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Speaking during a trip to Stockholm, Annalena Baerbock suggested restarting the Normandy Format talks – named after those first held informally in Normandy seven years ago – between Germany, Russia, Ukraine, and France, with the aim of bringing peace to the region. The conflict in the Donbass, in eastern Ukraine, …

However, Washington has pledged that it’s prepared to “bolster” members of its NATO military bloc. “We do not know whether Putin has made a decision about further military escalation in Ukraine, but we do know he’s putting in place the capacity to engage in such escalation should he decide to do …

Speaking with the organisation’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday, Duda cited the alleged recent “relocation of Russian forces around the Ukrainian border.” He said that the group should make its presence felt to a greater degree on its eastern flank to “show all potential aggressors that NATO is ready.” He went on …

“The whole semiconductor supply chain is enormous. Many countries can play different roles,” Taiwan’s National Development Council head, Kung Ming-hsin, told reporters following last month’s visit to Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Lithuania.  He said all three countries expressed readiness to jointly work on semiconductor chips with Taiwan, which holds a …

On Friday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg made an address at the German Atlantic Association, in which he said moving the atomic weaponry around the continent was necessary because of the alleged threat posed by Moscow. “Russia carries out aggressive actions, it interferes in other countries’ affairs,” he insisted. The …

In a speech at the German Atlantic Association on Friday, Stoltenberg said the move was necessary because of the threat purportedly posed by Moscow. “Our aim is a world free of nuclear weapons,” he said, “but as long as others have them, NATO must have them too.” According to him, …

A message unveiling the move published on the bank’s website on Monday explained that its chairman Professor Adam Glapinski had “decided to issue a collectible coin and banknote dedicated to the protection of the Polish eastern border in an accelerated and emergency basis.”  According to the notice, Warsaw’s bank has …

One of the more amusing features of the last few years has been the sound of British pundits accusing Russians of failing to get over the loss of their empire. The words ‘pot’, ‘kettle’ and ‘black’ keep coming to mind. Churchillian delusions of Britain standing alone against the forces of …

Regional police spokesperson Tomasz Krupa said 50 people crossed the border “by force” near the village of Starzyn shortly after 8pm local time on Saturday. Police detained 22 would-be asylum seekers, all of whom are Iraqi nationals, he added. The Polish Border Guard later said all of the 50 intruders …

On Friday, Russian health officials announced that they had recorded the highest number of daily deaths from the virus since the start of the pandemic, with 1,163 people having passed away in the past 24 hours, taking the overall total to 236,220. Throughout October, the all-time record for mortality figures …