“I am grateful to all the MPs who so promptly ratified the agreement with the European Union,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. “This was one of the most important votes.” An overwhelming majority of the parliament’s members voted in favor of the ratification bill despite complaints about the way in which it was presented to […]
Continue Reading“Russia’s largest nuclear arsenal is located in the High North, just a few kilometers from Norway,” he said, adding that Norway would continue to primarily rely on NATO for its security. On March 2, the French president announced that Germany, Poland, Greece, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark and Sweden had agreed to discuss nuclear cooperation with […]
Continue ReadingThe confrontation unfolded near the Paracel Islands, a strategically important archipelago of some 130 islands that Beijing seized from Vietnam in the 1970s and now controls through a network of military outposts and surveillance capabilities. China strictly controls travel to the region, and individual or commercial vessels are not allowed in the islands’ territorial waters. […]
Continue ReadingBut Blair, who highlighted his three-time win record, argued that rather than “Keir’s personality” or “a failure to communicate,” the current government’s main affliction is the total absence of a “worked-out, coherent plan for the country.” In the essay, he urges Labour to avoid a drift to the left and instead to push for a […]
Continue ReadingThe decision risks angering Washington as it will limit the frequencies available to U.S. companies, including Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Amazon Leo, and curtail their fast expansion. In practice, it would mean moving from a frequency range today entirely controlled by American companies to one in which they would get, at the very best, a […]
Continue ReadingBrussels is beefing up its intelligence machinery. Zoya Sheftalovich and Kathryn Carlson talk about the growing role of INTCEN — the EU’s little-known intelligence-analysis hub inside the European External Action Service — and the quiet power struggle brewing between Kaja Kallas’ diplomatic service and Ursula von der Leyen’s Commission over who gets to handle sensitive […]
Continue ReadingKulbergs himself would become prime minister, while the coalition also hands key portfolios to figures from across Latvia’s fragmented political spectrum, including former Prime Minister Māris Kučinskis as finance minister and National Alliance heavyweight Ilze Indriksone as education minister. Foreign Minister Baiba Braže is set to remain in office, while Colonel Raivis Melnis has been […]
Continue ReadingTrump has dismayed European allies by announcing he would pull 5,000 troops out of Germany, which later turned out to include 4,000 soldiers from Poland — before U-turning and saying he would deploy an additional 5,000 troops to Poland. The exact nature of the cutbacks is not yet finalized, the diplomats said, and the U.S. […]
Continue Reading“The EU is not going anywhere,” said Katarína Mathernová, the EU ambassador to Ukraine. “We are staying in Kyiv.” Mathernová added that “threats against diplomats” were a “sign of desperation” from Russia. A spokesperson for France’s Foreign Ministry similarly told France Info that it would be “out of the question to evacuate” its staff from […]
Continue ReadingIn a letter to the national parliament published on Tuesday, State Secretary for Digital Economy Willemijn Aerdts said the national authority charged with screening investments had advised the government to block the acquisition. The purchase was seen as posing “a possible risk to the public interest.” The government on Monday decided to adopt the advice […]
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