ust-Luga and Primorsk at all, and even now, the ports’ capacities are significantly curtailed. On April 10, only two ships managed to dock at Primorsk, and after that, no ships are scheduled to until […]

The country was also the only NATO ally to substantially lower its defense spending in real terms between 2024 and 2025, curbing it by 6 percent — although it was still above the alliance target of 2 percent of GDP. Alongside raising defense spending, Tisza has proposed to accelerate investment in dual-use technologies, to “review […]

However, the next round of talks hosted by the U.K. will be at a more junior level than the first round on Apr. 2. While foreign ministers attended that first set of talks, the next will involve officials at the level of political director. The official quoted above declined to say which day the talks […]

The prime minister argued Europe has the world’s best quality of life, the highest life expectancy, the greatest number of democratic governments, the most robust environmental standards and safest streets. “You only have to travel outside of Europe to truly understand what I’m talking about,” he said. “It feels good to be European.” Sánchez said […]

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For years, France’s entrepreneurial elite have been deeply suspicious of a populist party that has flipflopped on key economic policies such as membership of the eurozone. In 2017, Arnault backed French President Emmanuel Macron against Le Pen, and had until this week refused to meet National Rally leaders. But with Le Pen and National Rally […]

Séjourné said the bloc was trying to reduce its dependence on China in strategic sectors, while still maintaining a level of openness, something he said was in Europe’s “DNA.” The Commissioner was the driving force behind the Industrial Accelerator Act — a piece of legislation that is currently in negotiations — and which would partially […]

Banning kids from social media won’t “actually solve the problems” and “kids will find very quickly the ways to go around and to still use social media,” the Estonian minister said. “The way to approach this, to me, is not to make kids responsible for that harm [stemming from social media platforms] and start self-regulating,” […]

“We are in a very difficult situation,” he said, adding Kyiv “cannot reject” support from either side. The remarks come as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has adopted a sharper tone toward Washington. In an interview this week on the podcast “The Rest Is Politics,” Zelenskyy said: “The problem is they trust Putin. And it’s a […]