JD Vance

World News

Major Russian aerial attack on Ukraine kills one and injures 15

The attacks come despite an uptick in international diplomacy and talks focused on striking a peace agreement.

21/08/2025

Culture news

Explained: What's the ‘Panama Playlists’ leak and what does it expose?

Offshore bank accounts again? No – “onshore vibes” this time. An anonymous sleuth claims they have been ‘scraping’ Spotify accounts of celebrities, politicians and journalists since the summer of 2024. The results may surprise you.

31/07/2025

India

Vance and Modi hail positive US-India trade talks amid tariff threat

The US is India's main trading partner and their bilateral trade stood at €113bln in 2024, with a €39.9bln surplus in favour of New Delhi.

22/04/2025

Europe News

Pope holds brief meeting with JD Vance on Easter Sunday

The Vice President of the United States, who converted to Catholicism a few years ago, met the Pope at the Vatican. The pontiff had repeatedly criticised the US' tough anti-immigration policies.

20/04/2025

Europe News

Vatican notes 'exchange of opinions' in meeting with JD Vance

The Holy See, which has a tradition of diplomatic neutrality, has expressed alarm over the Trump's administration's crackdown on migrants and cuts in international aid while insisting on peaceful resolutions to the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.

19/04/2025

Italy

White House floats US-Europe meeting as Vance meets Meloni in Rome

Meloni has positioned herself as a bridge between the Trump administration and Europe and was the lone EU leader to attend his inauguration.

18/04/2025

Europe News

JD Vance accuses Denmark of underinvestment in Greenland

Vance was joined by his wife and other senior US officials on the visit to a US military base, in a trip that was scaled back after an uproar among Greenlanders and Danes who were angry that the original itinerary was planned without consulting them.

28/03/2025

Culture news

Trump issues executive order targeting ‘woke’ culture in US museums

Donald Trump has signed an executive order titled "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History" which targets the Smithsonian Institution. It directs JD Vance to "eliminate improper, divisive, or anti-American ideology."

28/03/2025

Europe News

Greenland forms new unity government on the eve of JD Vance trip

Four of the five elected parties in Greenland agree to form a broad coalition on the eve of US Vice President JD Vance’s visit to the arctic island.

28/03/2025

Lifestyle

'We can heal': Greenland's Inuit community are reembracing their roots

As US Vice President JD Vance prepares to visit Greenland, shaman Aviaja Rakel Sanimuinaq is part of a movement reclaiming Inuit traditions once suppressed by colonial rule. Through spiritual healing she and others are reconnecting with their roots.

26/03/2025

USA

JD Vance to join wife on Greenland trip but scales back visit

The US vice-president will accompany his wife on a visit to the Arctic island, a trip Denmark's prime minister has previously said is not what 'Greenland wants or needs.'

26/03/2025

USA

'Pathetic free-loading': US officials slam Europe in leaked chat

Trump's top national security officials laid bare their disdain for Europe in a top-secret group chat that was leaked when a journalist was mistakenly added to the conversation.

25/03/2025

USA

Trump insists Usha Vance's visit to Greenland is 'friendly'

Second lady Usha Vance is set to travel to Greenland this week as Trump continues to suggest the US could take control of the mineral-rich Arctic island.

25/03/2025

Culture news

Lithuanian publisher pulls JD Vance's 'Hillbilly Elegy' from sale

A Lithuanian publisher has pulled JD Vance’s controversial memoir "Hillbilly Elegy" from sale. Here's why.

06/03/2025

EuroVerify

Fact check: Yes, the UK does have free speech

The principle of free speech is enshrined in law across Europe thanks to the European Convention on Human Rights.

06/03/2025

USA

Pro-Ukraine protesters demonstrate during Trump's Congress speech

Protesters voiced dismay at Trump's decision to pause military support to Ukraine. Trump read a letter from Zelenskyy, who expressed readiness to negotiate peace.

05/03/2025

World News

Press Review: European media reacts to White House spat

Zelenskyy left the White House without signing a deal after President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance berated the Ukrainian leader for being "disrespectful," the internationally televised spat drew widespread reactions.

01/03/2025

Germany

Costa says Europe not giving up on support for Ukraine

EU Council President António Costa has insisted Europe is "not giving up. We will continue to support Ukraine as an integral part of our project for peace."

15/02/2025

Germany

Scholz: Germany won't accept people who 'intervene in our democracy'

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said his country won't accept people who "intervene in our democracy", a day after US Vice President JD Vance criticised European leaders.

15/02/2025

Germany

US Vice President shuns Chancellor Scholz and meets AfD leader instead

U.S. Vice President shunned Chancellor Scholz whilst in Munich on Friday, preferring to meet AfD party leader Alice Weidel, who is widely regarded as far-right.

14/02/2025