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NATO allies need to close defence spending gaps, Italy and Germany say

16 May 2025 16 May 2025

By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) -Boosting defence spending is a task for all NATO members willing to close gaps with allies, ministers from historic low-spenders Italy and Germany said on Friday, following a round of talks with European counterparts. Germany’s Boris Pistorius and Italy’s Guido Crosetto spoke after meeting in Rome with fellow defence ministers …

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Secretive French thinkers behind Le Pen come out of the shadows

16 May 2025 16 May 2025

By Michel Rose and Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) – A secret group of French experts and technocrats that has been discreetly shaping Marine Le Pen’s nationalist programme over the past 10 years came out of the shadows on Friday, aiming to present a less extreme image of the party. Only little was known about ‘Les …

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Factbox-What you need to know about Romania’s presidential run-off vote

16 May 2025 16 May 2025

BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Here’s what to know about Sunday’s run-off vote in Romania’s presidential election, pitting hard-right eurosceptic lawmaker George Simion against centrist independent Bucharest mayor Nicusor Dan. THE CANDIDATES Simion, 38, opposes military aid to Ukraine, is critical of the EU’s leadership and says he is aligned with U.S. President Donald Trump’s Make America …

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Europeans and Zelenskiy agree Russian stance is ‘unacceptable’, Starmer says

16 May 2025 16 May 2025

TIRANA (Reuters) – The leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Poland agreed on Friday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that Russia’s position in peace talks was “unacceptable” and also consulted with U.S. President Donald Trump, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said. The first direct peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in more than three years …

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Iran, Europeans hold nuclear talks, agree to more, diplomats say

16 May 2025 16 May 2025

(Reuters) – Diplomats from Iran and the three European parties remaining in a moribund 2015 nuclear deal met in Istanbul on Friday, Iranian and British officials said, their first round of talks since the U.S. began nuclear talks with Tehran in April. The talks between senior diplomats from Iran and Britain, France and Germany – …

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Russia, Ukraine agreed to exchange 1,000 POWs from each side, Ukrainian Defence Minister says

16 May 2025 16 May 2025

KYIV (Reuters) – Russia and Ukraine agreed to exchange 1,000 prisoners of war from each side, Defence Minister Rustem Umerov told Ukrainian TV on Friday as talks in Istanbul ended. If the exchange goes ahead, it would be the biggest prisoner swap in more than three years since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. …

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Swedish diplomat spy suspect has died, his lawyer says

16 May 2025 16 May 2025

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -A Swedish diplomat who was recently questioned by police on suspicion of espionage has died, the man’s lawyer said on Friday. Sweden’s SAPO security service had detained the man on Sunday and kept him for questioning until Wednesday, when he was released, although he remained subject to investigation, the country’s prosecution service has …

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Trump-admirer Simion hopes voter anger will win him Romania presidency

16 May 2025 16 May 2025

By Luiza Ilie BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Eurosceptic hard-right lawmaker George Simion could be elected Romania’s president on Sunday, riding a wave of popular anger over living costs, corruption and the cancellation of a vote last year that another far-right contender had looked set to win. Simion decisively swept the first round of the presidential election …

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Nationalist Polish presidential contender talks tough on Ukraine

16 May 2025 16 May 2025

By Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk and Justyna Pawlak WARSAW (Reuters) – While his main rival plays up his European credentials, nationalist Polish presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki posts videos of himself at shooting ranges and boxing rings or meeting U.S. president Donald Trump at the White House. Unlike other eurosceptics in central Europe, such as Slovak Prime Minister …

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Under fire on front line, Ukrainian soldiers doubt talks will bring peace

16 May 2025 16 May 2025

By Herbert Villarraga and Alina Smutko KYIV (Reuters) – While Russian and Ukrainian officials arrived in Turkey for a fresh attempt at direct peace talks, Roman, a 26-year-old Ukrainian artillery commander, raced to man his artillery gun after Russian strikes landed near his position. The scene on Thursday evening served as a reminder that, on …

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