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António Costa
Hungary is isolated, António Costa says after Orbán blocks EU text on Ukraine
BRUSSELS — "Hungary is isolated," European Council President António Costa declared on Thursday at the end of a special EU summit that saw Viktor Orbán block the approval of joint conclusions in support of Ukraine, forcing leaders to go ahead with an attached "extract" endorsed by 26.The final text speaks about "peace through strength," military assistance and security guarantees for Kyiv, all of which Orbán has opposed.Prior to the summit, the Hungarian prime minister publicly signaled his intention to veto the proposed language, arguing it ran contrary to US President Donald Trump's deal-making initiative, to which Orbán has firmly aligned himselfSlovakia's Robert Fico had expressed reservations but was won over after heads of state and...
March 07, 2025

Hungary is isolated, António Costa says after Orbán blocks EU text on Ukraine

President Zelensky revealed that Ukrainian and American teams had already resumed work
Zelensky hopes US-Ukraine talks next week will be 'meaningful'
KYIV — US-Ukraine talks will be held in Saudi Arabia next week, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, expressing hopes that it will be "a meaningful meeting".The Ukrainian leader, who will be in the Kingdom but not take part in the talks, said Kyiv was working to reach a "fast and lasting" peace.US President Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, said the American team wanted to discuss a "framework" for peace to try to end the Russia-Ukraine war.Last Friday, Zelensky and Trump were involved in a public clash at the White House — during which Trump said Zelensky was not ready to end the fighting. The US proceeded to pause military aid to Ukraine and stop sharing intelligence.The Ukrainian president has expressed regret about the incident and...
March 07, 2025

Zelensky hopes US-Ukraine talks next week will be 'meaningful'

A protestor throws a stone against the riots police outside of the parliament during a rally in central Athens, Greece, on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025
Violent clashes erupt in Greece after fresh protests over fatal 2023 train crash
ATHENS — Protesters in Athens launched gasoline bombs and fireworks in clashes with police on Wednesday night, following a fresh wave of nationwide demonstrations calling for politicians to be held accountable for a 2023 railway disaster that killed 57 people.The violence outside Greece’s parliament erupted hours after opposition parties challenged Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' centre-right government with a no-confidence motion.Demonstrators set fire to bins in Syntagma Square, and police in riot gear responded with tear gas and baton charges. There were no immediate reports of injuries or arrests.Days earlier, a general strike and much larger protests, some of them violent, marked the second anniversary of the nation's deadliest train crash.Fifty-seven people — mainly...
March 06, 2025

Violent clashes erupt in Greece after fresh protests over fatal 2023 train crash

EU leaders will meet in Brussels for an emergency summit focused on Ukraine and defense
EU leaders meet to discuss Ukraine's future as Trump pushes for fast peace deal
BRUSSELS — The 27 leaders of the European Union are gathering in Brussels to discuss the future of Ukraine, a candidate country to join the bloc, amid Donald Trump's maximalist demand that a deal to end Russia's war be struck as soon as possible.It marks the first time that the heads of state and government meet in the same room since the American president held a 90-minute phone call with Vladimir Putin and decided to launch negotiations to end the three-year invasion.Trump's growing embrace of the Kremlin's talking points, his refusal to condemn Russia as the aggressor and his extraordinary confrontation with Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office have profoundly rattled the EU and stoked fears that Washington will thrash out a deal with Moscow and then force Kyiv to...
March 06, 2025

EU leaders meet to discuss Ukraine's future as Trump pushes for fast peace deal

A Russian flag flies over the Russian Embassy in Bucharest, 6 April 2022
Romania expels Russian military attache and deputy in rare diplomatic slap
BUCHAREST — Russia's military attaché to Bucharest and his deputy were declared personae non gratae in an unprecedented move by Romanian authorities on Wednesday.The military, air and naval attaché Victor Makovskiy and his deputy Evgeny Ignatiev were expelled for carrying out activities that contravened the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.“It is an exceptional measure. It is not a common measure. It is not a measure taken easily, and it is taken when the breaches are grave," Romanian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Andrei Tarnea, told Euronews Romania on Wednesday."In general such decisions and their reasons are not communicated publicly. They are communicated directly to the states’...
March 06, 2025

Romania expels Russian military attache and deputy in rare diplomatic slap

Magnus Brunner (left) and Tomasz Siemoniak (right)
Silence in Brussels after Poland says implementing migration pact 'not possible'
BRUSSELS — The European Commission remained conspicuously silent after Poland doubled down on its refusal to implement the Pact on Migration and Asylum, which was once described as a "historical" legislative achievement to allow member states to manage the arrival of asylum seekers in collaboration with each other.The scene played out in plain view on Wednesday evening, after a meeting of home affairs ministers chaired by the Polish presidency of the European Council.Tomasz Siemoniak, Poland's Minister of Interior, was asked point blank if his country would comply with the Migration Pact, which consists of five separate but interlinked laws that were painstakingly negotiated in the previous mandate.Siemoniak, speaking next to Magnus Brunner, European Commissioner for...
March 06, 2025

Silence in Brussels after Poland says implementing migration pact 'not possible'

James Scott Rhys Anderson was reportedly captured in Russia's Kursk region last November
Briton captured while fighting for Ukraine jailed in Russia
LONDON — A British man who was captured while fighting for Ukraine's armed forces has been jailed for 19 years by a Russian military court.James Scott Rhys Anderson was reportedly captured in Russia's Kursk region last November, where Ukraine had launched a cross-border incursion, and was charged with terrorism and mercenary activity.The 22-year-old is the first British national to be convicted by Russia during the war.The UK Foreign Office said Anderson was sentenced on "false charges" and described him as a prisoner of war.A statement released by the Russian court claimed Anderson had pleaded guilty but this cannot be verified, as he has not been heard from independently since he was taken.On Wednesday, a Russian military court ruled that Anderson would spend the...
March 06, 2025

Briton captured while fighting for Ukraine jailed in Russia

France's President Emmanuel Macron addressing a live interview on French TV
Europe 'at turning point in history', French president warns
PARIS — EU leaders are gathering in Brussels on Thursday for a special council on defense, as France's President Emmanuel Macron warned that the continent was at a "turning point of history".As well as rearmament, leaders are expected to discuss how the body can further support Kyiv in the face of US President Donald Trump's announcement on Monday that he would suspend aid to Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymy Zelensky is invited to the summit.Nerves have grown increasingly frayed across Europe since Trump and Zelensky's showdown at the White House last week, and the rhetoric around Thursday's summit leaves no doubt about the importance EU officials are ascribing to it.Three years on since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Trump...
March 06, 2025

Europe 'at turning point in history', French president warns

Under the new deal, the Entry-Exit System will be introduced in a gradual manner
EU countries agree phased launch of Entry/Exit System, ending years of delays
BRUSSELS — European Union countries agreed on Wednesday to finally bring into force the Entry/Exit System (EES), the bloc's automated registry for short-stay travellers that has been repeatedly delayed over technical problems and lack of preparedness.The agreement, reached by interior ministers in Brussels, paves the way for a likely start of operations in autumn, although no fixed date has been set.Member states will now have two options: to launch the new system all at once or to launch it in several phases across a six-month transition period. At the end of the transition period, all registrations at border crossing should be done under the EES.The phased-in approach was not foreseen in the original legislation. However, after an inclusive meeting in November, it was put forward...
March 05, 2025

EU countries agree phased launch of Entry/Exit System, ending years of delays

JD Vance’s comments on the Anglo-French proposal to protect Ukraine have sparked criticism in Britain
Anger over Vance 'random country' peacekeeping remark
LONDON — The US vice president has sparked a row with his comments about a potential peacekeeping force in Ukraine.UK opposition politicians accused JD Vance of disrespecting British forces after he said a US stake in Ukraine's economy was a "better security guarantee than 20,000 troops from some random country that hasn't fought a war in 30 or 40 years".The UK and France have said they would be willing to put troops on the ground in Ukraine as part of a peace deal.Vance has since insisted he did not "even mention the UK or France", adding that both had "fought bravely alongside the US over the last 20 years, and beyond".In a post on social media, Vance added: "But let's be direct: there are many countries who are volunteering (privately or...
March 05, 2025

Anger over Vance 'random country' peacekeeping remark

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