NATO: diplomats convene in Sweden

21.05.2026 Helsingborg The Secretary Genral Mark Rutte, and Prime minister of Sweden Ulf Kristensson open the two days event aimed at investing in military spending. The government. estimates that NATO’s goal of spnding of five percent of GDP on defense will be reached as early as 2030, thatwas Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s pledge to NATO…

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Rubio talks to Arctic Seven

20.05.2026  Helsingbor, Sweden The U.S. Secretary Marco Rubio will travel to Helsingborg, Sweden, May 22 for the NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting. He’ll reiterate the urgent need for greater burden sharing in the Alliance, meet with Arctic Seven counterparts on shared economic and security interests in the High North, and meet with Swedish Pprime minister Kristersson…

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Sweden: Rubio attends NATO event

Helsingborg, Sweden 19.05.2026 Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Helsingborg, Sweden, May 22 to attend the NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting where he will discuss the need for increased defence investment and greater burden sharing in the Alliance, the press release of the State Department reads. He will meet his counterparts from the Arctic…

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NATO: will Rubio attend?

Helsingborg, Sweden 19.05.2026 On May 21 and 22, Sweden will host the NATO Foreign Ministers’ meeting.The meeting takes place in Helsingborg and is the first at ministerial level in Sweden since joining the alliance. Ulf Kristersson is traveling to Helsingborg to receive Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte. Rutte will, among other meetings, have dinner on…

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Borrell: EU is irrelevant

Brussels 15.05.2026 Today the former EU top diplomat Josep Borrell (pictured) said that the Union in its current form was not able to respond to today’s fast-moving geopolitical realities, arguing that the bloc became increasingly irrelevant in international affairs due to outdated decision-making structures. Eski AB Dış İlişkiler ve Güvenlik Politikaları Yüksek Temsilcisi Josep Borrell,…

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Putin: NATO supports agressive forces

Brussels 09.05.2026 This year Russian President Vladimir Putin has used the commemoration event to denounce NATO. He didn’t mention Ukraine once in his speech, referring to it as an “agressive force”, supported by the North Atlantic Alliance. Speaking in front of hundreds of military personnel and flanked by invited world leaders, the President said that…

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Rome: Rubio visits Meloni

Brussels 09.05.2026 This week Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni received the U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio at a moment of maximum strain between her government and President Trump’s administration, caused by the war of choice with Iran. Rubio headed to Italy for a two-day trip on May 7-8 aimed at easing tensions with Pope…

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Vatican: Rubio pays visit to Pope

Brussels 08.05.2026 The U.S. Secreatry of State Marco Rubio assessed positively his visit to Vatican. As he arrived in Italy on May 7 he headed to the Vatican, where he met in the Apostolic Palace with Pope Leo XIV. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that he and Pope Leo XIV had "a very…

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EU-USA trade tensions

Brussels 08.05.2026 Trump offers the EU two months reflection time until July 4 amid trade tensions remain high. (Image above: Brussels, archive) President Donald Trump has given the European Union until July 4 (U.S. Independence Day) to proceed with approval of the US EU trade agreement, temporarily easing concerns over an immediate escalation in auto…

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