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The €2 trillion question: Inside the battle over the EU’s budget

Trillions of euros, almost as many priorities — and just over two years to agree. The European Commission has unveiled its sweeping new seven-year budget proposal, and …

July 18, 2025 4:01 am CET
IRAN INSIGHT

Double murder in Tehran exposes growing anger over Iran’s brutal judiciary

Iran’s politicized court system has a central role in public discontent with the Islamic Republic’s clerical elite.

July 18, 2025 4:00 am CET

Merz: Patriot missiles to reach Ukraine ‘very shortly’

German chancellor suggests capability could be operational in Ukraine within weeks.

July 17, 2025 6:20 pm CET

Ukraine announces new US ambassador after outgoing envoy angered Republicans

Olha Stefanishyna was Kyiv’s former point person on EU accession.

July 17, 2025 2:55 pm CET

Brits’ trust in the US has plummeted over the past year, poll shows

Only 38 percent of Britons trusted America to act responsibly in the world, a 15 point drop from 2024.

July 17, 2025 11:41 am CET

EU eyes 3rd retaliatory strike against Trump that would hit services 

As the EU runs out of goods to target, it’s looking at broadening its response to Washington’s tariff punishment.

July 17, 2025 10:48 am CET

Icelanders support reboot of EU accession talks, foreign minister says

Threats by U.S. President Donald Trump to annex Greenland and a looming EU-U.S. trade war hang over Iceland’s EU membership debate.

July 17, 2025 6:30 am CET

Britain’s trade chief to press White House on Trump tariffs in Washington trip

Jonathan Reynolds plans to visit D.C. at the end of the month.

July 17, 2025 4:28 am CET

EU’s dream of 1 startup regime risks shattering into 27 pieces

“Fundamentally flawed” and “insane” were some of the words used to describe the Commission’s possible plan.

July 17, 2025 4:24 am CET

EU anti-corruption directive stands on a knife’s edge

The bloc must finally decide whether to finally adopt robust anti-corruption laws or continue with business as usual.

July 17, 2025 4:00 am CET

EU budget: The winners and losers

Here’s our handy guide to who’s up — and who’s down — in Ursula von der Leyen’s initial proposal.

July 17, 2025 4:00 am CET

Trump needs to impose more Russia sanctions now, Latvian foreign minister urges

“There is no indication that Putin wants peace,” Baiba Braže cautioned on the sidelines of the Aspen Security Forum.

July 17, 2025 2:22 am CET
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Starmer and Merz find their happy place: War

Germany’s leader will use a London visit Thursday to finalize a wide-ranging pact that goes big on security cooperation.

July 16, 2025 11:30 pm CET

Council President Costa ‘very concerned’ by Israel’s strikes on Syria

Israel has bombed Syria again, this time in response to attacks on members of the Druze minority in the south of the country.

July 16, 2025 8:49 pm CET

Trump says he will set tariffs for 150 small countries in one swoop

“It’s all going to be the same for everyone,” the president told reporters of the U.S. duty those countries will face.

July 16, 2025 7:31 pm CET

US and EU firms strike major gas deal as trade talks hit crunch time

BRUSSELS — One of Europe’s largest energy companies has signed a multi-decade agreement to buy American natural gas, as U.S. President Donald Trump calls on the continent …

July 16, 2025 1:12 pm CET

Another 20 Palestinians die at US-backed Gaza aid center

The controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation acknowledges that a deadly incident occurred near one of its sites.

July 16, 2025 12:48 pm CET

EU trade chief heads to Washington as bloc readies retaliation against Trump tariffs

Brussels is hesitating over how strongly and how quickly to push back.

July 16, 2025 11:09 am CET

Elmo returns to X after hacked antisemitic outburst

The incident on Elon Musk’s social media platform comes less than a week after the billionaire’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok posted a series of antisemitic messages.

July 16, 2025 4:46 am CET

Britain’s secretive fund for spies comes out of the shadows

Britain’s National Security Strategic Investment Fund has ties to MI5, MI6, and GCHQ — and now it’s getting extra cash.

July 16, 2025 4:38 am CET

Trump threatens ‘very significant’ Russia sanctions, bashes ‘all talk’ Putin

“They will be very, very powerful and very bad for the countries involved,” the president warned of his secondary tariffs.

July 16, 2025 3:01 am CET

How Europe found a workaround to get Trump to help Ukraine

With a heavy dose of Realpolitik, Germany and other European countries got the U.S. administration to aid Ukraine without directly confronting Putin.

July 15, 2025 9:35 pm CET

EU tells Trump to ‘share the burden’ of sending Patriots to Ukraine

U.S. president has said Europe should pay for the missile systems Kyiv needs, but the bloc’s top diplomat wants to split the bill.

July 15, 2025 9:13 pm CET

Geneva races to help redundant UN workers hit by Trump aid cuts

“It’s a dark time,” says one official at the World Health Organization.

July 15, 2025 8:20 pm CET
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