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Greenlandic politician and co-founder of the territory’s liberal Cooperation Party, Tillie Martinussen, has thanked European countries for standing behind the island as it faced down takeover threats from US President Donald Trump. “I have to say the Greenlandic people are so grateful to all our European allies as well as Canada. They have really stepped up in this question here and we have seen them learning from past mistakes. And I think that’s wonderful. We’re very, very happy with the European Union as it is right now and Europe as a whole,” she said in an exclusive interview with Euronews…
Klingbeil, who also acts as Germany’s finance minister, in particular voiced frustration over the European Commission’s handling of the Greenland crisis over the course of the past week, suggesting the Commission was not acting with enough urgency. “When I returned from Brussels on Monday, I was extremely frustrated because I had held talks with the Commission where I was given the impression that everything was great, everything was on the right track, and I don’t think that is appropriate given the situation we are in,” Klingbeil said. Klingbeil said that his frustration with the EU’s pace prompted him to reach…
Published on 23/01/2026 – 19:23 GMT+1 The Russian Defence Ministry released a video on Friday showing two long-range Tu-22M3 bomber aircraft performing what was described as a “planned flight” in the airspace over neutral waters in the Baltic Sea. “Escort was provided by crews of Su-35 and Su-30 fighter aircraft of the Aerospace Forces. The flight duration was about five hours. At certain stages of the route, long-range bombers were accompanied by fighter jets from foreign countries”, said the defence ministry in a statement. Moscow stressed that all flights of aircraft of Russia’s Air Forces are carried out in strict…
Seeking a diplomatic way out, Rome and Berlin both turned to their constitutions. “We are ready. But of course there are objective problems with the way the initiative is structured,” Meloni said in Rome on Friday during a joint press conference with Merz. “I have also spoken to the American president about this. Perhaps we can try to resolve these issues,” she added. Meloni argued that Trump’s peace board would contravene a provision of the Italian constitution that precludes the country from joining international bodies in which one entity — in this case the U.S. president — would have more…
Europe must electrify “everything” in the coming years, Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), said during a Euronews panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, sharing a vision of a continent powered by clean power rather than fossil fuels. “When we look at energy security in Europe, and Europe’s goals, such as reaching our climate goals, but also at the same time being affordable, I see one future for Europe,” Birol said. “Electrify everything, as much as you can, electrify everything. Transportation, industry and so on.” The IEA chief suggested a two-fold strategy to this…
The summit focused on strengthening EU strategic autonomy, boosting industrial competitiveness – particularly the automotive sector – and deepening cooperation on defence, energy and migration. “We must build an authoritative, competitive Europe with its own strategic autonomy,” said Meloni at a press conference following morning talks at Villa Doria Pamphili, “Italy and Germany have a special responsibility in this phase of history: the EU must choose whether to be the protagonist of its destiny”. Following 75 years of diplomatic relations, “Italy and Germany are closer than ever before” Merz said, “We want to strengthen industrial competitiveness and enhance security”. The…
The center was one of dozens of organizations from which U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew in early January on the grounds that they were “wasteful, ineffective, and harmful.” Meloni and Merz committed to “exchange on hybrid threats, information resilience and strategic communications,” as well as prioritizing a wide range of cybersecurity policies such as the protection of critical infrastructure, cyber capacity building projects and tackling cybercrime. They also said they will “prioritize disruptive and dual-use technologies” for cyber defense. The two European leaders also pushed to boost the EU’s intelligence-sharing capacities, in particular the “hybrid fusion cell” within the EU…
“But if anything it has been good, and we should say thank you to the bashers, because I think it has given us a complete realization of the fact that we have to be more focused,” she added, especially on “innovation” and “productivity.” In the last few days at the Davos summit, Trump said Europe was not heading in “the right direction, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called Denmark “irrelevant,” and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick berated Europe during a VIP dinner with European officials and business leaders — reportedly prompting Lagarde, who was in attendance, to walk out of the event in protest. But Lagarde also struck an optimistic note Friday, detailing her “very, very strong belief” that Europeans and Americans share…
Japan is currently developing the world’s fastest train, the L0 Series, which is a Japanese maglev train being produced and tested by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). This train is expected to be able to reach speeds of up to 603.5kmh, far surpassing the only commercial maglev train in the world at the moment, China’s Shanghai Maglev, which goes up to 460.2kmh. In contrast, Europe’s fastest trains, the French TGV and the Italian AGV Italo, have top operational speeds of between 306-354kmh. Slashing travel time between Tokyo and Nagoya to mere minutes Usually, a train from Tokyo to…
Viewers around the world have been drawn to Heated Rivalry like moths to a flame. Now, the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics are keeping it burning by choosing the show’s stars, Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie, as official torchbearers. The news was announced on Thursday by HBO Max, which owns the streaming rights to Heated Rivalry and will broadcast the Winter Olympics live. The torch relay, which started in Greece on 26 November 2025, is due to conclude on the 6 February, when the opening ceremony begins at Milan’s San Siro Stadium. Details of the exact time and date of…