LONDON — European leaders hit back at U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement that he would impose sanctions on nations that deployed small numbers of military forces to Greenland last week, as the president continues his push to acquire the Arctic territory. Trump said Saturday that a 10% tariff would be imposed on all goods sent […]
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Russia turning occupied Donbas into ‘huge military base to frighten Europe’ | Russia-Ukraine war News
Kyiv, Ukraine – A Russian officer in the Moscow-occupied part of the Donetsk region in southeastern Ukraine has reportedly become unusually lenient towards one new soldier. As the tale goes, the officer lets him spend several days in the administrative capital, also named Donetsk, and – knowing that the serviceman is single and childless – […]
Trump is right. Europe is in crisis | Roma
After years of public criticism directed at Europe, US President Donald Trump put together a National Security Strategy (NSS) that reflected his twisted perceptions. Still, it is one thing to hear his stage rhetoric and another to see his worldview codified in official doctrine. Its core claim: Europe will be “unrecognisable in 20 years” due […]
Streeting urges closer trading ties with Europe to grow UK economy | Wes Streeting
A deeper trading relationship with the EU would be the best way of growing Britain’s economy, which has an “uncomfortable” level of tax, Wes Streeting has said. The health secretary said it would not be possible for any partnership with the EU to “return to freedom of movement”, but his comments appeared to leave the […]
Universal could take on Disneyland Paris and Europe theme parks
Danny FullbrookBedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire Universal Destinations & Experiences/Comcast The new theme park is expected to eventually attract more visitors than any other park in Europe, according to Universal Universal’s UK theme park was given the green light this week, a decision which created buzz for families up and down the country who might one […]
Was Putin’s response to my question about war in Europe an olive branch?
Reporters ask world leaders questions all the time. No big deal. Right? But what’s it like putting a question to Vladimir Putin – the president who ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the leader whose country was accused this week by the head of MI6 of “the export of chaos”? And imagine asking that question […]
Europe Agrees on Loan to Ukraine Without Using Russian Funds
new video loaded: Europe Agrees on Loan to Ukraine Without Using Russian Funds transcript Back transcript Europe Agrees on Loan to Ukraine Without Using Russian Funds European leaders agreed on Friday to provide Ukraine with a $105 billion loan but failed to reach a consensus on using Russian government assets frozen in Europe to back […]
Putin calls European leaders ‘little pigs’ and says Russia will achieve Ukraine goals by diplomacy or force – Europe live | Europe
Putin calls European leaders ‘little pigs’ as he insists Russia will achieve its goals in Ukraine by diplomacy or force Pjotr Sauer Russian affairs reporter Meanwhile, Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Wednesday lashed out at European leaders, deriding them as “little pigs”, and said Russia would achieve its territorial goals in Ukraine either through diplomacy or […]
Trump says Europe ‘weak’ and ‘faithful servant’ Winkleman
US President Donald Trump has declared European leaders “weak”, with his comments splashed on a number of Wednesday’s front pages. According to the Metro, the president “lambasted ‘decaying’ European nations” for their failure to take action to end the Ukraine war, in a rant that the paper says “puts peace in peril”. Claudia Winkleman beams […]
The week Europe realised it stands alone against Russian expansionism | Ukraine
Kaja Kallas, the European Union foreign policy chief, asked her officials this week to dig up the number of times Russia had – in its various guises – invaded other states in the 20th and 21st centuries. The answer that came back was 19 states, on 33 occasions. Kallas, the former Estonian prime minister, was […]