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…
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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: III anniversary of Russia-Ukraine war
Brussels 24.02.2025 The EU doesn’t manifest a united position towards the Russia-Ukraine war third anniversary, reflecting the broader complex context of the events. At eve of anniversary the U.S. Special envoy Steve Witkoff said that Russia should not necessarily be blamed for sparking the war in Ukraine, a position that aligns with President Donald Trump’s…
EU-Russia: XVI package of sanctions
Brussels 19.02.2025 The EU states have agreed on a new package of sanctions against Moscow because of Russia’s ongoing war of aggression against Ukraine. It is to come into force on the third anniversary of the invasion next Monday, February 24, as the Polish EU Council Presidency announced. According to diplomats, the measures against Russia’s…
DOGE EU? Commission funds self-promotion
Brussels 19.02.2025 Following recent report on the EU-NGO propaganda machine, the Hungarian research centre MCC Brussels calls for establishment of European DOGE to end misuse of public funds, and establish transparent system of the EU management of tax-payers money. The MCC report reveals the European Commission’s mass-scale misuse of taxpayer funds, channeling billions into a…
EP: Ukraine Rada Speaker addresses MEPs
Strasbourg 11.02.2025 Today the Speaker of the Ukrainian parliament – Verkhovna Rada,- Ruslan Stefanchuk, addressed a formal Plenary sitting of the European Parliament. Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine. Thank you @r_stefanchuk for your powerful address to @Europarl_EN today. The world will continue to witness the courage, defiance and unshakeable determination of the people of Ukraine.#SlavaUkraini…
EU special Tribunal against Russia
Brussels 04.02.2025 “Today, we have taken further steps towards establishing a Special Tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine. There has to be a clear division between war crimes and the crimes of aggression” said the EU High Representative Kaja Kallas at a press point following the meeting of the Core Group on the…
NATO-EU: Rutte aims at 5% defense spending
Brussels 03.02.2025 NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte urged the EU member states of the Alliance to increase the defence spending beyond their common goal of 2% of national output set in 2014, insisting this was now too low because of new challenges, namely Russian war in Ukraine. .@SecGenNATO participated in an informal meeting of…
EU increases defence spending
Brussels 03.02.2025 At the informal European Council meeting on defence, the European Parliament President Metsola outlined her vision on how Europe can and must strengthen its own security and defence. “More action, more financing and more cooperation”, must be the EU’s goals, she argued. “First, we need to do more to protect Europe.” “Russia can…
COSTA INVITES EU LEADERS TO CONVENE INFORMALY
Brussels 02.02.2025 Invitation letter by President António Costa to the members of the European Council: “As I have already indicated to you, I would like to invite you to an informal retreat that will take place on 3 February in the Château de Limont, close to Brussels, dedicated to the topic of European defence. On…
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