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Sánchez: EU must build common defence, even without full bloc support

Sun, 01/18/2026 - 13:25
“Europe must move forward in its integration process and equip itself with a truly common defence," the Spanish prime minister said
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

Meloni calls threatened US tariffs over Greenland a ‘mistake’

Sun, 01/18/2026 - 13:10
The Italian prime minister said she had spoken with US President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

Iran considers ‘gradually’ restoring internet after shutdown

Sun, 01/18/2026 - 12:31
The unprecedented communications blackout was imposed amid a surge in calls for anti-government demonstrations
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

Danish foreign minister to visit NATO allies over Greenland

Sun, 01/18/2026 - 11:57
Lars Løkke Rasmussen will visit Oslo on Sunday, travel to London on Monday and then to Stockholm on Thursday
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

‘Bring it on’: UK’s Labour readies for EU reset fight

Sun, 01/18/2026 - 10:00
PM Keir Starmer's government is preparing to introduce a bill that would provide a legal framework for his much-touted "reset" of relations with the EU
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

Portugal presidential vote wide open as far-right surge expected

Sun, 01/18/2026 - 09:24
The president of Portugal has no executive powers but can, in times of crisis, dissolve parliament, call elections or dismiss a prime minister
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

Beyond sovereignty: Why Europe needs an ambitious space policy

Sun, 01/18/2026 - 06:00
As mega-constellations proliferate, the aggregate risk of collisions, space debris, and orbital congestion grows exponentially. Without proactive regulation, we risk creating a cascade of destruction
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

European leaders denounce Trump’s tariff threat over Greenland

Sat, 01/17/2026 - 22:28
An extraordinary meeting of EU ambassadors has been called for Sunday afternoon
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

Trump’s latest tariffs threaten to torpedo EU-US trade pact

Sat, 01/17/2026 - 19:49
EPP leader Manfred Weber said approval of the EU-US deal “is not possible at this stage” given the US president's threats
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

Milei warns EU against ‘restricting’ Mercosur deal with safeguards

Sat, 01/17/2026 - 17:59
The Argentinian president praised Italian PM Giorgia Meloni’s decisive role in sealing the deal
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

Trump says to levy tariffs on European nations until US can acquire Greenland

Sat, 01/17/2026 - 17:45
From 1 February, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Finland would be subject to a 10% tariff on all goods sent to the United States, he said on social media
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

EU and Mercosur seal historic trade deal after 25 years

Sat, 01/17/2026 - 16:55
A majority of EU countries backed the agreement – despite opposition from France and Poland
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

Iran’s Khamenei says authorities ‘must break the back of the seditionists’

Sat, 01/17/2026 - 14:26
Iranian authorities have blamed the United States for the mass demonstrations they have called "riots" and "terrorist" operations
Categories: European Union

Thousands join anti-Trump ‘Hands off Greenland’ protests in Denmark

Sat, 01/17/2026 - 13:15
The protest comes after Trump threatened tariffs on countries opposing his Greenland plans and coincide with a US congressional delegation’s visit to Copenhagen
Categories: European Union

EU advises airlines to avoid Iranian airspace

Sat, 01/17/2026 - 11:28
Protests erupted in Iran on 28 December, becoming one of the largest protest movements against the clerical leadership since 1979
Categories: European Union

Performance anxiety: How US strikes in Venezuela exposed weak Russian air defence systems

Sat, 01/17/2026 - 11:00
Repeated failures highlight limits of Russian-made air defences
Categories: European Union

Europe’s Greenland recon exercise a first step to a more permanent presence

Sat, 01/17/2026 - 09:42
Following the deployment, Danish defence minister Troels Lund Poulsen said that “the intention is to create a more permanent military presence"
Categories: European Union

Trump taps Tony Blair, US military head for Gaza

Sat, 01/17/2026 - 09:30
The US president on Friday named himself chair of a “Board of Peace” that includes Tony Blair and senior Americans Jared Kushner, Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff
Categories: European Union

Why Europe should sanction America

Sat, 01/17/2026 - 08:00
Brussels is mulling more economic restrictions on Iran and Russia. Why not the US?
Categories: European Union

MSC withdraws invitations to Iranian regime officials

Sat, 01/17/2026 - 00:12
The German government also distanced itself from the invitation extended to Araghchi on Friday
Categories: European Union

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