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 […]
Continue ReadingThe 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 […]
Continue ReadingOver 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 […]
Continue ReadingSince 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 […]
Continue ReadingThe Christopher Street Day parade took place on the Straße des 17 Juni, or Street of June 17, in the Tiergarten park and Berlin’s iconic Brandenburg Gate. A photo published by German tabloid Bild (like POLITICO part of the Axel Springer group) showed a white van with a smashed hood. According to regional media, the man […]
Continue ReadingThe 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; […]
Continue ReadingBelgian 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, […]
Continue ReadingWhat’s more, Russia also uses drones, which sometimes violate NATO airspace. Russian forces regularly sabotage the flight of Ukrainian drones, causing them to stray into NATO territory. Of course, NATO members have drones too — and they plan to buy more. “Ukraine has really accelerated our technological development,” Vice Admiral Ewa Skoog Haslum, Sweden’s chief […]
Continue ReadingU.S. President Donald Trump floated plans Friday to place a “substantial” new tariff on the European Union, accusing the bloc of “robbing” American companies and pledging to initiate a trade investigation after the EU fined Google for illegal trade practices. “The European Union will pay a very big price for this illegal and highly unethical […]
Continue ReadingDer überraschende Rücktritt von Jens Spahn löst eine gewaltige Personal-Rochade in der CDU aus. Rixa Fürsen analysiert mit Miriam Hollstein, stellvertretende Ressortchefin Politik bei BILD, den Umbau der Machtzentrale. Von Nina Warken im Kanzleramt bis zu Carsten Linnemann im Gesundheitsressort. Die beiden blicken auf die nächtliche Absage von Fritz Güntzler fürs Verkehrsministerium per SMS. Zudem […]
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