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. Europe France26.06.2025 Speaking during a parliamentary debate on the Middle East yesterday evening, French Defense Minister Lecornu confirmed that the country's military forces intercepted multiple Iranian drones aimed at Israel during the recent conflict between the two countries. He said…

. Europe Hungary25.06.2025  Speaking ahead of NATO leaders meeting in The Hague, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán today called for a revision of the EU's budget regulation framework, warning that no member state would be able to meet NATO’s 5% of GDP defense spending target under the current…

. United StatesJune 24, 2025 / July/August 2025  Beware the Europe you wish for - The downsides and dangers of independence of United States’ allies in Europe. II.    The EU is adopting new rules to standardize planning and purchasing. A 2023 provision incentivizes and facilitates joint defense…

. Europe Ukraine(June 24, 2025) 06:30  Russian drones and missiles killed at least 14 civilians and injured several dozen others in Ukraine in overnight attacks, local officials said yesterday, with nine deaths reported in the capital, Kyiv, where an apartment building partially collapsed. The…

. Europe Hungary 23 Jun (2025), 14:00  Hungary and Slovakia opposed the adoption of an 18th package of sanctions against Russia at the meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Szijjártó said. The European Commission’s (EC) proposal is aimed at…

. Europe The NetherlandsSunday, June 22, 2025  "No social cuts for war profits'. Banners, flags as hundreds of people protested today in The Hague against NATO, military spending and against a possible conflict with Iran, days before the Dutch city hosts the NATO summit that is seeking to increase…

. Europe SpainThursday 19 June 2025 14:36 BST  Spain has rejected a NATO proposal to spend 5% of GDP on defense, calling it “unreasonable.” In early June, ’Sweden and the Netherlands said that they aim to meet the new target’. At next week’s NATO summit in The Hague ’most U.S. allies are on track…

. Europe Germany16.06.2025  Over the weekend, social media posts alleged that a German A400M tanker was visible on flight tracking websites when it accidentally activated its transponder over Jordan during suspected refueling operations with Israeli fighter jets. The aircraft's transponder then…

. Europe BelgiumSaturday, 24 May 2025  Princess Elisabeth, the heir to the Belgian throne, has been caught in the middle of US President Trump’s ban on foreign students attending the prestigious Harvard University. Princess Elisabeth has just completed her first year. The 23-year-old is studying…

. Europe European Union23/05/2025  US President Trump today threatened to impose a 50 percent tariff on imports from the European Union, starting on June 1, 2025, lamenting that negotiations with the EU are going nowhere, accusing the 27-member trading bloc of stalling trade talks. Today early…

. Europe Hungary18/05/2025  Tens of thousands of people protested in Budapest today against a planned law that would allow the government to sanction NGOs and media it deemed a threat to Hungary's sovereignty. The bill on transparency in public life would empower the government to blacklist…

. Europe    Európa GermanyMAY 14, 2025 ’The federal government will provide all the financial resources that the Bundeswehr needs to become the strongest conventional army in Europe,’ Merz said in a speech in the Bundestag today. ’Our friends and partners also expect this from us, and what's more,…

. Europe Germany 06.05.2025 Leader Merz, a parliamentary veteran with no prior government experience, has become Germany's new chancellor. Politician Merz's - Germany's 10th chancellor -  immediate priorities include revitalizing the stagnating economy, rebuilding voter trust, and containing the…

.  Europe Pope Francis’s humility and life’s work at the heart of condolences from European royalty. Monarchs have shared tributes to the late Pontiff. Belgium21st April 2025  King Philippe and Queen Mathilde, who were the last royals to welcome a visit from Pope Francis last September, penned a…

. Africa Democratic Republic of CongoApril 15, 2025  Act or watch? The Democratic Republic of the Congo is offering the United States significant mining rights in exchange for military support. In February 2025, President Tshisekedi wrote to President Trump asking for help pushing back the M23…

. Gaza(19 April 2025)  Israel’s continuous blockade of Gaza has been disastrous for all areas of life in the Strip. (Video/) /Source: The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) - Headquarters New York, U.S. Geneva, Switzerland/by Whittall - an official with UN…

. United StatesApr 20, 2025  The Trump administration attempts to choke off exports of strategically important computer chips to China. Silicon Valley semiconductor star Nvidia is one of the most important pieces in this (US) chess game with China. Nvidia and its US rival Advanced Micro Devices…

. NATO April 14, 2025  Asked about the most critical US bases in Europe, retired lieutenant general Twitty, a distinguished fellow at CEPA and former Deputy Commander of US European Command said that all of them are 'pretty doggone' essential, provide a strategic depth, ’in terms of influence,…

. Hungary(April 8, 2025)  Trump tariffs: Hungary is in the process of negotiating an agreement on a bilateral cooperation framework with the US, Foreign Minister Szijjártó says. “We are on very good terms with the Trump administration,” Szijjártó  explains in an interview on Bloomberg Television,…

. Europe European Union(22 March 2025)  EU lender shifts strategy toward defence and critical minerals. The European Investment Bank (EIB) ’has taken steps to begin financing Europe’s security and defence industry’ and infrastructure, the Luxembourg headquartered lender announced yesterday…

. Europe United Kingdom11 March 2025  It’s not just Trump. The UK views critical minerals as a government priority and wants to open up Ukraine’s vast resources to British corporations. When UK officials signed a 100 year partnership with Ukraine in mid-January, they claimed to be Ukraine’s…

. Europe European Commission24.02.2025  'There can be no other solution other than a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the EU foreign policy chief Kallas said today’. Speaking at joint news conference after a meeting of EU-Israel Association Council, she said: We support the…

. Europe European Union(Wednesday), February 19, 2025  European Union ambassadors approved today the 16th package of sanctions against Russia, banning Russian aluminum imports and imposing new export bans on Moscow. This package is now expected to be approved by EU ministers at a regular meeting…

. Europe Czechia17.02.2025  Russia should not be expected to become “friendlier” and it will not be more predictable after the Ukraine war comes to an end, Czech Republic’s Chief of General Staff Rehka said in weekend remarks to Czech television. Rehka also pointed to the difficulty of achieving a…

. Europe RomaniaFebruary 11th, 2025 In November, Georgescu emerged from obscurity to win the first round of (the now cancelled) Romanian presidential elections. His connections to the Romanian state, to the parties that have dominated the Romanian political scene since 1989, and to neo-fascist…