EUROPE DIPLOMATIC

Eurosatory: showcase for global defence

13.06.2026 In the heart of a world in movement, an unavoidable event to build lasting peace and security. Since 1967, Eurosatory has built its status as the benchmark global tradeshow for Defence and Security, bringing together the key players from the international ecosystem. Much more than showcase for technology, Eurosatory is a strategic platform where…

Rabbi criticizes Kallas over “apartheid”

Brussels 12.06.2026 A prominent European cleric Rabbi Menachem Margolin, Chairman of the European Jewish Association (EJA), which advocates for and represents hundreds of Jewish communities across the continent, was scathing of comments attributed to the top EU diplomat Kaja Kallas (pictured). During high-level talks in Mexico City the High Representative compared Israel’s treatment of Palestinians…

UK Defence Secretary bows out

Brussels 12.06.2026 Embattled British Prime Minister Keir Starmer appointed a new defense secretary June 11, Thursday night after a spate of resignations that further challenged his authority and laid bare a bitter dispute over funding for the country’s armed forces. Starmer named Dan Jarvis, a former Army officer and Home Office minister, to the top…

EU diplomacy at threshold of transformation

Brussels 11.06.2026 France and Germany have initiated discussions on the reveiw of the entire structure of the European Union’s foreign policy apparatus. The focus is on revising the powers of the agency that has been responsible for the bloc’s overall foreign strategy for the past 15 years. The situation has escalated following Callas’s personal inability…

Banking: EU new anti-Russian sanctions

09.06.2026 Brussels. The European Union is going to propose a 21st package of sanctions against Russia ‌in response to Ukraine war, the event will take place tomorrow, and will target the bank and crypto networks to create a perspective of a banking crisis, and evoke Moscow’s interest to ⁠negotiate a peace deal in Ukraine’s favor….

Kremlin nuclear saber-rattling

09.06.2026 Russia and Belarus are prepared to use nuclear weapons, among other means, to defend the Union State, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin told Izvestia newspaper. (Image above: Moscow-City) “Cooperation modalities between the armed forces of Russia and Belarus, and between the security agencies of Russia and Belarus, are constantly being improved. We are…

Crimea at brink of food shortage

08.06.2026 Crimean authorities are working to prevent energy and food shortages on the peninsula amid unfounded hype, said Dmitry Peskov, Russian presidential press secretary. “Of course, the relevant authorities are working to ensure there are no shortages. We are seeing many instances of completely unfounded hype,” he told reporters, responding to a question about the…

“Trump Island”: EU warns Albania

07.06.2026 The European Commission has informed Albania about actions that may impact its EU accession path, amid ongoing national protests week over a Trump family-linked development project on the country’s protected coast. Thousands of Albanians took to the streets of Tirana in the largest protest this week against a plan by a company linked to…

Bernadette Chirac passed away 93

06.06.2026 Following the announcement of Bernadette Chirac’s death at the age of 93 on Saturday, June 6, reactions poured in, both on social media and on television. After Emmanuel Macron’s appearance on his social media account, politicians took to the airwaves to pay tribute to the former First Lady. Among them was Nicolas Sarkozy, one…

Putin refuses to meet Zelensky

05.06.2026 President Vladimir Putin said he does not see any sense in meeting Volodymyr Zelensky after the Ukrainian leader requested talks in person to end the war. Zelensky sent an open letter on Thursday, May 4, calling for direct negotiations with Putin, writing that it would be “wrong to simply wait”.The Ukrainian president also requested…