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Kaja Kallas

Kaja Kallas has been an Estonian MEP and a member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) since 2014. She was co-rapporteur for the report “Towards a Digital Single Market Act”. She has been a member of the Estonian Bar Association since 1999, specialized in European and Estonian competition law. Kallas was elected to the Estonian Parliament in 2011, where she chaired the Economic Affairs Committee until 2014, when she was elected to the European Parliament. Until 2011, when she was elected to the Estonian Parliament, Kallas worked as a partner in two leading law firms in Estonia, Tark & Co and Luiga Mody Hääl Borenius.
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EU steps in as ‘alarming’ India-Pakistan tensions rise

“I urge both sides to show restraint,” the bloc’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas says after discussions with senior New Delhi and Islamabad officials.

May 2, 2025 6:12 pm CET

Europe’s diplomatic blind spot: Kallas’ visit to Baku

Dulled by energy deals and geopolitical caution, Europe’s response to Azerbaijan’s aggression has been tepid for too long.

April 30, 2025 4:00 am CET

Putin announces new ceasefire but Kremlin hardens stance on annexed Ukrainian regions

Moscow is emboldened after U.S. President Donald Trump caves in to a key Russian demand.

April 28, 2025 2:22 pm CET

Europe jittery ahead of Meloni’s visit with Trump

Italy’s leader wouldn’t be the EU’s first choice to negotiate with Trump. But she might be its only choice.

April 16, 2025 10:48 pm CET

The untold story of how Trump shocked Europe in a few short days

When the world changed, here’s how it looked to political insiders.

April 16, 2025 4:01 am CET

Don’t go to Russia’s WWII victory day celebrations, EU warns European leaders

Moscow has invited numerous world leaders to its annual military parade.

April 14, 2025 5:50 pm CET

Ukraine allies hold talks to secure a non-existent peace

The coalition of the willing will start laying out potential contributions in writing.

April 10, 2025 9:51 pm CET

Keep calm and don’t be Trump: Ukraine plays it cool on EU trade

With duty-free access set to expire in June, Kyiv is working with Brussels to revise its wartime trade deal — urging calm tweaks over political drama, and pushing to be treated as a future EU member, not a third country.

April 10, 2025 3:23 pm CET

Moscow says airstrike targeted military meeting; Ukraine says 9 kids were killed

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said such attacks “cannot be accidental.”

April 5, 2025 3:57 pm CET

How Trump is forcing Europe to get real on steel

The EU wants to rearm, reindustrialize and refinance as Donald Trump’s United States abandons the role of global policeman.

March 31, 2025 4:39 am CET

Erdoğan, not Trump, is Europe’s new best friend on security

Ekrem İmamoğlu, Istanbul’s mayor and the main political rival of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has been arrested. So what is Europe doing about it? Staying pretty …

March 28, 2025 4:01 am CET

Spain’s Sánchez calls for creation of European army

The push to boost defense spending clashes with Madrid’s struggle to ensure not “a single cent” is cut from social spending.

March 26, 2025 1:18 pm CET
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Kaja Kallas is ‘acting like a prime minister,’ critics of EU’s top diplomat say

The bloc’s foreign policy chief has faced a barrage of criticism in her first months, from coming out too aggressively against Russia to challenging U.S. President Donald Trump.

March 26, 2025 4:00 am CET
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Ukraine’s phony peace has begun. Only Trump still believes it’s real.

Donald Trump’s talks with Vladimir Putin have paralyzed Ukraine’s allies in Europe. Nobody is ready for peace.

March 21, 2025 12:38 am CET

EU plan to send more military aid to Ukraine in shambles

The bloc had aimed to send billions in military aid and artillery ammunition to Kyiv, but member countries split on the plan.

March 20, 2025 11:51 pm CET

UK rebukes Israeli defense minister who called for ‘total devastation’ of Gaza

Foreign secretary David Lammy urged Israel Katz to withdraw his comments.

March 20, 2025 4:16 pm CET

EU slams the door on US in colossal defense plan

Bloc aims to build up military-industrial complex to deter Russia and brace for the U.S. shift away from Europe.

March 19, 2025 5:08 pm CET

Inside the scramble to save America’s pro-democracy media outlets from Trump

In ending media mission Washington will be “ceding territory to the Russians, the Iranians and the Chinese,” says Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty CEO.

March 19, 2025 4:01 am CET

Kallas and Lammy: This moment of crisis demands closer UK-EU cooperation

Britain may have left the EU, but when it comes to keeping our continent safe, Europe cannot afford to be less than the sum of our parts.

March 18, 2025 4:00 am CET

‘Hope in Syria is really hanging by a thread’: EU pledges more aid despite violence

The bloc has spearheaded efforts to restore diplomatic ties with Damascus in recent months.

March 17, 2025 1:10 pm CET

EU lays out ‘massive investment’ boost in defense to deter Russia

The European Commission’s defense policy proposal lays out a strategy for the bloc to rearm.

March 14, 2025 4:27 am CET

Can EU leaders handle a world on fire?

100 days in, Europe’s top leaders are facing a reality check.  Ursula von der Leyen talks about a new sense of urgency — but is she leading, …

March 14, 2025 4:00 am CET

Merz, Klingbeil und der lange Weg zur Koalition

– Koalitionsverhandlungen und Sondersitzungen: Die Tage der politischen Gleichzeitigkeit haben begonnen. Was wo wie läuft, welche Regeln gelten, ob die Zeitpläne passen, eine Analyse mit Gordon Repinski …

March 13, 2025 6:10 am CET

Russia is conducting ‘state-sponsored terrorism’ against Europe, EU chief diplomat warns

Investigation showed pro-Russia groups were offering crypto payments in exchange for hybrid attacks across Europe.

March 12, 2025 7:35 pm CET
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