Category: Europe

The Kremlin delivered a stark ultimatum Thursday, declaring any European peacekeeping forces deployed to Ukraine would constitute “legitimate military targets” effectively torpedoing nascent Western efforts to establish post-ceasefire security arrangements as the war approaches its fourth devastating year, according to “Hurriyet Daily News”. Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova branded Ukraine and its European supporters […]

European Union Home Affairs Commissioner Magnus Brunner has called on Germany to terminate its comprehensive border controls, warning that temporary measures must remain genuinely time-limited. Since May 2025, Berlin has maintained intensified inspections across all nine land borders with neighboring states, a policy Brunner characterizes as fundamentally incompatible with the European project’s core achievements. “These […]

Paris — Ukrainian and U.S. negotiators are confronting what President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described as the “most difficult issues” in efforts to end the war with Russia, as high-stakes peace talks entered a second day in the French capital, according to Euro News. Zelenskyy said discussions on Wednesday would focus on the fate of the Russian-occupied […]

Fresh snow and wind warnings have been issued across the United Kingdom as Storm Goretti bears down on the region, intensifying a cold snap that has already disrupted travel and strained emergency services, according to BBC News. The UK’s Met Office has placed amber alerts for strong winds along exposed coastal areas of Cornwall and […]

PARIS — Ukraine’s allies gathered in the French capital on Tuesday in a high-stakes effort to transform broad political assurances into concrete security guarantees for Kyiv, as diplomacy to end the war with Russia enters a more urgent and uncertain phase, according to Reuters. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy joined more than 27 world leaders, alongside […]

ATHENS — Greece’s airspace was effectively shut down on Sunday after a major telecommunications failure crippled the country’s air traffic control systems, bringing nearly all flights to a halt and causing widespread disruption at airports nationwide. The outage affected every airport in Greece, including the country’s busiest international hubs in Athens and Thessaloniki, according to […]

A key party in Germany’s ruling coalition has proposed tightening deportation policies, calling for the return of migrants to countries including Afghanistan, Syria, and Ukraine, a move that has sparked sharp debate among migrant rights advocates, according to TOLOnews. The Christian Social Union (CSU), the Bavarian sister party of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats’ coalition […]

Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, earns substantially more than the ECB publicly acknowledges, making her the highest-paid official in the European Union, according to a report by the Financial Times that has reignited debate over transparency at Europe’s most powerful financial institution. Central bank chiefs worldwide are generally well compensated, though their […]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared that a potential peace agreement to end Russia’s war on Ukraine is “90 percent ready,” striking a cautious but resolute tone in a New Year address that underscored both hope and deep uncertainty after nearly four years of conflict. Speaking from Kyiv, Zelensky said the remaining 10 percent of the […]