Rutte said that Russian defence spending for 2025 will be at “the highest level since the Cold War”.
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Governments need to make more orders and defense contractors have to take more risks, NATO’s secretary-general said.
“Most measures of underlying inflation suggest that inflation will settle at around the governing council’s two-percent medium-term target on a sustained basis,” the ECB said.
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Frankfurt softens the hawkish bias that has colored its policy for the last three years, but it still sees policy as restrictive after a fourth cut this year.
Increased military expenditure could be agreed at next yearโs summit, intensifying pressure on national budgets
Becoming more efficient in how we produce and consume energy can substantially reduce our need for fossil fuels and our dependence on other countries for their supplies, bring down energy prices and raise comfort levels in our homes.
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Short-term rentals drive job creation, support affordable travel options and foster tourism in rural areas.
US suspects Moscow preparing another Oreshnik ballistic missile attack; Zelenskyy hails strike on Russian airfield and fuel works. What we know on day 1,023Russian troops destroyed or captured several Ukrainian positions near the strategic eastern city…
Voluntary redundancies expected across civil service as departments respond to chancellorโs spending review
Wopke Hoekstraโs own political family has led calls to tweak existing rules.
The Russian leader says the missiles reduce the need for nuclear weapons amid an escalating war with Ukraine.
Dreamer No. 1 โ Germany
WTO members are negotiating new rules that would limit damaging fisheries subsidies. Finalizing these is essential for protecting the health of the fish stocks on which many coastal communities rely.
Doer No. 6 โ United Kingdom
Will Kaja Kallas be able to make her voice heard?
Was the astonishing implosion of Bashar Assadโs regime exclusively the result of its rottenness or did elements inside his government coordinate with rebels?
Unexpected sanctions imposed by the U.S. on Gazprombank threaten Moscow’s contracts with Hungary and Slovakia.
POLITICO rates the prime minister’s six new “milestones” as he tries to drive change โ and turn the polls around.
Georgiaโs Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze pledged on Thursday to stamp out the โliberal fascismโ he claimed was fuelling the mass anti-government protests that have roiled the country for more than a week, using language reminiscent of that used by t…
Sanctions target “the part of the Georgian government that is surrendering Georgia to Putin,โ Ukrainian President Zelenskyy said.
Prime minister will set new target on Thursday, as he courts investment during Qatari visit to Britain
Southern Ukrainian city of Kherson hit more than 9,500 times as Moscow attempts to drive out residents
Social media firm faces questioning by European Parliament lawmakers over networks that aided Romanian far-right win.
Alliance foreign ministers meet in Brussels on Tuesday and Wednesday to talk about budgets, Ukraine and the Middle East.
UK prime ministerโs team insist that G7 growth goal remains intact
The White House had said repeatedly that Biden would not pardon or commute sentences for Hunter, a recovering drug addict who became a target of Republicans, including President-elect Donald Trump.
It was a disappointing conclusion to a summit that many hoped would yield a landmark treaty to tackle a worsening global plastic pollution crisis.
The risk of a miscalculation is growing as the war enters a potentially decisive โ and dangerous โ new phase.ย
Price pressures surpass European Central Bankโs target for first time since August
Is pro-EU Romania Russia’s next target? | Radio Schuman
President boasts that Russia produces ten times more missiles than all Nato countries combined and threatens attack with new Oreshnik missile Reuters has a quick snap that there are power cuts in Ukraineโs southern region of Mykolaiv as a result of Rus…
Energy facilities in Ukraine came โunder massive attackโ in the early hours of Thursday, the countryโs energy minister said as a series of Russian missiles were detected headed for Kharkiv, Odesa and eight other regions. The attack comes as temperatur…
A strong European Union is built on protecting each of its membersโ
interests equally. The AUR is ready to collaborate.
Ride-hailing app Uber is among those calling to “accelerate electrification efforts.”
Law enforcement has ensured that all nominees and appointees are safe, according to spokesperson Karoline Leavitt.
Top law firms are opening new European bases as investment grows
โI do not consider it possible to achieve those goals within the timeframe we have set,โ Nikos Christodoulides said, according to Ekathimerini.
US president-elect says the war has โgot to stopโ as German chancellor urges Putin to start talks with Kyiv in rare phone call. What we know on day 997Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Russiaโs war against his country will โend soonerโ than it otherwise wou…
The U.S. has traditionally taken a key leadership role, but Donald Trumpโs return has thrown that into doubt.
Trump and Musk want to run a giant experiment on the federal bureaucracy. Two big unknowns already loom over it.
Kyiv was the target of its first missile attack since August on Wednesday morning, in a 2-hour Russian ballistic missile operation that targeted the entire country. FRANCE 24’s Sharon Gaffney speaks to Olga Oliker, Programme Director for Europe and Ce…
Kyiv was the target of its first missile attack since August on Wednesday morning, in a 2-hour Russian ballistic missile operation that targeted the entire country. FRANCE 24’s Sharon Gaffney speaks to Olga Oliker, Programme Director for Europe and Ce…
Donald Trump’s return raised doubts over whether the Biden administration would still produce the plan ahead of a February deadline.
Radev noted the importance of the education system in building a new consumer culture and industry.ย
โHegseth is undoubtedly the least qualified nominee for SecDef in American history,โ one veteransโ advocate said.
The French energy giant cautioned against the EU setting a firm 2040 emissions reduction target, however.
Ukraine-born Nadezhda Buyanova was accused of referring to young patientโs late soldier father as โlegitimate targetโA Russian court has sentenced an elderly Moscow paediatrician to five and a half years in prison after the mother of one of her patient…
UK leader says “lesson from historyโ is that countries that seize on energy transitions reap the benefits.
Queries for Henna Virkkunen: What’s tech sovereignty? How can Europe win the AI race? And how will you enforce EU tech rules?
Climate expert Teresa Ribera’s second job policing subsidies and deals is real head-scratcher with some big political risks.
Beneath the brave words at the president-electโs victory were real worries that action will stall without the United States.
Exclusive: Target is 81% emissions cut compared with 1990, but activists say it must be backed by plan of actionKeir Starmer will announce a stringent new climate goal for the UK on Tuesday, the Guardian can reveal, with a target in line with the advic…
Public support for upping NATOโs 2% goal is growing among German officials after Trump’s victory.
President-elect Donald Trumpโs victory is roiling the opening day of the global climate talks.
The president-elect could act faster this time.
Visiting doctors share eyewitness accounts after a U.N. inquiry accused Israel of war crimes by targeting Gaza’s health system.
BP is a global force in fossil fuel drilling โ and a major player with COP29 summit host Azerbaijan.
Itโs feared Russia could use the church as cover for future intelligence or sabotage operations.
The president-elect could act faster this time.
The president-elect has railed against โwokeโ generals and others who have pushed for diversity initiatives in the ranks.
Government must take urgent steps to change UK travel behaviour if carbon dioxide reduction goals are to be metEurope-wide research has shown Britons are more willing than most Europeans to reduce their use of cars and aeroplanes โ an essential require…
The Israeli leader lost no time in hailing Trumpโs victory as โhistoryโs greatest comeback.”
The Dutch politician defended green legislation but remained vague on future plans.ย
The U.K’s center-left government reckons it’s made friends with Donald Trump. Now it just has to keep things that way.
New defense commissioner warned of Russian threat, underlined America’s distraction with China, and pushed the EU to spend big on protecting itself.
French Armed Forces Minister Sรฉbastien Lecornu and his German counterpart Boris Pistorius were keen to highlight the Continent’s increased efforts after meeting in Paris.
Donald Trump didnโt engage in formal conversations about a potential Cabinet in the run-up to his election. But that didnโt stop him from spitballing potential contenders during his frequent plane rides to campaign events, or when he is impressed by one of his allies on television. โHe would be great at this,โ or โShe would [โฆ]
Big gains for defense and health stocks, but it’s a bleak day if you’re driving the green transition โ or lending to Mexicans.
According to the natonal security adviser to the President of Lithuania “this is part of unconventional kinetic operations against NATO countries that are being undertaken by the Russian military intelligence”.
The attacks targeted couriers in Poland, Germany and the UK, Polish prosecutors say.
The attacks targeted couriers in Poland, Germany and the UK, Polish prosecutors say.
Portugal aims to go fully electric by 2050, with an intermediate target of 36% by 2035.
Report says โurgent actionโ needed to meet governmentโs clean power target
Trump may cut Europe out of Americaโs subsidy splurge, but EU industries aren’t seeing many benefits yet anyway.
Experts fear tough rules for the art world โ meant to root out criminals โย will send business to New York and Hong Kong.
President Maia Sandu has won a second term in a pivotal presidential runoff against a Russia-friendly opponent. A pro-Western government has been in power in Moldova since 2021, and a parliamentary election will be held in 2025. Moldova watchers warn t…
Ukraine presses Russia for list of prisoners ready to be swapped after Moscow claims Kyiv refusing to take back its own citizens. What we know on day 984See all our coverage of the Russia-Ukraine warKyiv has called on Moscow to provide a list of Ukrain…
The former president is laying the groundwork to contest the results if he loses the raceโs biggest battleground.
Annual figure was slightly above expectations and matched the ECBโs target
“So, it means between partners thereโs nothing confidential?โ Ukrainian leader queries of his U.S. allies.
The U.N. agency โ which Israel partially banned on Monday โ says over 70 percent of Gaza’s population relies on its services to eat.
Moscow puts Rheinmetall on notice over Ukraine-based plants.
Stockholm wants to see Tbilisi moving toward “a more democratic development.”
A new documentary from Errol Morris examines how Trumpโs family separation policy sparked widespread outrage โ and how the government eventually looked the other way.
Opposition MPs refuse to take up their seats, raising the prospect of a one-party system. Protests loom.
The car giant’s move comes as Germany’s GDP is set to shrink for the second year in a row.
French ambassador Hรฉlรจne Duchรชne warned the government’s VAT charges went against ‘the reset to our relationship.’
A growing Kremlin-friendly bloc in Central Europe would pose a major problem for the EU.
Our reporters dissect the significance of the moment.
The Georgian government has been effectively exploiting the country’s war trauma, and it could give them a lead in the election.
Two men, worlds apart, are Britain’s diplomatic double act in Samoa. But there’s more to connect Keir Starmer and King Charles III than meets the eye.
In countries seeking to join the EU, the European Dream is running into the Russian fist.
Member states will “commit to meet a 4% GDP expenditure target in research and innovation by [2030],” the draft reads.
Current plans and policies will lead to global temperatures rising between 2.6C and 3.1C this century, a new report finds.
Paris agreement target of 1.5C of global warming โwill be gone in a few yearsโ without action, agency says
International delegates have gathered in Paris to help the war-ravaged country.
Microsoft found that Iranian hackers are looking for vulnerabilities in election-related websites, as part of a broader increase in election interference efforts by foreign nations including Russia and China.
Xi Jinping among world leaders in Russia advising against escalation; any North Korean troops โfair gameโ on Ukraine battlefield, says US. What we know on day 974See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageThe foreign ministry in Kyiv said on Wednesday that…
Poland says its role as a hub for the transport of military supplies to Ukraine has made it a target for Russian espionage and acts of sabotage and arson.
Fears are growing that a victorious Trump will deploy the tariff weapon, just as he did against the EU and China in his first term.
