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Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, during a conversation with Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal, stated that Ukraine is technically ready to open the first three negotiation clusters on its path toward European integration.

An expanded meeting has begun at the White House, bringing together the presidents of the United States and Ukraine along with top European leaders who have arrived in Washington to discuss ways to end the war in Ukraine.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has released a video of her meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington, stressing that European leaders together with the U.S. president are working to end the bloodshed in Ukraine.

European leaders who traveled to Washington for expanded negotiations with U.S. President Donald Trump on ending the war in Ukraine have begun arriving at the White House.

European leaders will join Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on a Monday visit to Washington to see President Donald Trump in a collective bid to find a way to end to Moscow’s invasion, with the US offering security guarantees for Kyiv. The meeting follows a summit in Alaska between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin that […]

European leaders will join Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on a Monday visit to Washington to see United States President Donald Trump in a collective bid to find a way to end Moscow’s invasion, with the US offering security guarantees for Kyiv. The meeting follows a summit in Alaska between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin that failed to yield any breakthrough on an immediate ceasefire that the US leader had been pushing for. Trump, who pivoted afterwards to say he was now seeking a peace deal, on Sunday posted, “Big progress on Russia, stay tuned!” on his Truth Social platform, without elaborating. Trump’s Russia envoy Steve Witkoff said on Sunday that Trump and Putin had agreed in their summit on “robust security guarantees” for Ukraine. But Zelensky, on a Brussels visit hosted by European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen today, rejected the idea of Russia offering his country security guarantees. “What President Trump said about security guarantees is much more important to me than P...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will travel to Washington on Monday together with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other European leaders, according to government spokesman Stefan Kornelius.

European leaders welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to achieve peace and reaffirmed the need for “ironclad security guarantees” for Ukraine.

Elbit's financials were published shortly after the company announced a defense deal with an undisclosed European country worth around $1.65 billion.

President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that during the negotiations, European leaders agreed with US President Donald Trump on the principles of negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, emphasizing that all issues concerning Ukraine should be discussed exclusively with Ukraine.

Britain, France and Germany have told the United Nations they are ready to reimpose UN-mandated sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme if no diplomatic solution is found by the end of August, according to a joint letter obtained by AFP. The letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the UN Security Council says the three European powers are “committed to use all diplomatic tools at our disposal to ensure Iran does not develop a nuclear weapon” unless Tehran meets the deadline. The foreign ministers from the so-called E3 group threaten to use a “snapback mechanism” that was part of a 2015 international deal with Iran that eased UN Security Council sanctions. Under the deal, which terminates in October, any party to the accord can restore the sanctions. All three have stepped up warnings to Iran about its suspension of cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency. That came after Israel launched a 12-day war with Iran in June, partly seeking to destroy its nucl...

Madrid: Spain and seven other European nations on Sunday condemned Israel’s plan to occupy Gaza City, warning it would kill large numbers of civilians and force nearly a million Palestinians from their homes. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet on Friday greenlighted plans for a major operation to seize Gaza City, triggering a wave […]

During an online conversation with EU Commissioner for Economy and Productivity Valdis Dombrovskis, Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal discussed Ukraine's important role in the European security system.

The threat of European countries reimposing sanctions on Iran – which were lifted after the nuclear agreement was signed – hangs over Iran's head like a whip, while the amount of water in Tehran's five largest reservoirs is down to just 13 percent

Around 2,300 people died of heat-related causes across 12 European cities during the severe heatwave that ended last week, according to a rapid scientific analysis published on Wednesday. The study targeted the 10 days, ending July 2, during which large parts of Western Europe were hit by extreme heat, with temperatures breaching 40 degrees Celsius in Spain and wildfires breaking out in France. Of the 2,300 people estimated to have died during this period, 1,500 deaths were linked to climate change, which made the heatwave more severe, according to the study conducted by scientists at Imperial College London and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. “Climate change has made it significantly hotter than it would have been, which in turn makes it a lot more dangerous,” said Dr Ben Clarke, a researcher at Imperial College London. The study covered 12 cities, including Barcelona, Madrid, London and Milan, where the researchers said climate change had increased heatwave temperatures by up to 4°C. The...

European partners are ready to invest USD 400 million in a municipal rental housing project to construct housing in the first ten pilot regions of Ukraine.

In response to the European Union’s (EU) recent sanctions on Russian media, Moscowa has restricted access to the online platforms of 15 European media organisations. “Brussels and other EU capitals have been repeatedly warned that their bans and ungrounded sanctions against the Russian mass media, as well as other formats of politically motivated repressions will […]

Competition is heating up as more exchanges set up operations in Europe, where MiCA provides new “rules of the road.” Crypto exchanges are setting up shop in Europe and securing licenses with EU officials, bringing more competition to the regulated European market. So far this year, OKX, Coinbase, Bybit and Crypto.com have all secured licenses under the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation. While it imposes strict requirements on various services in the crypto industry, it now means that crypto exchanges in the European Economic Area (EEA) will all be playing by the same rules. Observers anticipate that this will see Europe pull ahead of other jurisdictions like the United States, which is still in the process of developing a rudimentary framework for stablecoins. Indeed, European regulators are already discussing a second regulatory package, “MiCA 2.0,” that would fill gaps not addressed in its first iteration. Read more

Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the blocking of 15 European media outlets in retaliation for the EU's restrictive measures against eight Russian media organizations.

Over the next two weeks, Russian propaganda efforts are expected to intensify, focusing on discrediting Ukraine’s path toward European integration.