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 Russian...
Eastern Europe
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 the...
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, Hungary,...
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 to...
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 that...
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 been...
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 ongoing...
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”, warned...
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 war...
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 new...
“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 reporting...
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 various...
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 Fareed...
“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 Russia’s...
Lavrov calls arms supplied to Ukraine a “legitimate target”
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday that Slovakia providing air defence systems to Ukraine is a no-go, according to...
In Bundestag address, Zelensky finger-points at Berlin’s economic ties with Moscow
Members of Germany’s Bundestag gave a standing ovation to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky following his 10-minute speech on Thursday, writes the...
Czechs contribute EUR 27 million towards armament shipments to Ukraine
Czechia’s Ministry of Defence says 100,000 Czechs have coughed up over EUR 27 million through a crowdfunding campaign which began last...
Zelensky addresses Biden directly, asking him to be “leader of peace”
A theatre sheltering 1,200 civilians in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol was bombed on Wednesday night. An estimated 400,000 residents in...
Conflict at a “crossroads”, could end in April, says adviser to Ukraine’s President
The BBC reported that Russian troops were holding 400 doctors and patients captive in a hospital in the coastal city of...
War in Ukraine deals harsh blow to CEE currencies
While the Hungarian forint was hardest hit, all the currencies of the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region are suffering adverse...