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Iran: France-Germany-UK plus EU call to de-escalate

Brussels 18.06.2025 The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, together with the High Representative of the European Union, had a phone conversation with their Iranian counterpart on Monday, 16 June 2025, regarding the ongoing conflict between Iran and Israel, reads the statement issued by the European External Acton Service. E3…

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Iran “enrichment capabilities still exit”

Brussels 18.06.2025 A top IDF official acknowledged for the first time that while Israel has destroyed Natanz’s above-ground nuclear facilities, the military is unsure whether it succeeded in destroying Iran’s uranium-enriching centrifuge fleet at the Natanz underground facility. (Image: illustration). Previously the IDF had said that it had succeeded in striking and destroying both the…

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Baltic Air Space: Portuguese policing

Brussels 16.06.2025 The Portuguese Air Force is securing the skies over and around Estonia as part of NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission. Fighter pilots and aircrew arrived at Ämari Air Base in late May, replacing an earlier Portuguese detachment that began its duties in April and assuming responsibility for their four F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter…

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Brussels: Recidivism of Antisemitism

Brussels 15.06.2025 Senior Jewish Leaders Portrayed as “Lobbyists for Genocide” on posters across Brussels. Portraits of senior officials of the European Jewish Association (https://ejassociation.eu/) have been plastered across Brussels, accused of being “lobbyists for genocide”. On June 13 the residents of Brussels were confronted with a shocking and deeply disturbing sight: the faces of European…

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EU believes in diplomacy

Brussels 15.06.2026 A couple of hours before the hypersonic missile strike on Haifa, Israel, the EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas issued the following statement: “The European Union is following very closely the situation in the Middle East and expresses its deepest concern at the dangerous escalation that threatens to destabilise the Middle East following Israeli…

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Patriarch Kirill isn’t scared by F-16

Brussels 14.06.2025 Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus’ said that he was not scared by the launch of an F-16 near his plane flying to Kaliningrad. Speaking at a meeting of the clergy of the Kaliningrad, he said that his plane was accompanied to the region by an F-16 fighter, and asked a rhetorical…

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NATO: Rutte expects “bold decisions”

Brussels 13.06.2025 NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte met Prime Minister of Sweden Ulf Kristersson in Stockholm on Friday 13 June 2025 to discuss preparations for the NATO Summit in The Hague. .@secgennato Mark Rutte met 🇸🇪 @SwedishPM Ulf Kristersson in Stockholm to discuss preparations for the #NATOsummit. He commended Sweden’s major contributions across the Alliance…

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European Parliament: €30M for self-promotion

Brussels 05.06.2025 The European Parliament, through its Directorate-General for Communication, has allocated nearly €30 million since 2020 to media for campaigns, including explicitly self-promotional content ahead of elections. The aim is to “increase the reach towards targeted audiences more effectively with messages related to the work of the European Parliament,” adding “legitimacy to EP campaigns”….

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NATO: Much more spending needed

Brussels 05.06.2025 Today at NATO Headquaters the U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said allies cannot rely on the United States to defend them and need to increase self-reliance. US defence chief Pete Hegseth on Thursday pushed NATO to agree a deal on ramping up defence spendinghttps://t.co/6SUGJwIlwK pic.twitter.com/sh53oKBum4 — AFP News Agency (@AFP) June 5, 2025…

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