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Von der Leyen slams Trump: We don’t punish neighbors

Commission president criticizes the American leader’s trade war, approach to other countries and targeting of universities.

April 29, 2025 7:27 pm CET

Von der Leyen hopes for Trump meeting at pope’s funeral

The U.S. president has snubbed the EU since coming to power earlier this year.

April 25, 2025 9:23 am CET

Europe shows withdrawal symptoms after 75 years of addiction to US troops

European capitals are divided on how to respond to a probable reduction of America’s military presence.

April 25, 2025 4:32 am CET

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.

April 24, 2025 10:15 am CET

Rubio and Witkoff bail on crucial Ukraine talks amid Crimea split

Donald Trump’s peace proposal involves a potential lifting of sanctions and informal U.S. recognition of Russia’s control over Crimea. That’s a nonstarter for Kyiv.

April 23, 2025 11:47 am CET

Ukraine ready to negotiate with Russia — if it agrees to ceasefire first

The change of tone came the day before Ukrainian officials were to meet U.S. representatives in London to discuss a ceasefire plan, with Putin also reportedly open to a deal.

April 22, 2025 9:29 pm CET

Putin’s Easter pseudo-ceasefire was a publicity stunt to woo Trump, France says

Russia’s Ukraine move was “aimed at preventing President Trump from becoming impatient and angry,” French foreign minister says.

April 22, 2025 10:37 am CET

American diplomats shaken by reports of possible cuts

Purported executive order calls for slashing State Department offices and bureaus and overhauling how diplomatic postings work.

April 20, 2025 5:44 pm CET

Macron invited to UK state visit in May — ahead of Trump

With a relaunch of Britain-EU relations on the horizon, the French leader’s visit will take place months before the U.S. president.

April 20, 2025 12:58 pm CET

Ukraine and US ink memorandum on rare earths

This is a precursor to a full minerals deal and clarifies U.S. support for a “free, sovereign, and secure Ukraine.”

April 18, 2025 10:38 am CET

Ukrainians roll eyes at Witkoff, reject border changes

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff has conveyed Moscow’s desire for peace in exchange for five regions in Ukraine.

April 16, 2025 6:58 pm CET

US lifts sanctions against key Orbán ally accused of corruption

Penalties against Antal Rogan were “inconsistent with U.S. foreign policy interests,” says a spokesperson for top American diplomat Marco Rubio.

April 16, 2025 9:48 am CET
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JD Vance: Europe can’t be a ‘permanent security vassal’ of the US

The American vice president concurs with French sentiment that the continent needs to be militarily independent. 

April 15, 2025 11:52 am CET

Russia frees ballerina in prisoner swap with US

Top American diplomat Marco Rubio praises President Donald Trump for getting the deal done.

April 10, 2025 1:07 pm CET

Von der Leyen welcomes Trump’s tariff U-turn

Europe exhales as U.S. president hits pause button on most severe tariff regime.

April 10, 2025 9:23 am CET

China condemns JD Vance’s ‘peasants’ jibe

Beijing hammers US vice president as lacking “knowledge and respect” in escalating feud.

April 8, 2025 2:19 pm CET

Ukraine is stuck with Musk’s Starlink for now

Key competitor Eutelsat won’t break Starlink’s grip on Kyiv’s wartime communications overnight.

April 7, 2025 4:11 am CET

How Kyiv’s effort to lure Trump with rare earths backfired

Ukraine potentially has large deposits of crucial minerals, but it will take peace and billions of dollars to unlock them.

April 5, 2025 4:01 am CET

World trade war escalates as China strikes all US imports with 34 percent tariff

Beijing’s counterattack against Donald Trump comes after Wednesday’s wide-ranging measures.

April 4, 2025 1:28 pm CET

Russia open to security guarantees for Ukraine ‘in some form,’ Putin’s envoy says after White House talks

Russia’s negotiator insisted there was a “positive outcome” after two days of talks with Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff in Washington.

April 4, 2025 4:35 am CET

National security newbie Matthew Whitaker becomes US NATO envoy

His selection had surprised U.S. allies because the lawyer had no significant foreign policy experience.

April 2, 2025 6:23 am CET

Trump promises ‘big, big problems’ if Zelenskyy backs out of minerals deal

U.S. president accuses Kyiv of wanting to renegotiate the proposed agreement on Ukraine’s “rare earths.”

March 31, 2025 10:21 am CET

Vance jets in as Greenland’s leader calls for unity against Trump’s coercion

“It is very important that we put aside our disagreements and differences,” says Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen.

March 28, 2025 5:01 pm CET

Ukraine and Russia do the Trump dance to shift blame for peace-talk problems

But there’s fear in Kyiv that the U.S. president doesn’t care and will lean toward Moscow.

March 28, 2025 2:18 pm CET
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