EU-Russia relations
Latvia ramps up crackdown on Russian citizens with real estate purchase ban
Riga also wants prohibition on Kremlin soldiers from entering the Schengen Area.
What’s really behind Europe’s 5% defense push
EU summons Russian envoy over assault on European diplomat in Vladivostok
Das Update zum Kiew-Besuch von Boris Pistorius
Das Update neuen Russland-Manifest der SPD
Macron wax statue stolen from museum then used at protest outside Russian Embassy
Von der Leyen welcomes US senators’ bid to pile sanctions pressure on Putin
Europe should avoid ‘angry divorce’ with US, defense chief warns
Less complaining and more preparation will help avoid an angry divorce between Europe and America, the defense commissioner said.
Der außenpolitische Start von Merz
Zwischen großen Worten und Gesten, Kontinuität und Relativierung: Was für ein Außenpolitiker Friedrich Merz wird, analysiert Gordon Repinski. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview: Paul Ziemiak, Mitglied im CDU-Bundesvorstand und Vorsitzender …
Orbán’s Fidesz party proposes Russia-style crackdown on Hungary’s civil society
The new bill fits into a pattern of democratic backsliding for the Central European country.
Western leaders head to Kyiv to demand Putin agrees ceasefire
Starmer, Macron, Tusk and Merz join Donald Trump’s call for a 30-day Ukraine war truce.
Italy’s Meloni says Putin’s 3-day ceasefire ‘insufficient’
Russia has yet to prove it wants to end the war, prime minister says.
Russia launches huge attack on Kyiv while Trump squeezes Zelenskyy
At least 8 die as Vladimir Putin’s forces hit Ukrainian capital with missiles and drones.
Ukraine captures 2 Chinese soldiers fighting for Putin, Zelenskyy says
Kyiv summons Chinese envoy to demand an explanation.
Europe’s new war with Russia: Deep sea sabotage
Suspicious Russian tankers keep slashing Europe’s internet and power cables. It’s not an act of war … but someday it might be.
Turmoil churns below the surface as Rubio meets NATO allies
Trump’s envoy Marco Rubio faces European NATO allies amid tension over Greenland, Ukraine and the future of the alliance.
Ukraine’s long-range Neptune cruise missile is a potential trump card
Russia is talking of halting energy infrastructure attacks just as Ukraine unleashes a powerful new cruise missile.
European leaders warn Putin’s talk of peace is a mirage
Allies voice deep skepticism as Trump and Putin hold a 90-minute call.
Moscow and Beijing rejoice at looming death of Radio Free Europe, VOA
“We couldn’t shut them down, unfortunately, but America did so itself,” editor-in-chief of Russia’s state broadcaster said.
Union: Aufstand der Frauen gegen Merz
– Nächstes Zugeständnis: Friedrich Merz sieht sich womöglich mit der Forderung einer Frauenquote in der Unions-Fraktion konfrontiert. – Nächste Schritte: Die Co-Vorsitzende der Linken-Gruppe im Bundestag, Heidi …
NATO chief opens door to restoring Russia relations after Ukraine war
“But we are absolutely not there yet,” defense chief says a day after talks with U.S. President Trump.
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 …
Russia posed spy as Belarusian refugee to set Warsaw mall on fire, prosecutors say
The man filmed the fire to “document the act of sabotage,” according to Polish prosecutors.
Trump’s Ukraine ceasefire plan: What we know so far
Your questions answered about the proposed Russia-Ukraine truce agreed between Marco Rubio and Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s team in Saudi Arabia.
Trump and Putin gang up on European centrists in Romania’s election crisis
Elon Musk slams Romanian authorities for banning far-right frontrunner Călin Georgescu. It’s another win for the Kremlin.
Macron’s told-you-so moment
Trump vindicated the French president on self-reliant defense. But with Putin looming, the hard work starts now for Europe.