Mircea Geoana has lived the last four and a half years as deputy secretary general of NATO pending the growing threats from Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Shortly before the interview, held on Thursday, the head of the Kremlin issued the most explicit nuclear threat since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. This … Read more
Europe must put itself on guard and rearm itself in the face of the “multiple” threats it faces. The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, urged this Wednesday to strengthen the European defense industry and the Member States to invest more in it. At a time when the Union observes with concern … Read more
Mystery and tension have marked this Wednesday’s meeting of pro-Russian separatist politicians in the ex-Soviet enclave of Transnistria, internationally recognized as part of Moldova, in which they have demanded protection from Russia in the face of “growing pressure” from the Moldovan government. The president of Transnistria, Vadim Krasnoselski, had summoned all the elected authorities of … Read more
The death in June 2023 of more than 600 people in the shipwreck off the Greek coast Adriana, an old fishing boat overloaded with migrants trying to reach Europe, has highlighted that Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, is “too dependent” on States. Something that makes it, on occasions such as the tragedy … Read more
Germany has been immersed in a debate for months about where to set the limits of aid to Ukraine amid fears that the shipment of weapons will end up triggering an open war with Russia. Despite both internal and external pressures, Chancellor Olaf Scholz remains firm for the moment in his refusal to send Taurus … Read more
Mystery and tension have marked this Wednesday’s meeting of pro-Russian separatist politicians in the ex-Soviet enclave of Transnistria, internationally recognized as part of Moldova, in which they have demanded protection from Russia in the face of “growing pressure” from the Moldovan government. The president of Transnistria, Vadim Krasnoselski, had summoned all the elected authorities of … Read more
The shortage of ammunition on the front and the US blockade of aid to Ukraine drive kyiv to look for new partners. The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has taken advantage of the Ukraine-Southeast Europe summit, which is being held until this Thursday in Tirana (Albania), to propose to the Balkan countries that they help him … Read more
Vladimir Putin’s Russian regime does not stop harassing the opponent Alexei Navalny and what he represents, even in death. The dissident, who died in an Arctic prison where he was serving a 19-year sentence, will be buried this Friday in Moscow, after his family battled for days to recover his body. The Kremlin has tried … Read more