Former taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said it is “no longer the case” that the US is a “reliable political and economic partner” to Europe.
He also said the EU should be “generous” to the UK and “willing to make…
Category: 3. Europe
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From The Last of Us to the women of Pompeii: Don’t miss this week’s biggest cultural moments.
This week in culture: a devastating blow in The Last of Us, and a compelling new look at women’s lives in ancient Pompeii. Here’s what deserves your attention.
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Suspect in killing of Russian general claims he was paid by Ukraine, Russia says
A man arrested on suspiction of killing a Russian general with a car bomb has pleased guilty to terrorism charges and said he was paid by the Ukrainian Security Service, Russian authorities said on Sunday.
Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik, deputy head of the main operational department in…
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Nigel Farage wants to be ‘like Barack Obama’ as he eyes PM job ahead of local elections – POLITICO
Obama, a Democrat, and Farage, an admirer of current President Donald Trump, hail from different political traditions but the Reform leader wrote that there’s an area he’d like to emulate the former U.S. president — immigration enforcement.
If he were to ever hold the country’s top…
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Greenland PM says island not a piece of property after Trump threats
Greenland’s new prime minister has said the island is not a “piece of property that can be bought”, in response to Donald Trump’s repeated calls for the US to take control of the autonomous Danish territory.
On a visit to Copenhagen on Sunday, Jens-Frederik Nielsen said Greenland and Denmark must…
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Trump’s Russia-Ukraine war approach risks European alliances, says top Senate Democrat
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer decried President Donald Trump’s handling of the Russia-Ukraine war on Sunday, saying that the U.S. is risking its European alliances and making the country look “weak” against foreign adversaries.
The Trump administration has been ramping up…
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Russia launches nearly 150 drones into Ukraine leaving at least one dead
Russia launched a massive attack of nearly 150 drones over Ukraine from Saturday into Sunday, according to Ukraine’s armed forces. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump said he doubts Putin wants to end the three-year war in Ukraine.
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Ukraine hit by new Russian drone attack after Trump-Zelenskyy meeting – POLITICO
“There was no reason for Putin to be shooting missiles into civilian areas, cities and towns, over the last few days,” Trump said in a post on TruthSocial, referring to an earlier Russian attack on Kyiv that killed at least eight people.
“It makes me think that maybe he doesn’t…
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Trump steps from the cloister to shake hands with world leaders in Vatican City
Trump steps from the cloister to shake hands with world leaders in Vatican City
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How investors can navigate European markets through uncertainty
Credit spreads have widened, but so far, only to their five-year historical average levels, not nearly to the wides seen during the pandemic period and after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, Gordon Kerr writes.
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