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A girl plays under a Romanian flag, at a rally in support of the European Union, ahead of the presidential election run-off, in Bucharest, Romania, May 9, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu
Europe

Romanians vote in presidential run-off that could widen EU rifts

Political analysts have said victory for Simion, a supporter of US President Donald Trump, would risk isolating the country abroad, eroding private investment and destabilising NATO's eastern...

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk arrives to the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump in the Rotunda of the US Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
World+Biz

Musk calls on US to quit NATO, stop paying for defense of Europe

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio shakes hands with Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski during their meeting, at the State Department in Washington, DC, US, February 21, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kent Nishimura
Europe

Rubio says he discussed with Poland the 'need' for NATO allies to raise spending

FILE PHOTO: European flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
Europe

Fast-moving Ukraine diplomacy means Europeans must do more: official

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, British Defence Secretary John Healey, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and Ukraine's Defense Minister Rustem Umerov attend a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group on the eve of a NATO defence ministers' meeting at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium 12 February 2025. REUTERS/Johanna Geron
World+Biz

Hegseth says Ukraine cannot expect return to old borders, NATO membership

Robert Brieger, chairman of the European Union Military Committee (EUMC), poses for a family photo with other attendees during the informal EU ministerial meeting on defence in Toledo, Spain August 30, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Isabel Infantes/File Photo
Europe

EU military chief says it would make sense to put European troops in Greenland: Welt

British Defence Secretary John Healey attends a joint press statement after talks about strengthening security and defence in Europe, at Ministry of Defence in Berlin, Germany November 25, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Annegret Hilse/File Photo
Europe

UK monitors Russian spy ship, steps up undersea cable protection

Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal, Finnish President Alexander Stubb and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte attend a joint press conference at the summit of the Baltic Sea NATO countries, at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland January 14, 2025. Photo: Lehtikuva/Antti Aimo-Koivisto via REUTERS
Europe

NATO to deploy ships, aircraft in Baltic Sea after cable breaches

Finnish tugboat Ukko is seen near Oil tanker Eagle S outside the Porkkalanniemi, Kirkkonummi, on the Gulf of Finland on December 28, 2024, Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/via REUTERS/File Photo
Europe

NATO to deploy ships, aircraft in Baltic Sea after cable breaches

Oil tanker Eagle S is moored at sea off the coast of Porkkala, Finland December 27, 2024. Photo: Pete Aarre-Ahtio / Ilta-Sanomat via REUTERS
Europe

NATO to boost Baltic Sea presence after cables broken

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte stands next to President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the NATO Secretary General Residence, in Brussels, Belgium, December 18, 2024. Photo: Olivier Matthys/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Europe

NATO chief Rutte says Zelenskiy's criticism of Germany's Scholz is unfair

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy looks on as he visits a position of Ukrainian troops, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict, in Sumy region, Ukraine October 4, 2024. Photo: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS
Europe

Ukraine to raise NATO invite, security guarantees at meeting with European allies

Members of the German Navy operate a submarine drone onboard German mine hunter FGS Weilheim during NATO exercise Freezing Winds 24, led by the Finnish Navy, in the Baltic Sea in Turku, Finland, November 20, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Anne Kauranen/File Photo
Europe

As sabotage allegations swirl, NATO struggles to secure the Baltic Sea