BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Brussels authorities have banned a pan-European “freedom convoy” of motorists protesting COVID-19 restrictions from entering the Belgian capital, the regional government said in a statement on Thursday. The convoy was expected to arrive at the home of … Read More
After years of relentlessly pushing the EU to diversify and improve energy security, we most recently traveled to Germany in 2020 for the last in-person Munich Security Conference. As representatives of the U.S. Department of Energy, our goal was to … Read More
KEY POINTS —“It is indispensable to avoid a degradation of the situation before we build mechanisms and gestures of reciprocal trust [with Russia],“France’s President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview. —Monday’s meeting in Moscow is extremely important for the French … Read More
BRUSSELS, Jan 29 (Reuters) – The European Union aims to invest tens of billions of euros to bolster its chip industry and double its share of global production to 20%, the bloc’s industry chief said on Friday, after a global … Read More
European Union aims to show united front in face of what it sees as Russian aggression NATO announced Monday that it will send fighter jets and ships to eastern Europe as tension with the alliance and Russia hit a fever … Read More
The EU has redacted the only nice thing it was planning to say about Russia from its landmark strategy paper. “Many common interests and a shared culture in fact link the EU and Russia. That is why the EU strategy … Read More
On 1 January, Sweden launched its Psychological Defense Agency, which will work to identify, analyze and respond to inappropriate information influences and other information directed against Sweden or Swedish interests. It is part of the Swedish concept of “Total Defense.” … Read More
On Wednesday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke over the phone with the top diplomats of France, Germany, and the United Kingdom to discuss a joint response to Russia’s actions. That’s according to an official statement released by the … Read More
France reported a record high of 179,807 new confirmed coronavirus cases in a 24-hour period today, one of the highest one-day tallies worldwide since the start of the pandemic. It is the highest number of new daily infections in Europe. … Read More
Macron called for a united Europe, with France set to assume the rotating EU presidency. He voiced distrust in the UK government and said he didn’t want to “politicize” sport ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics. With France set to … Read More