Greece and Turkey, both NATO members, have spent weeks at loggerheads after Ankara sent exploration vessels in August into potentially resource-rich waters claimed by both countries. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addresses a press conference during a visit to … Read More
Why are Armenia and Azerbaijan back to the brink of all-out war? Dozens have been killed in a flare-up of July’s tensions in the separatist Armenian-speaking enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh. This time, it has escalated with both sides declaring martial law and … Read More
PARIS (Reuters) – The EU is right to continue talking to Britain for now, and should not overreact to British tactics that could be aimed at pushing Brussels to break off negotiations over a Brexit trade deal, France’s European affairs … Read More
That the European Union takes to the moral high ground on international law when it suits it is hardly new. Nor is its infringement of international treaties, even when they are its own. For six months now, the European Union … Read More
As coronavirus cases rise across Europe the World Health Organization has sounded the alarm about how bad the situation really is. WHO’s regional director for Europe, Hans Kluge, warned on Thursday the situation across the continent looks as bad as it was … Read More
At a solemn ceremony at the Panthéon to mark the 150th anniversary of the (re-)birth of the Republic, president Macron chose a 59-year-old anti-Brexit British expatriate to be one of five newly naturalised French citizens emblematic of what it means … Read More
Boris Johnson says the UK is ready for any eventuality The chances of the UK leaving the European Union without a trade deal have risen sharply as negotiations have been threatened by London’s insistence that it have full autonomy over … Read More
Mr Barnier was due to hold emergency talks today with UK chief Brexit negotiator David Frost amid a stand-off over state aid rules and fishing rights (REUTERS ) EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier today stepped up warnings across Europe that there will be … Read More
It remains unclear whether this proves to be a mere bump on road or will mark the beginning of a permanent reorientation in Turkish defense priorities. Key Point: Ankara’s revived interest in Russian military hardware comes during a time of acute … Read More
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and German Minister of Finance Olaf Scholz (L) attend a cabinet meeting at the German chancellery in Berlin, Germany, 19 August 2020. [EPA-EFE/CLEMENS BILAN] German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said Sunday (23 August) that the … Read More