Author: Geir Moulson
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Europeans push back at US over claim they face ‘civilizational erasure’
MUNICH (AP) — A top European Union official on Sunday rejected the notion that Europe faces “civilizational erasure,” pushing back at criticism of the continent by the Trump administration. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas addressed the Munich Security Conference a day after U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered a somewhat reassuring message to…
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Denmark and Greenland say sovereignty is not negotiable after Trump’s reversal on tariffs
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Leaders of Denmark and its territory Greenland insisted Thursday that the island’s sovereignty was non-negotiable after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had agreed on a framework with the NATO chief that Trump said would grant the U.S. “total access” to the island. Much about the potential deal remained unclear, though…
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Trump ties his stance on Greenland to not getting Nobel Peace Prize
NUUK, Greenland (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump linked his aggressive stance on Greenland to last year’s decision not to award him the Nobel Peace Prize, telling Norway’s prime minister that he no longer felt “an obligation to think purely of Peace,” in a text message released Monday. Trump’s message to Jonas Gahr Støre appears…
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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize
OSLO, Norway (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her struggle to achieve a democratic transition in the South American nation, winning recognition as a woman “who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness.” The former opposition presidential candidate is a “key, unifying…
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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy in Paris signed security agreement with France after similar deal with Germany
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a bilateral security agreement with France
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NATO chief warns against dividing the US and Europe or undermining their joint nuclear deterrent
NATO’s chief is warning member countries not to allow a wedge to be driven between the United States and Europe
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Poland, France and Germany vow to make Europe stronger as fears grow over Russia and Trump
The governments of Poland, France and Germany are vowing to make Europe a security and defense power with a greater ability to back Ukraine
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Germany, EU launch work on ‘new Marshall Plan’ for Ukraine
BERLIN • German and European Union leaders gathered experts Tuesday to start work on what Germany’s chancellor described as a “new Marshall Plan” for the rebuilding of Ukraine. The Marshall Plan was a U.S.-sponsored initiative that helped revive western European economies after World War II. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, whose country currently chairs the Group…
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Europe, US reel as virus infections surge
NEW YORK • Coronavirus cases around the world have climbed to all-time highs of more than 330,000 per day as the scourge comes storming back across Europe and spreads with renewed speed in the U.S., forcing many places to reimpose tough restrictions they had eased just a few months ago. Well after Europe seemed to…
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Germany says Soviet-era nerve agent used on Russia’s Navalny
BERLIN • Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the same type of Soviet-era nerve agent used in a 2018 attack on a former Russian spy, the German government said Wednesday, provoking outrage from Western leaders who demanded Moscow provide an explanation. The findings — which experts say point strongly to Russian state involvement…