Paris and Berlin join EU calls for crackdown on Hungary over pride ban – POLITICO
“We are highly alarmed by these developments,” reads the letter, signed by Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland,…
Council of Europe hits back at EU leaders calling to ease migrant expulsions – POLITICO
They argued that in some cases, the court “posed too many limitations on the states’ ability to decide…
Germany Sends Permanent Troops To Another Country For First Time Since WWII
New Delhi: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz visited Lithuania this week to inaugurate Berlin’s brigade to help protect the…
80 years after Hitler’s war of annihilation in the east: Germany establishes combat brigade against Russia in Lithuania
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and German defense minister Boris Pistorius attend a formal inauguration of a German brigade…
9 EU countries ask European court to ease expulsion of foreign criminals – POLITICO
Nine European leaders are calling for the European Convention on Human Rights to be reinterpreted to allow migrants…
Merz says Ukraine ceasefire talks could drag on for months – POLITICO
While confirming Germany’s continued military support for Ukraine, Merz said his government was actively pushing for a diplomatic…
EU should open door to US on defense despite Trump, says Lithuanian minister – POLITICO
Nevertheless, pro-U.S. language has been absent from the drafts circulated so far and seen by POLITICO because of…
Russia burned down Warsaw’s biggest mall, Tusk says – POLITICO
Tusk had said in March that evidence from Lithuania suggested Russia was to blame for the attack, in…
Fico shakes Putin’s hand as Russia’s war victory parade kicks off – POLITICO
While flying to Moscow on Thursday, Fico was forced to take a detour after Lithuania and other Baltic…
16 countries to ask EU for fiscal leeway to spend big on defense – POLITICO
The exemption gives countries room to increase their spending on defense up to 1.5 percent of their gross…