ADVERTISEMENTUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Ukraine hopes to receive some three million artillery shells from its allies this year, including 1.8 million from a Czech-led programme.During a meeting with Czech president and former NATO general Petr Pavel, Zelenskyy also said discussions were underway for a Ukrainian-Czech training school for…

ADVERTISEMENTCyprus and Israel are seeking to establish an electricity linkup via an undersea cable that would eliminate their respective energy isolation, a Cypriot official has said.Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said that Israel is particularly keen to ensure that it can rely on Cypriot energy reserves from both conventional and renewable…

ADVERTISEMENTPro-Palestine protesters have disrupted a speech by Dutch Defence Minister Ruben Brekelmans during National Liberation Day celebrations in the city of Wageningen.The demonstrators interrupted the annual ceremony, chanting “Free Palestine” and other pro-Palestinian slogans.During Brekelmans speech he highlighted the role of NATO and the EU in securing peace, noting that…

Key diary datesTuesday 6 May – Commission expected to publish roadmap on its REPowerEU initiative to phase out Russian fossil fuel imports.Wednesday 7-Thursday 8 May – Informal meeting of EU foreign ministers in Warsaw, Poland.Wednesday 7 May – Annual competition policy report presented in the European Parliament.In spotlightADVERTISEMENTCommemorations for the…

ADVERTISEMENTThe return of Donald Trump to the White House and the trade war between the United States and China have put the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) back in the spotlight.This logistics corridor project, which was officially launched in 2023 at a G20 summit in Delhi, aims to facilitate trade…

ADVERTISEMENTMore than 10,000 passengers in Spain experienced severe disruption on Sunday after cable lines were stolen at several points within the province of Toledo and a train suffered a technical fault.Travellers relying on more than 30 trains between Madrid and Seville were affected. Many were returning from trips over the…

ADVERTISEMENTBritish counterterrorism officers have taken several Iranian men into custody over a suspected plan to launch an attack at an unnamed site in London, the Metropolitan Police confirmed on Sunday.The arrests were made on Saturday across different parts of England, with five men between the ages of 29 and 46…

ADVERTISEMENTSeveral thousands of Turkish Cypriots gathered in the northern half of the ethnically divided capital of Nicosia to protest against what they say is an attempt by Turkey to erode their secular roots and strengthen the hold of policial Islam over their society.The protesters held up trade union banners and…

ADVERTISEMENTGermany’s foreign ministry pushed back in an extraordinary exchange with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio after he criticised Germany’s intelligence decision to label the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as “right-wing extremist”.The dispute grew on Friday, involving Germany’s foreign office, Rubio, US Vice President JD Vance and Elon…

ADVERTISEMENTUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has rejected Russia’s 3-day ceasefire proposal, calling it theatrical, and instead suggests a month-long truce, Ukrainian media have reported.”An unconditional ceasefire is the model proposed by the Americans. We are following that model. Whether it starts on that date or another – ideally earlier. Yes, let’s…