
Kallas Shows Why Brussels Is Barely Involved in Ukraine Peace Talks
The Budapest Summit could be a step closer to ending the conflict, but Brussels is unhappy because it isn’t on ‘friendly ground.’

The Budapest Summit could be a step closer to ending the conflict, but Brussels is unhappy because it isn’t on ‘friendly ground.’

Member states could grant the EU powers to negotiate agreements for pre-authorised inspections of Russian oil tankers.

Kallas visits under-siege Kyiv to discuss military and financial support, as well as energy infrastructure challenges.

People filled Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square as Israel confirmed it had received the first hostages freed from Gaza.

European diplomats scramble to push Tehran to address nuclear concerns before imposing “snapback” sanctions.

The Commission would suspend the tariff preferences Israel has enjoyed in the EU since the 1990s.

Proposed EU measures over the Gaza war target Israeli ‘extremists’ and Hamas—but some member states see this as a false equivalence.

Israeli ministers say they will retaliate if new proposals by the Commission are taken up.

Talks centre on a free trade agreement, but India’s close links to Moscow are blocking progress on closer cooperation with Brussels.

Kaja Kallas said the move would come at a high cost for Israel.