Europe steps up support for Ukraine as Russia presses offensive
Britain will host talks on rebuilding key infrastructure in Kyiv on Friday, a day after the leaders of Germany, France and Italy visited Ukraine and offered it the hope of ...
Netherlands says Russian spy caught seeking war crimes court internship
The Dutch intelligence service said it had uncovered a Russian military agent attempting to use a false identity to infiltrate the International Criminal Court (ICC) which is investigating accusations of ...
European leaders talk up EU prospects for Ukraine in first visit since war began
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday won backing from the leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Romania to give Ukraine European Union candidate status, while urging them to send more weapons ...
UK-EU trade war? Sefcovic says all options are on the table
The European Union will keep all options on the table in terms of its response to Britain’s move to override some post-Brexit rules for Northern Ireland, Maros Sefcovic said ...
Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport limits number of summer passengers
Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport on Thursday set a cap on the number of passengers it will handle during the summer travel season, citing labour shortages.
The move by one of ...
Italy’s Draghi accuses Russia of lying over Eni gas shortfall
Italian energy giant Eni ENI.MI said it would receive only 65% of the gas supply volumes it had requested from Russia’s Gazprom GAZP.MM on Thursday, with Prime Minister ...
Turkish, Greek defence ministers stress dialogue, Turkish ministry says
Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar met with his Greek counterpart Nikos Panagiotopoulos at the sidelines of a NATO meeting in Brussels and discussed maintaining dialogue to ease recently heightened tensions, ...
Kremlin hopes EU leaders will not only discuss weapons in Kyiv visit
The Kremlin said it hoped the leaders of France, Germany and Italy would not only discuss weapons supplies in their visit to Kyiv on Thursday, but rather to “push President [...
German, French, Italian leaders in Irpin in show of support
The leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Romania walked amid the ruined buildings of the Ukrainian town of Irpin on Thursday in a show of support which the Kyiv government ...
ECB promises new instrument to support indebted members
The European Central Bank promised fresh support and a new scheme on Wednesday to temper a market rout that has fanned fears of a new debt crisis on the euro ...
EU sues UK after plan to override deal on N. Ireland
The European Commission launched two new legal proceedings against Britain on Wednesday after London published plans to override some post-Brexit rules governing Northern Irish trade, and resumed another challenge it ...
Macron toughens tone on Russia before possible Ukraine visit
President Emmanuel Macron voiced a tougher line on Russia on Wednesday after visiting French and allied troops at a NATO base in Romania, seeking to assuage concerns in Ukraine and ...
Iranian tanker ship seized by Greece has been released -Mehr
Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organisation (PMO) said on Tuesday the Iranian-flagged Lana tanker ship seized in April by Greece is no longer impounded and its oil cargo will be ...
Austria announces 6 bln euro package to address cost-of-living crisis
Austria’s conservative-led government on Tuesday announced a package of measures, which it said would cost six billion euros ($6.3 billion) this year, aimed at cushioning the blow to households of ...
Macron fights to save his parliamentary majority and reform agenda
President Emmanuel Macron could lose his outright majority in France‘s parliament and the ability to push through his economic reform agenda with a free hand after a strong showing ...
Civilians shelter in chemical plant as Russian artillery pounds Sievierodonetsk (Updated)
Russian forces pushed into the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk and pounded a zone where hundreds of civilians were sheltering, a Ukrainian official said on Monday – a scene that echoed ...
Macron’s centrists edge ahead of left in French first round vote
French President Emmanuel Macron‘s centrist alliance won the first round of lower house elections on Sunday by a razor-thin margin over the left bloc of Jean-Luc Melenchon although it ...
Russia says it destroyed depot with Western weapons in Ukraine (Update 3)
Russian forces fired cruise missiles to destroy a large depot containing U.S. and European weapons in western Ukraine’s Ternopil region, Interfax reported on Sunday, as street fighting raged ...
Nato chief Stoltenberg says Turkey’s security concerns are legitimate (Updated)
Security concerns raised by Turkey in its opposition to Finland’s and Sweden’s NATO membership applications are legitimate, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Sunday during a visit ...
Pope apologises for having to cancel Africa trip
Pope Francis apologised to the people of Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan on Sunday for having to cancel his visit because of walking problems, and said he was ...
UK’s new N.Ireland trade rules will not break law, minister says
Legislation that Britain will unilaterally bring forward on Monday to scrap some of the rules that govern post-Brexit trade with Northern Ireland will not break international law, minister Brandon Lewis ...
Ukraine grain exports via Poland, Romania face bottlenecks – deputy foreign minister
Ukraine has established two routes through Poland and Romania to export grain and avert a global food crisis although bottlenecks have slowed the supply chain, Kyiv’s deputy foreign minister ...
Ukraine, U.S.-China relations dominate Asian security meeting
The war in Ukraine and China’s increasingly tense relationship with the United States featured in nearly every session of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, which ended on Sunday after ...
French go to polls to give Macron working majority or not (Update 1)
French voters go to the polls on Sunday in the first of two rounds that will decide whether President Emmanuel Macron gets a working majority in parliament or ends up ...