US troop deployment to Lithuania under review
The future deployment of United States troops to Lithuania is under review, the country’s Defence Minister Robertas Kaunas said on Tuesday, confirming uncertainty over the arrival of the next ...
Romania says Russian drone hit apartment block, Nato vows to defend alliance territory
Nato accused Moscow on Friday of reckless behaviour and pledged to “defend every inch of Allied territory” after Romania said a Russian drone had crashed into an apartment block in ...
War spillover fears grow after Russian drone hits Romanian residential building injuring two
NATO member Romania said on Friday that a drone injured two people in a southeastern city during an overnight Russian attack on neighbouring Ukraine, the first time in the war ...
Nato to beef up forces assigned to defend Baltics in war, sources say
NATO will strengthen the defence of its eastern flank with a new structure that would facilitate the rapid deployment of forces in Latvia and Estonia in the event of a ...
How realistic are the fears of World War III?
A Politico opinion poll conducted in the four biggest Nato countries in February revealed almost identical popular expectations about the likelihood of a global war in the next five years. ...
A tale of both porky and humble pies
Cyprus hosted the informal meeting of EU leaders on April 23–24, an event that proved a notable success for President Nikos Christodoulides. Such gatherings are usually forgettable affairs, serving mainly as ...
EU positions itself as a defence alliance as Nato wobbles
Ever mindful of defence contingencies, the EU has positioned itself to evolve into a defence alliance as well as an economic and political union by adopting a mutual assistance clause ...
Romania finds parts of second drone after overnight Russian attack on Ukraine
Romania recovered fragments of two drones after an overnight Russian attack on neighbouring Ukraine, its defence ministry said in statements on Saturday, while the foreign ministry said it had summoned ...
EU prepares defence ‘playbook’ after ‘nothing was done’ for a decade
The leaders of the European Union’s 27 member states on Friday resolved to demand the creation of a defence “playbook” at the day’s European Council summit in Nicosia, though ...
US considers suspending Spain from NATO amid Iran war dispute, Pentagon email reveals
An internal Pentagon email outlines options for the United States to punish NATO allies it believes failed to support U.S. operations in the war with Iran, including suspending Spain ...
NATO’s Rutte tells allies Trump wants Hormuz pledges within days, diplomats say
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has told European governments that U.S. President Donald Trump wants concrete commitments within days to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, diplomats said on ...
Our View: Europe perfectly entitled to oppose Trump’s war
The growing rift between Unites States president Donald Trump and his Nato partners is a very worrying development for the West. Poland’s prime minister Donald Tusk hit the nail ...
Russian ambassador questions Cyprus’ alignment with NATO
Russia’s Cyprus ambassador Murat Zyazikov on Monday refuted the suggestion of Cyprus pursing further relations with NATO, describing the bloc as “a relic of a bygone era”.
Speaking to ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: A ‘frank and open’ discussion on the bases, Prez style
PREZNIKTWO has embraced a new cause that is certain to win him many brownie points and give his flagging approval ratings a much-needed boost. He will raise the issue of ...
Greece will ‘support Cyprus’ choices’ over Nato accession
Greece and its government will “support Cyprus’ choices” regarding the question of whether or not it will join Nato, the country’s Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis said on Tuesday.
“As ...
Our View: It defies belief that Trump wants to drag his Nato allies into war
After more than two weeks of Operation Epic Fury, the largest US intervention in the Middle East since the Iraq war in 2003, it remains unclear what President Donald Trump goal ...
Nato: if not now, then when?
By Chrysovalantis Andreou
For the past week or so there has been a tense atmosphere both within Cypriot government circles and internationally regarding developments in the Middle East.
At the ...
Former Greek PM warns Cyprus joining Nato ‘can only lead to new dangers’
Former Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras has warned that Cyprus joining Nato would “only lead to new dangers”.
Speaking at the presentation of his book in the town of Kozani ...
Former European Commission VP: Cyprus must now join Nato
Former European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas said that Cyprus should now join Nato, after the island found itself targeted by Iranian-made drones amid a widening regional conflict.
“I would ...
Iran launches wave of missiles at Israel; Republicans block measure to halt US air campaign
Israel launched a large wave of strikes on Tehran on Thursday, targeting what it said was infrastructure belonging to the Iranian authorities, after Iranian missiles sent millions of Israelis rushing ...
Nato 1.0 is dead. Long live Nato 2.0
Every year at this time the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato), the world’s most powerful alliance for the past 77 years, holds a conference in Munich to examine its state ...
Rubio casts US, the ‘child of Europe’, as critical friend to allies
Secretary of State Marco Rubio cast the United States as the “child of Europe” in a message of unity on Saturday, offering some reassurance as well as levelling more criticism ...
Nato starts military planning for Arctic mission amid Greenland dispute
Nato has started military planning for an Arctic Sentry mission, a spokesperson for the alliance’s military headquarters Shape said on Tuesday, against a backdrop of tensions between the US ...
EU lawmakers divided over resuming work on US trade deal after Greenland crisis
The European Parliament has put off until next week a decision on whether to resume work on the EU’s trade deal with the United States, which it had suspended ...