Bulgaria's Kremlin-friendly ex-president wins election in landslide
Pro-Russian former President Rumen Radev has won Bulgaria's parliamentary election by a landslide, official results showed on Monday, crushing long-
April 20, 2026Pro-Russian former President Rumen Radev has won Bulgaria's parliamentary election by a landslide, official results showed on Monday, crushing long-
April 20, 2026
The Kremlin said on Monday that it was encouraged by Bulgarian politician Rumen Radev's desire to resolve issues with Russia via pragmatic talks after he won a landslide
April 20, 2026
Investors have cooled on European defence stocks as profit taking and stretched valuations collide with growing uncertainty over the
April 20, 2026
An exit poll in Bulgaria suggests the center-left Progressive Bulgaria coalition led by ex-President Rumen Radev will win the country's parliamentary election
April 19, 2026
Discussions are under way on how to manage or mitigate a possible U.S. withdrawal from the "European security architecture", Turkish Foreign
April 18, 2026
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a summit in Turkey's Antalya that the time has come for a conversation with the U.S. about how Washington sees future economic ties
April 18, 2026
The small Balkan nation of Kosovo says it wants to commit dozens of its security troops to an international force for Gaza because it appreciates what NATO-led peacekeepers have done for its own security since the 1998-99 war with Serbia
April 17, 2026
NATO member Estonia has no doubt that the United States would help defend it if Russia attacks, its defence minister told Reuters, while warning that
April 17, 2026
Spain's Pedro Sanchez and Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will spearhead gatherings of the global left in Barcelona on Friday and
April 17, 2026
Romanian state institutions are facing more than 10,000 cyberattacks daily, Defence Minister Radu Miruta said on Tuesday.
March 31, 2026
Italy last week denied permission for U.S. military aircraft to land at the Sigonella air base in Sicily before heading to the Middle East, sources said on
March 31, 2026
U.S.
April 01, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he would act in the country's interest, whatever the "noise", when asked about U.S.
April 01, 2026
The United States will be "out of Iran pretty quickly" and could return for "spot hits" if needed, President Donald Trump told Reuters on Wednesday,
April 01, 2026
Stocks rose on Wednesday and oil and the dollar fell on continued optimism that de-escalation in the Middle East is imminent. U.S.
April 02, 2026
Global stocks rallied and oil futures retreated on Wednesday on hopes of a de-escalation in the Iran war.
April 01, 2026
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte will visit Washington next week for what a spokesperson for the military alliance called
April 02, 2026
The United States will carry out aggressive strikes on Iran over the next two to three weeks and is
April 01, 2026
Russia is ready to contribute to resolving the Iran conflict and President Vladimir Putin is continuing to talk with regional leaders, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said
April 02, 2026
Russian strategic missile forces have conducted drills in Siberia involving camouflaged movements of Yars intercontinental ballistic missiles that are capable of delivering
April 02, 2026
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday that she agreed with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte to work in the coming weeks to strengthen the
April 16, 2026
The NATO alliance has in recent years survived existential challenges - ranging from the war
April 03, 2026
U.S.
April 07, 2026
France plans to add a further 36 billion euros ($39 billion) to its defence spending between now and 2030 under an updated military planning law that expands
April 08, 2026
Italy will not send any ships to help police the Hormuz Strait area following a ceasefire between the United States and Iran unless it is authorised by the
April 08, 2026
Portugal is against the creation of a separate European army and instead backs strengthening and modernising its armed forces within the U.S.-led NATO
April 15, 2026
The Serbian army should create units with attack drones, President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday, as the Balkan country seeks to modernise its armed forces from its
April 15, 2026
Japan's
April 15, 2026
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte expressed optimism Wednesday that the alliance would successfully fund defence aid to Ukraine through the Prioritised Ukraine
April 15, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his country's top priority is securing help to buy and build more air defense systems
April 15, 2026
Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen called on NATO allies to stand together to defend international law as he pushed back against U.S.
April 09, 2026
U.S.
April 10, 2026
Britain deployed military vessels to prevent any attacks on cables and pipelines by Russian submarines that spent more than a month in and
April 09, 2026
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has told European governments that U.S.
April 09, 2026
British defence minister John Healey said on Friday that the United States is "absolutely locked" into NATO. A Reuters report on Thursday said U.S.
April 10, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump has discussed with his advisers the option of removing some U.S. troops from Europe, a senior White House official told Reuters on Thursday.
April 10, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Friday that he discussed military capabilities and the logistics of moving vessels though the Strait of Hormuz when he spoke to
April 10, 2026
NATO member Estonia will refrain from detaining Russia's "shadow fleet" vessels in the Baltic Sea, worried that seizing oil tankers
April 10, 2026
Ukraine can play a useful role in international efforts to secure the Strait of Hormuz, Britain's armed services minister said, praising its drone technology
April 11, 2026
NATO allies said on Monday they would not get involved in U.S.
April 13, 2026
President Donald Trump repeated his complaint about NATO after a private meeting with the alliance's Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Wednesday
April 08, 2026
Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar says an upcoming election against pro-Russian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is a “referendum” on Hungary’s future
April 03, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump says he’s strongly considering pulling the United States out of NATO, yet he failed to mention the alliance in his speech to the American public about the Iran war
April 01, 2026
President Donald Trump entered his war of choice against Iran without consulting global allies
April 01, 2026
Trump lashes out at Europe as growing number of allies reject US calls for help
April 01, 2026
Turkey’s foreign minister says diplomacy between the U.S. and Iran is stalled, but he thinks quiet back-channel talks remain possible
March 15, 2026
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March 06, 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron says France will allow the temporary deployment of its nuclear-armed aircraft to allied countries as part of its new nuclear strategy
March 02, 2026
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February 23, 2026