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Czech EU Council presidency aims to clarify Brussels’ relations with Beijing

Czechia’s Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky says one of his country’s goals when it heads the EU Council is to clarify…

3 years ago

Romania unveils massive support scheme for firms, families

Romania is rolling out a EUR 3.4 billion part-EU-funded assistance package to help struggling companies and families amid the economic…

3 years ago

Hundreds of Russian envoys expelled from EU

Over two hundred Russian diplomats have been sent home from countries in Europe this week, in response to scenes of…

3 years ago

EU deducts unpaid fines from payment to Poland

The Polish Finance Ministry confirmed on Thursday that the European Commission (EC) has paid Poland EUR 30 million less in…

3 years ago

Russian troops regrouping, not withdrawing, says NATO chief

NATO’s Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday that intelligence showed Russian forces in Ukraine were not withdrawing, but appeared to…

3 years ago

Warsaw gets serious about eliminating Russian energy imports

Poland adopted draft legislation on Wednesday to prohibit coal imports from Russia. In its efforts to move away from all…

3 years ago

Ukraine, Russia find glimmer of hope in Istanbul negotiations, but hostilities on ground continue

Wednesday saw a flurry of statements from Moscow and Kyiv on the prospects for peace in Ukraine, following talks between…

3 years ago

Hungary postpones Visegrad 4 Summit after Czechia, Poland reps refuse to attend

Hungary cancelled a scheduled summit of defence ministers from the Visegrad 4 (“V4”) group of EU member states - Czechia,…

3 years ago

Russian forces to scale back attacks in parts of Ukraine to build trust, facilitate negotiations

Russia said on Tuesday it would reduce its military operations around Kyiv, and in Chernihiv in the north of Ukraine…

3 years ago

US will honour “sacred obligation” to NATO allies, says Biden

In a speech closing his visit to Poland, US President Joe Biden reassured NATO allies in Central and Eastern Europe…

3 years ago

America and EU start plan to reduce Russian energy imports to Europe with more US LNG

The United States agreed a deal on Friday with the European Union to provide the bloc with an additional 15…

3 years ago

NATO agrees to beef up eastern flank defences at emergency summit

At an emergency NATO summit in Brussels on Thursday, US President Joe Biden said that the defence alliance had “never…

3 years ago

NATO Summit to decide on troop deployments in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia

NATO representatives meeting on Thursday will consider boosting the strength of the defence alliance’s eastern flank even further given Russia’s…

3 years ago

Using chemical weapons would have “far-reaching consequences”, warns NATO chief

Russian forces using chemical weapons in Ukraine would not only be a violation of international law, but have “far-reaching consequences”,…

3 years ago

Ukraine a “living hell”, says United Nations chief

Ukrainians are going through a “living hell”, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday, in what he termed an unwinnable…

3 years ago

Bulgaria, Lithuania, Poland look to reduce dependence on Russian sources of energy

Efforts to reduce dependency upon Russian sources of energy within countries in Central and Eastern Europe have taken on a…

3 years ago

“Clear evidence” of war crimes in Ukraine, says US Pentagon

The US Defence Department says there is “clear evidence” that Russian forces are committing war crimes in Ukraine, according to…

3 years ago

NATO troops arrive to Slovakia to deploy US-made Patriot air defence systems

NATO troops have begun arriving at the Sliac military base in Slovakia to deploy US-made “Patriot” anti-missile defence systems in…

3 years ago

Zelensky open to negotiations with Putin, but says failure could mean “World War 3”

A failure to negotiate peace between Ukraine and Russia could lead to World War 3, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told…

3 years ago

“Conflicts and confrontations” in no one’s interest, says China’s Xi Jinping

Chinese president Xi Jinping spoke to US President Joe Biden today for an hour and 50 minutes on Friday about…

3 years ago