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There were good reasons for this. After all, NATO’s mission is the collective security of the Euro-Atlantic area and most of the bloc’s member countries are also part of the alliance. Therefore, many considered the EU becoming a major security provider to be an unnecessary duplication, if not a possible cause of dangerous confusion in the line of command in the event of an attack. However, it’s also true that the Treaty of the EU provides for the establishment of common defense (however undefined) and for mutual assistance among member countries in the event of aggression. Moreover, for Europe, NATO…
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Top US and Russian officials met for four hours Tuesday before President Donald Trump suggested that Kyiv was to blame for the conflict. US President Donald Trump pushed back Tuesday against Ukraine’s objections to being excluded from talks between the US and Russia in Saudi Arabia aimed at ending the war in eastern Ukraine.He also seemed to suggest that Ukraine was to blame for a war that began only after Russia invaded that country.Speaking to reporters from his Mar-a-Lago estate, Trump said, “Today I heard, well, we weren’t invited. Well, you’ve been there for three years. You should have ended…
Although Germany is entering its third consecutive year of recession, the country’s economic woes can be traced back to 2019, when decarbonization efforts kicked off in earnest, threatening its traditional industrial prowess. Meanwhile, China, the country German industry once relied upon for massive profits, has become its biggest competitor. A toxic relationship Germany’s auto giants got rich in China, entering the market decades ago when domestic car sales were just starting to creep up; their Asian success helped support higher wages at home. That trend reversed in 2018 when China’s market for new cars contracted for the first time since…
A recent report from the European Commission revealed that about 79 percent of European households are already covered by “very high capacity” networks — i.e. reaching a download speed of at least 1,000 megabits per second or 1 gigabit — increasingly through ultra-fast “fiber” connections. “If I were a customer, if I can get fiber, I will take fiber … If I don’t have good broadband from any of the traditional means, then great, I’ll have the satellites please,” said Robert Mourik, the chair of the organization of European telecom watchdogs BEREC. Starlink offers speeds up to five times slower…
Belgian Interior Minister Bernard Quintin attended daily inspections of the Antwerp maritime police forces, which are in charge of the security and safety of the port of Antwerp. Belgium is reinforcing maritime police forces at the harbour of Antwerp to fight rising drug violence.While attending daily inspections of the Antwerp maritime police forces, Belgian Interior Minister Bernard Quintin confirmed the hiring of 100 extra people. “”They currently have 212 people and will increase to 333. So, more than a hundred people extra,” the interior minister said. The fight against drug violence starts in the port of Antwerp. More than 7,000…
After Hamas said it will release six living Israeli hostages and return four bodies, family members expressed both happiness and grief ahead of the release, while Palestinians in Gaza maintain hope that the ceasefire will hold. Family members of Israeli hostages being held in Gaza by Hamas expressed both happiness and grief ahead of the next release scheduled for this Thursday and Saturday.Hamas announced that it will free six living Israeli hostages on Saturday and return the bodies of four others on Thursday, a surprise acceleration in releases apparently in trade for Israel’s allowing mobile homes and construction equipment into…
Countries will be able to contribute military kit or cash. Their financial contribution will be proportionate to their gross national income, one of the diplomats said. A major military aid package would provide a tangible display of the EU’s resolve to back Ukraine after an emergency gathering of leaders in Paris on Monday failed to deliver concrete decisions. The EU has been sidelined from talks between the United States and Russia to end the war, causing consternation in EU capitals as well as in Kyiv. A boost in military support could help Ukraine replenish its armed forces, hold back Russian attacks…
Residents of Austria’s Villach attended a funeral march and church service on Tuesday after a 14-year-old boy was killed in a stabbing attack on Saturday. A silent tribute march and church service took place in the Austrian town of Villach on Tuesday evening, following a deadly knife attack last Saturday that killed a 14-year-old boy and injured five others.The suspect, a 23-year-old Syrian, was arrested after the attack, which took place on Saturday afternoon in Villach’s city centre, close to the main square. Police said he used a folding knife. Those wounded were two 15-year-old boys and men aged 28,…
The negotiations, which sidelined Ukraine and Europe, have sparked angst and urgency in key European capitals as U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin look set to decide on Ukraine’s future without substantial input from Kyiv or its Western allies. For his part, Trump aims to expand American influence in the Arctic, having repeatedly mused about acquiring Greenland from Denmark — and has refused to rule out using military force or economic coercion to seize control of the massive island with its vast mineral wealth and key strategic location. U.S. oil major ExxonMobil had partnered with Russian state…