« My recent trip to Brussels for the @NATO Ministerial meeting left me with one overriding impression: the US has long failed to address the glaring inconsistency between its relations with NATO and the EU » Christopher Landau wrote on his X page. « These are almost all the same countries in both organizations. When these countries wear…
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Former head of EU diplomacy under arrest
Brussels 02.12.2025 Today the former top EU diplomat Federica Mogherini has become one of the three individuals arrested by Belgian police in an ongoing fraud investigation into the financing of a Bruges academy, two people with knowledge of the investigation told the Belgium press. https://x.com/tempoweb/status/1995832068048130118?t=6pDs3I1_Bc9y36k4HdmuHA&s=19 The EU's Middle East service chief detained by Belgian police…
EU’s Biden loyalists statement
Brussels 17.08.2025 “Early this morning, President Trump debriefed us and President Zelenskyy following his meeting with the Russian President in Alaska on 15 August 2025” reads the statement of a group of eight of the European leaders: President Macron, Prime Minister Meloni, Chancellor Merz, Prime Minister Starmer, President Stubb, Prime Minister Tusk, President Costa, President…
Kallas: XVII package of sanctions on Russia
Brussels 20.05.2025 Today the Foreign Affairs Council and will be chaired by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas. Before entering the meeting she said the following at the doorstep: The EU has approved its 17th sanctions package against Russia, targeting nearly 200 shadow fleet ships. New measures also address…
EU-U.S. top diplomat Kallas disgraced
Brussels 27.02.2025 The meeting between the EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been cancelled and has not taken place during her official visit to Washington D.C. this week. Madame High Representative-Vice President “will not meet Secretary of State Marco Rubio on this occasion due to scheduling issues” the…
France: Russian Consulate attack
Brussels 24.02.2025 An explosion has occurred in Marseille in the garden of Russian Consulate, BFMTV reports. About 30 firefighters and police have left for the scene. Russian Consul General in Marseille Stanislav Oransky confirmed to La Marseillaise medium that the explosion occurred inside the Consulate. There were no casualties. The area has been cordoned off….
EU Kallas: Syria “optimistic” future
Brussels 16.12.2024 Today the top EU diplomats convene in Brussels to discuss a number of international issues, with the events in Syria in first ranks. “…On Syria, on Saturday, I was in Jordan, meeting with the Arab nations, as well as Türkiye and the United States to discuss the principles of engagement with the new…
OSCE: Malta’s leadership of “responsibility and determination”
Attard, Malta 06.12.2024 Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had devoted his speech to the criticism of the West during the 31 Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Ministerial Council taking place on Malta December 5-6. The top diplomat used his plenary speech to attack the “pseudo-liberal” values, and warn that a new Cold…
Russia closes Polish consulate
Brussels 05.12.2024 Today Russian announced the closure of Poland’s consulate in Saint Petersburg, pointing to Warsaw’s recent decision to shut down a Russian consulate in Poznan over accusations of sabotage. In the context of tensions escalating since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Poland warned of further diplomatic channel closures if alleged espionage activities persist. Poland announced…
EU officials visit Riyadh
Brussels 28.11.2024 Members of the EU’s Political and Security Committee (PSC), including the PSC Chair, Ambassador Delphine Pronk, as well as Ambassadors of EU Member States, paid the first-ever official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 24 – 26 November 2024. The delegation was accompanied by the EEAS Managing Director for MENA, Ms…
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