EUโ€™s moment of truth on Ukraine is fast approaching

The blocโ€™s biggest concern is that negotiations over Ukraineโ€™s future might turn into a โ€œmini Munich,โ€ inviting further Russian aggression.

Kubilius suggests controversial funding options for EU defence boost

Defence Commissioner-designate Andrius Kubilius has proposed controversial funding methods, including Eurobonds and recovery funds, to boost the EUโ€™s defence industry amid growing debate over financing the sector.

Has the EU really just found โ‚ฌ400B it could spend on defense?

Europe’s rescue fund has nothing left to rescue. It could now become governments’ silver bullet for military investment instead.

Letta gives way to Commissionโ€™s push to create common defence market

The EU defence market must be more integrated, create champions, get access to cash and give the Commission overseeing powers, Enrico Lettaโ€™s audit says, going fiercely against member statesโ€™ protectorship.

Where Is This Street? Or With No Before and After review โ€“ tender ode to landmark of Portuguese cinema

Documentary looks back at a mysterious Lisbon through the lens of a 60s cult film, a very specific focus thatโ€™s likable even if you havenโ€™t seen the earlier movieSince his first film in 2000, the mesmerising O Fantasma, Portuguese auteur Joรฃo Pedro Rod…

Joe Biden and Charles III to bond over tea and eco-activism at Windsor Castle

The US president is visiting the UK ahead of this week’s NATO summit.

Pedro Sรกnchez, the high-stakes gambler, seeks to defy the odds again

Spain’s prime minister has taken many risks but his latest could consign him to election defeat.

Zelenskyy brings home Azov fighters from Turkey, angering Moscow

Russia accuses Turkey and Ukraine of violating a prisoner-exchange agreement signed last year.

Macron blocks NATO outpost in Japan amid Chinese complaints

Divisions open up over NATO’s Asian outreach ahead of leaders’ summit in Vilnius.

Prigozhin’s whereabouts: Kremlin says not tracking mercenary leader’s movement

The Kremlin said Thursday it was “not following” Yevgeny Prigozhin’s movements, nearly two weeks after the Wagner chief launched a mutiny and sent armed fighters on a march toward Moscow. “We are not following his movements,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry …

Nato must look beyond the war in Ukraine to overcome east-west divisions | Katrina vanden Heuvel and James W Carden

The alliance must think about more than the narrow parameters of the battlefield and lay the foundations of a sovereign and prosperous UkraineThe forthcoming Nato summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, will present the alliance with a series of questions that w…