EU defense chief Andrius Kubilius has explored a new initiative for countries to jointly fund military capabilities like air-to-air refueling now provided by the U.S., three European Parliament officials told POLITICO.
EXCLUSIVE: NATO allies today discussed a proposal for an accelerated drone-buying program, just days after a Russian drone crash caused multiple injuries in Romania.
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š¢ A Westminster debate is raging after the Belfast riots.
š± The government asked watchdogs to talk to Elon Musk's X.
ā Ministers are resisting the āsame oldā Unionist calls for the Irish land border to be closed.
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The U.K.ās City oversight body is probing big British investment houses for information on how exposed the market could be to the unprecedented $1.8 trillion SpaceX listing.
The collapse of a ā¬100 billion program to build a European next-generation jet fighter has Berlin, Paris and Madrid scrambling for options.
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Since the outbreak of the war in Iran, Europe has found clever workarounds to keep the jet fuel crisis at bay.
That might be about to change.
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Belgium rejected today Washington's demand to impose an entry ban on travelers from the Democratic Republic of Congo, setting up a transatlantic clash over measures to prevent Ebola from spreading during the World Cup.
Northern Ireland is on fire again in what looks and feels like a modern twist on the U.K. territoryās āTroublesā of old, as police and firefighters struggled to contain mobs of anti-immigrant militants overnight.
In next week's Makerfield by-election in the U.K., the hard-right Restore Britain party is threatening to chip away at a small but potentially crucial segment of Nigel Farage's Reform vote.
But its ambitions don't end there.
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The new push comes amid fresh worries about the U.S. commitment to NATO.
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