Pistorius oder Scholz: Tage der Entscheidung in der SPD
Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music Der Kanzler ist beim G20-Gipfel in Rio de Janeiro, während in Berlin die Diskussionen in der SPD weitergehen, ob Scholz noch der richtige Kanzlerkandidat...
View ArticleHungary slams Joe Biden’s approval for Ukraine to hit Russia with American...
Hungary’s foreign minister on Monday lambasted the U.S. for authorizing Ukraine to strike targets inside Russia using American-supplied long-range missiles. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s top diplomat...
View ArticleRussia warns Biden that long-range missile approval escalates Ukraine war
The U.S.’s decision to allow Ukraine to use long-range American missiles against targets in Russia marks a “new round of tension” in the war, the Kremlin said Monday. “If such a decision was really...
View ArticleOlaf Scholz on German missiles for Ukraine: It’s still a no
BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is sticking to his “nein” on the delivery of German long-range missiles to Ukraine despite reports that the United States has changed course. The Biden...
View ArticleSweden issues pamphlet telling citizens what to do if Russia attacks
Sweden on Monday started to distribute copies of a booklet advising its citizens how to prepare for war, as Nordic countries teach people how to brace for a potential Russian attack. The 32-page...
View Article‘Really strange strategy’: Senior European officials facepalm over Scholz’s...
European officials hit out at German Chancellor Olaf Scholz for his Friday phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Speaking on the sidelines of a meeting in Brussels on Monday, Lithuanian...
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Biden missile move puts UK and French weapons into play
All eyes are on London and Paris after United States President Joe Biden’s decision to allow Ukraine to use American missiles to hit targets inside Russia. France and the United Kingdom have donated...
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Russia scratches its head over riposte to Biden’s missile gambit
In September, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin used a question from a state TV journalist to relay a message to the West, deploying the imperial backdrop of St. Petersburg’s Winter Palace to lend it...
View Article4 takeaways from Romania’s presidential debate
Candidates vying to become Romania’s next president faced off in a three-hour TV debate Monday evening, clashing on everything from the future of the conflict in neighboring Ukraine to gay couples’...
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Why Ukraine’s war is in a bad place
KYIV — U.S. President Joe Biden will allow Ukraine to use long-range U.S. weapons inside Russia — but that comes after years of pleading from Kyiv that has seen Ukrainian forces lose ground to Russia...
View ArticleUK’s Starmer drops fresh hint over Storm Shadow missiles for Ukraine
RIO DE JANEIRO — Keir Starmer gave his clearest signal yet that Ukraine could win authorization to strike targets in Russia with Britain’s own Storm Shadow missiles, arguing Kyiv must have “what it...
View ArticleZelenskyy groans over Scholz’s call with Putin during speech to EU Parliament
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy took a swipe at any leaders attempting dialogue with Vladimir Putin to make domestic political gains, calling for more action from Europe to push Russia...
View ArticleRussia revises nuclear strike threshold against NATO members, Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a revised national nuclear doctrine that expands the conditions under which Moscow may use its nuclear weapons, making it easier to justify...
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Macron urges Putin to ‘be reasonable’ on nuclear weapons
RIO DE JANEIRO — French President Emmanuel Macron told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to climb down from making nuclear threats after Russia lowered its threshold for launching a nuclear...
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The makings of a grand Trump deal in the Middle East
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. “Iran is a de facto threshold nuclear power,” said former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. It could be just days or weeks away from being able to...
View ArticleUK Storm Shadow missiles reportedly fired on Russian targets
British Storm Shadow cruise missiles have been fired at targets inside Russia in response to the deployment of North Korean troops by Moscow in its war on Ukraine, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. It...
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Merkel eviscerates ‘emotional’ Trump in upcoming memoir
European politicians preparing for United States President-elect Donald Trump’s second term in the White House have so far made a point of not saying anything that could upset him. But Angela Merkel,...
View ArticleGuns for yaks? Putin sends dozens of zoo animals to North Korea as sign of...
Russian President Vladimir Putin gifted North Korea more than 70 zoo animals, including an African lion, two brown bears and two yaks, as a sign of support. “This was Vladimir Putin’s gift to the...
View ArticleUK’s Starmer says Ukraine support is ‘self-defence’ after Storm Shadows hit...
LONDON — Keir Starmer defended Britain’s support for Ukraine as “proportionate” and legal Thursday after reports that U.K.-donated missiles were fired on Russian territory. The U.K. prime minister did...
View ArticleNigel Farage: Ukraine can’t win
LONDON — Nigel Farage suggested Ukraine cannot defeat Russia — and questioned the U.S. decision to authorize Kyiv to use long-range missiles against Russian targets. The intervention from the Reform...
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