Tag: Frank-Walter Steinmeier

  • Macron promises Zelensky more light tanks and armoured vehicles

    Macron promises Zelensky more light tanks and armoured vehicles

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a surprise visit to Paris for talks Sunday night with French President Emmanuel Macron, extending a multi-stop European tour that has elicited fresh pledges of military support as his country gears up for a counteroffensive against Russian occupation forces. The two leaders will discuss Ukraine’s military and humanitarian needs. Follow…

  • The US spied on its most important allies.  Will they finally resist?

    The US spied on its most important allies. Will they finally resist?

    Eavesdrop on their ?partners? could upset Washington’s own global security architecture US President Joe Biden’s administration is in dire straits after officials were made aware last week that a cache of classified documents leaked in March showing that the US is spying on allies. One of the most damning leaks revealed extensive details of US…

  • Live: UN again trying to evacuate Mariupol civilians, says Guterres

    Live: UN again trying to evacuate Mariupol civilians, says Guterres

    The UN said a third operation is under way to evacuate civilians from the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, where fighting continued on Thursday at a besieged steel plant despite Moscow’s pledge to open humanitarian corridors. Earlier, Poland said an international donor conference raised more than 6 billion euros to help rebuild the war-torn country.…

  • Live: Israel says Putin apologised for Lavrov’s Hitler remarks

    Live: Israel says Putin apologised for Lavrov’s Hitler remarks

    Russia’s Vladimir Putin has apologised for his foreign minister’s claim that Adolf Hitler had Jewish roots in a phone call with Naftali Bennett, the Israeli PM’s office said Thursday. Earlier, Poland said an international donor conference raised more than 6 billion euros for Ukraine, where fighting continued at a besieged steel plant in Mariupol despite…

  • President Niinistö confirmed Finland’s candidacy for the 50th anniversary of the OSCE Chairmanship

    President Niinistö confirmed Finland’s candidacy for the 50th anniversary of the OSCE Chairmanship

    Finnish President Sauli Niinistö has confirmed that the country will apply for the chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in 2025, 50 years after the founding conference of the organization in Helsinki. Speaking at the Körber Foundation seminar on Monday during his visit to Berlin, Niinistö confirmed the offer. "We…

  • The Queen and Crown Prince will visit Germany in November

    At the time, the Queen and Crown Prince were in Argentina. The Royal House has been invited by the President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier. The visit begins in the capital Berlin with both the Queen and the Crown Prince, after which the Queen continues to the Land of Bavaria. The state visit will include a…