“I think that no one who cares about democracy can rejoice in a sentence that affects the leader of a large party and takes away representation from millions of citizens,” says Italian PM.
Putin begins biggest Russian military call-up in years
President Vladimir Putin has called up 160,000 men aged 18-30, Russia’s highest number of conscripts since 2011, as the country moves to expand the size of its military.
The spring call-up for a year’s military service came several months after…
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Finland joins other Russian neighbours exiting from landmine treaty | Russia-Ukraine war News
PM Orpo announces preemptive measures, while President Stubb engages in balancing act between Moscow and Washington.
Finland plans to leave the Ottawa convention that bans antipersonnel landmines, following similar moves by other neighbouring…
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Russia says it cannot accept US peace plan for Ukraine ‘in its current form’ | Ukraine
Moscow has described the latest US peace proposals as unacceptable to the Kremlin, highlighting the limited progress Donald Trump has made on his promise to end the war in Ukraine since taking office in January.
Sergei Ryabkov, a foreign policy…
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Aleksandr Dugin, the Russian ultra-nationalist who has endorsed Donald Trump
Aleksandr Dugin, sometimes referred to as “Putin’s brain” because of his ideological influence on Russian politics, endorsed the policies of Donald Trump in a CNN interview aired on March 30. Dugin said Trump’s America has a lot more…
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Europe says that it holds a lot of trade cards on the eve of Trump’s tariff ‘Liberation Day’
BRUSSELS (AP) — A top European Union official warned the U.S. on Tuesday that the world’s biggest trade bloc “holds a lot of cards” when it comes to dealing with the Trump administration’s new…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin Meets with Wang Yi_Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
On April 1, 2025 local time, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Moscow.
Vladimir Putin asked Wang Yi to convey his sincere greetings to…
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Putting the Screws on the Partnership Between North Korea and Russia – War on the Rocks
As the war between Ukraine and Russia has raged on, cooperation has grown between Moscow and Pyongyang. Following the Russo-North Korean summit in September 2023, North Korea began providing large-scale military assistance to Russia,…
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How private capital can boost European competitiveness
It is the world’s third-largest economy and a leader in sustainability and social standards. Yet Europe has a competitiveness crisis. The GDP gap between the European Union and the United States nearly doubled to 30 percent between 2002 and…
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German top diplomat arrives in Kyiv – DW – 04/01/2025
April 1, 2025
Germany’s Baerbock warns Trump not to be fooled by Putin
Outgoing German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday morning, on the…