After attending school in Finland and later the U.S., Belgium and the U.K., Stubb entered politics in 2004 as a member of the European Parliament. He hit the Finnish…
Read more Former Finland PM Alexander Stubb wins presidential electionAn increasingly belligerent Russian President Vladimir Putin could attack the NATO military alliance in less than a decade, Germany’s Defense Minister Boris Pistorius warned. “We hear threats from…
Read more Putin could attack NATO in ‘5 to 8 years,’ German defense minister warnsPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. BULBOACA, Moldova — European leaders mounted a powerful show of defiance — and support for Ukraine — as…
Read more Europe gathered in unity for Ukraine. Zelenskyy’s plea exposed its divisionsIt’s an hour before dawn breaks over the North Sea. Aboard the KV Bergen, the officer of the watch is wide awake. The 93-meter long Norwegian Navy Coast Guard…
Read more Scouring the seas for Putin’s pipeline saboteursThe Baltic states of Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia are demanding an explanation from Beijing after China’s top envoy to France questioned the independence of former Soviet countries like…
Read more Baltics blast China diplomat for questioning sovereignty of ex-Soviet statesPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Not even a war has succeeded in pushing Europe’s biggest powers to reach their defense spending targets.…
Read more Is there a war on? Big EU powers still short of NATO spending targetsPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. BRUSSELS — Add NATO’s military planners to the list of those concerned about having enough shells. In…
Read more NATO is racing to arm its Russian borders. Can it find the weapons?Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Nearly six months on from the subsea gas pipeline explosions, which sent geopolitical shockwaves around the world…
Read more Who blew up Nord Stream?The Baltic states and Poland want to make it easier to sanction the family members and entourage of Russia’s richest men and women but are facing resistance from…
Read more Baltics and Poland push to make sanctioning oligarchs’ associates easierPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Kaja Kallas had been dreading the call. “I woke at 5 o’clock,” the Estonian prime minister recalled…
Read more ‘Oh my God, it’s really happening’Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has a tight two-year timetable for securing EU membership that is bound…
Read more Ukraine wants to join EU within two years, PM saysTensions between Russia and Baltic EU member countries Estonia and Latvia escalated Monday after Moscow told Estonia’s ambassador to leave. The Russian foreign ministry said it had asked…
Read more Estonia and Latvia remove Russian ambassadors as tensions riseThe European Commission is exploring legal options to confiscate Russian state and private assets as a way to pay for Ukraine’s reconstruction, according to a document seen by…
Read more Brussels’ uphill battle to confiscate Russian assetsThe British Navy stands accused by the Russian government, without evidence, of blowing up the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea, a claim the U.K.…
Read more UK slams Russian claim British Navy had part in Nord Stream blastsPress play to listen to this article The apparent sabotage of both Nord Stream gas pipelines may be one of the worst industrial methane accidents in history, scientists…
Read more 8 things to know about the environmental impact of ‘unprecedented’ Nord Stream leaks
