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What's the future of EU-Swiss relations now talks have collapsed?

Euronews looks into the past, present and future of Switzerland's cooperation with the EU after Swiss leaders rejected signing a long-delayed framework agreement with Brussels on Wednesday.

World News

Blinken visits London, Kyiv amid tensions with Russia and China

Foreign ministers of the G7 countries gather in London on Monday for their first in-person meeting since the pandemic began.

World News

Ukraine, Baltics, Poland leaders commemorate constitution anniversary

The 1791 Constitution was intended to strengthen the rule of law and protect the country against aggression from neighbouring powers, including Russia.

Lithuania

New US ambassador to Belarus meets with exiled opposition leader

Julie Fisher, who has yet to present her credentials in Minsk, said the meeting sent "a clear signal that the U.S. stands with the Belarusian people".

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Ukraine

Ukraine adopts new military service law amid Russia tensions

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a law allowing to call up reservists for military service without announcing a mobilization, as tensions with Russia on the border continue.

Czech Republic

Czech foreign minister gives Russia ultimatum over diplomats

Newly-appointed foreign minister Jakub Kulhanek said Russia has until Thursday afternoon to restore Czech diplomats at the embassy in Moscow.

Iran

Iran cautiously optimistic about nuclear deal talks in Vienna

The talks in Austria's capital are aimed at bringing the United States back into the world powers' 2015 deal with Tehran on its nuclear programme.

Sweden

China's embassy in Sweden under fire over 'threats' to journalist

China's embassy in Sweden has engaged in a public spat with Swedish politicians after its ambassador was accused of “threatening” a journalist.

United Kingdom

Myanmar's ambassador to UK 'locked out of embassy' over coup criticism

Kyaw Zwar Minn said that staff members at the London embassy loyal to the military regime prevented him from entering his office.

North Korea

North Korean COVID restrictions lead to 'exodus of foreign diplomats'

A French diplomatic source slammed the restrictions, labelling them "drastic containment measures".

USA

US and China clash in first face-to-face meeting under President Biden

The meetings in Alaska are a new test in increasingly troubled relations between the two countries, at odds over human rights, Chinese assertiveness and the coronavirus pandemic.

Russia

Mikhail Gorbachev, last Soviet leader, turns 90 in quarantine

Gorbachev, who is widely credited with ending the Cold War, was very popular in the West, but a much more polarising figure within Russia.

United Kingdom

COVID-19: G7 leaders boost vaccine commitment to poorer countries

Both the EU and the US announced on Friday that they will double their funding to the World Health Organisation's COVAX programme to €1bn and €3.3bn respectively.

Europe News

Have Russia and China got enough COVID-19 vaccines to sell abroad?

Moscow and Beijing are pushing their homemade jabs abroad. But, what about their own populations?

USA

President Biden ends support for Yemen offensive in diplomacy reset

US President Joe Biden said he would withdraw US support for the Saudi-led offensive in Yemen in his first major foreign policy speech.

USA

US Senate confirms Biden's Secretary of State nominee Antony Blinken

Blinken said he would set about reversing the Trump-era "America First" policy, reaching out to longstanding allies who the former president allienated.

World News

Brussels warns UK over downgrading EU ambassador status

"We will not accept that the United Kingdom will be the only country in the world that does not recognise the Delegation of the European Union as the equivalent of a diplomatic mission," High Representative Josep Borrell warned on Monday.

My Europe Series

EU diplomats on how the bloc is preparing for Biden's administration

EU diplomats share their views on what Trump meant for the transatlantic alliance and how Biden could help repair cut ties.

World News

Official: Large car bomb kills 9 in Afghan capital

Official: Large car bomb kills 9 in Afghan capital

China

British diplomat praised for saving drowning woman in China

Stephen Ellison jumped into a stream to rescue a woman after she fell into the water in a village on the outskirts of Chongqing.