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NATO statement on China goes 'further' than prior language - expert

NATO has warned that China represents a global security threat and presents challenges to the "rules-based international order."

Europe News

NATO recognises China as a 'security challenge' for the first time

The alliance's secretary-general said on Monday that NATO is concerned by Beijing's rapidly expanding nuclear arsenal.

Belgium

Biden says US will respond if Russia continues 'harmful activities'

US President Joe Biden spoke about his upcoming June 16 meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a NATO summit.

Europe News

President Biden expected to reassure Europe at NATO summit

Brussels is welcoming the U.S. President on Monday at the NATO Summit. Joe Biden is expected to reassure the continent that Europe is a key ally.

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Europe News

NATO must confront China, but Russia remains top threat - US official

US Chargé d’Affaires Douglas Jones tells Euronews that strengthening NATO is "all the more important" in a world of "increasing autocratic regimes".

USA

Joe Biden visits Europe on first overseas trip as US President

Biden first travels to Britain to attend the G7 summit and then Brussels for a NATO summit. He will cap off his week with a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva.

Bulgaria

Watch: Gaffe as soldiers raid Bulgarian sunflower oil factory

The owner of the factory said on Wednesday that he had filed a lawsuit against those responsible for the May 11 incident.

World News

NATO to meet after Belarus officials restricted from headquarters

The move follows Minsk's intervention last month forcing a Ryanair flight to land in Belarus to arrest dissident journalist Roman Protasevich.

Russia

Russia to form 20 new military units in west to counter NATO

Russia to form 20 new military units in west to counter NATO

Czech Republic

Czech President Milos Zeman apologises to Serbia for 1999 NATO bombing

Czech President Milos Zeman has apologised for the 1999 NATO bombing during a visit to Prague by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.

Afghanistan

What does NATO’s Afghanistan withdrawal mean for Europe?

With the planned withdrawal of the last NATO troops from Afghanistan just months away, the country faces an uncertain future amid an already deeply unstable security situation.

Romania

Romania's president wants more NATO troops to be sent to Europe

President Klaus Iohannis says that Moscow's recent military actions on the Ukrainian border have highlighted the need for Eastern Europe to remain vigilant.

Belgium

EU lets US, Canada and Norway join its military mobility project

In a move suggesting President Biden is happier about closer military co-operation with the EU, the US will join a European Union military project.

Ukraine

Blinken meets Zelenskyy, urging Russia to stop 'aggressive actions'

By visiting so early in his tenure, before any trip to Russia, Antony Blinken is signaling that Ukraine is a high foreign-policy priority for President Joe Biden's administration.

Europe News

NATO starts troops withdrawal from Afghanistan, says alliance official

NATO has begun withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan, according to an alliance official, after nearly 20 years of war.

World News

Military spending rises worldwide despite COVID-19 pandemic

Defence expenditure was up by 4 per cent in Europe in the first year of the pandemic.

Germany

Talks underway over early Afghanistan withdrawal, says Germany

Deliberations are underway over the possible withdrawal of the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission in Kabul by July 4, the German defence ministry said.

My Europe Series

Europe's week: Vaccine ups and downs, 'Sofagate' and Ukraine conflict

What are the key stories from the Brussels bubble this week?

Ukraine

Biden calls on Putin to 'de-escalate tensions' with Ukraine

Moscow later confirmed Biden had made a proposal to hold a summit on the matter, without saying if it had been accepted.

World

NATO, China, Russia, Nord Stream 2, US Secretary of State gives the lowdown

US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, recently visited NATO headquarters in Brussels to renew America's ties with the alliance. He tells us about his reasons for visiting Europe and what relations will look like under the Biden administration.