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UK sanctions Russian spies linked to Mariupol strikes

UK sanctions Russian spies linked to Mariupol strikes

Those singled out for sanctions will have their assets frozen and be banned from traveling to Britain.

July 18, 2025 2:10 pm CET
Germany’s Merz admits Europe has been a ‘free-rider’ on US defense
Trump envoy says hostage deal with Hamas is close
European envoy warns Trump administration actions are hurting efforts to help abducted Ukrainian children
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Merz: Patriot missiles to reach Ukraine ‘very shortly’
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Spain under fire for contracting Huawei to store judicial wiretaps

The deal did not entail “any security risk,” said a spokesperson for the Interior Ministry.

July 17, 2025 5:40 pm CET

UK and Germany vow to protect each other from attack

Pact — signed in London Thursday — names Russian aggression as the “most significant and direct threat” to the two countries’ security.

July 17, 2025 2:53 pm CET

Spain violated EU rules by meddling in banking merger, says Brussels

Warning comes as European Commission pushes for more bank mergers to boost European financial sector’s fire power.

July 17, 2025 1:05 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

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

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

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

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

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 approves Germany’s mega spending plan

Germany aims to quickly ramp up spending on infrastructure, security and the military.

July 15, 2025 8:27 pm CET

Brussels dismisses Italy’s security fears over UniCredit merger

There’s no evidence UniCredit’s proposed take over of BPM is a threat to Italy’s public security, the EU executive wrote in a letter.

July 15, 2025 5:04 pm CET
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Brussels on a collision course with Rome over Italian bank mergers

The European Commission cries foul over Italy’s use of national security rules to effectively block UniCredit’s bid for BPM.

July 15, 2025 4:01 am CET

Gunman in Libya shoots at British diplomatic staff as danger builds

The incident was reported to U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office.

July 14, 2025 5:42 pm CET

Italy and Greece sound the alarm over Libya. But allies aren’t rushing to help.

Rome and Athens have identified Turkish and Russian involvement in a growing security threat from North Africa.

July 14, 2025 4:20 am CET

The next EU budget cannot be business as usual

The bloc must rethink and reprioritize in order to seize opportunities and tackle the new challenges we face today.

July 14, 2025 4:01 am CET

Macron promises billions more for French defense budget

The French president says the country will spend €64 billion on its military in 2027 in the current “age of predators.”

July 13, 2025 10:18 pm CET

Italian court hands Meloni partial victory in UniCredit banking merger battle

The future of UniCredit’s controversial takeover bid for BPM remains in doubt after the ruling.

July 12, 2025 4:52 pm CET

Canada pauses new tariff threats as Trump escalates

The president’s letter to the prime minister extends the trade deadline to Aug. 1.

July 12, 2025 2:41 pm CET

The great Benghazi blunder: How a Libyan warlord humiliated Brussels  

Europe’s mission to tackle migration flows from North Africa became a fiasco in a row over a photo opportunity.

July 12, 2025 4:01 am CET

Two visions of European finance clash at elite Italian banking gathering

A bitter clash between the EU and Rome over a proposed bank merger reveals two contrasting visions for Europe.

July 11, 2025 7:33 pm CET

EU throws down gauntlet to Big Tech over artificial intelligence risks

Brussels lays down tough demands on industry amid concern over models including Grok.

July 10, 2025 6:05 pm CET

Treat Iranian kidnap and murder plots as an attack on Britain, government urged

Report by Britain’s intelligence watchdog urges government to get serious about Iran-backed attacks on dissidents and critics of the state.

July 10, 2025 4:00 pm CET

Turkey’s Erdoğan makes high-stakes Kurdish gamble

As the president’s traditional support wanes, he is seeking a risky deal with the Kurds to buy a political lifeline. But is there too much mutual mistrust for a deal?

July 10, 2025 4:01 am CET
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