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EU leaders to hold emergency Ukraine talks, seeking to adapt…

Posted by March 5, 2025

BRUSSELS -- European Union leaders plan to hold emergency talks on Thursday to agree ways to quickly increase their military budgets after the Trump administrat

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From White House fiasco to European unity: The week that…

Posted by March 5, 2025

Welcome back to another edition of My Take 5, your weekly round-up of top international news. And what a week it has been. We are still reeling from the after

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Europe is running out of hope Trump is still open…

Posted by March 4, 2025

In the Four Quartets TS Eliot wrote “humankind cannot bear very much reality”.At moments in history like these, when there is simply too much head-spinning

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‘This is a moment for Europe…’: EU unveils 800bn euro…

Posted by March 4, 2025

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen Tuesday presented a five-part plan to mobilise some 800 billion euros for Europe's defence -- and help provide "immediate" militar

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As Trump halts aid to Ukraine, EU unveils $840 billion…

Posted by March 4, 2025

European Union leadership announced a plan Tuesday to shore up the continent's collective defense by significantly boosting military spending, hours after Presi

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EU Bishops: Ukraine’s struggle ‘will be decisive for the fate…

Posted by March 4, 2025

The Presidency of the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the EU releases a statement stressing the importance of continuining to support Ukraine and its

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European Union announces $841B plan to rearm to defend itself,…

Posted by March 4, 2025

The European Union responded to U.S. President Trump's pausing of American military assistance to Ukraine by unveiling a massive increase in defense

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EU pitches plan to free up €800 billion for defense…

Posted by March 4, 2025

PARIS — The European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, proposed a plan that could free up around €800 billion ($841 billion) in defense s

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EU chief unveils €800bn plan to ‘rearm’ Europe

Posted by March 4, 2025

A five-part plan to bolster Europe’s defence industry and increase its military capability could raise nearly €800bn (£660bn) and help provide urgent milit

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EU ponders 800 billion euro plan to beef up defenses…

Posted by March 4, 2025

BRUSSELS (AP) — The chief of the European Union’s executive on Tuesday proposed an 800 billion-euro ($841 billion)

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