Tag: NATO

• Friday, January 21st 2022 - 20:37 UTC

  Little progress results from US, Russia's top diplomats meeting in Geneva

  

  US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Friday met in Geneva to discuss the escalating military tensions in Europe, particularly about a possible invasion of Ukraine.

• Tuesday, January 18th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  Putin's false flag operation in Ukraine and the Cuba and Venezuela cards

  

  By Gwynne Dyer (*) – After a week of intense discussions about “security” between Russia and the NATO countries, this is the week when the Western allies will send their written replies to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Various pundits, some of whom have actually been to Russia, warn us that there will be “War in Europe” if Putin's demands are not met.

• Tuesday, December 28th 2021 - 20:15 UTC

  Talks over Ukraine crisis to start Jan. 10 in Europe

  

  High-ranking officials from the United States and Russia are to meet in Geneva on Jan. 10 for talks regarding tensions over Ukraine, it was announced. Russia and NATO were also likely to convene on Jan. 12 in Brussels with a broader meeting set for Jan. 13 involving the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, which includes the US and its NATO allies, as well as Russia, Ukraine, and other ex-Soviet states.

• Tuesday, June 15th 2021 - 09:36 UTC

  Biden warns Putin, renews US-NATO partnership after somber Trump years

  

  United States President Joseph Biden Monday called on his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin to step back from provocative actions during a news conference at the NATO headquarters in Brussels.

• Wednesday, June 9th 2021 - 09:26 UTC

  Biden first overseas trip: G7 summit in the UK, meetings with EU, NATO leaders and Putin

  

  United States President Joe Biden and his wife Jill are expected to land on Air Force One at UK's RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk this Wednesday to kick off an eight-day trip to Europe, which includes meetings with Queen Elizabeth, PM Boris Johnson, and equally significant Russian president Vladimir Putin in Geneva.

• Tuesday, June 9th 2020 - 07:53 UTC

  Germany considers “unacceptable” Trump's decision to withdraw 9,500 troops

  

  Germany’s coordinator for transatlantic ties has criticized U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw thousands of troops from Germany. Trump has ordered the U.S. military to remove 9,500 troops from Germany, a senior U.S. official said on Friday.

• Thursday, December 5th 2019 - 09:21 UTC

  Trump leaves Nato summit following footage showing several world leaders making remarks about the president

  

  US President Donald Trump has left a major Nato summit early following video footage which appeared to show world leaders poking fun of him. Footage from an event on Tuesday night emerged that showed several world leaders making remarks about Trump.

• Saturday, November 30th 2019 - 08:25 UTC

  Protection of Falklands' people democratic rights ensured in Conservative manifesto

  

  The Conservative and Unionist party manifesto for the coming 12 December election, “Get Brexit Done Unleash Britain’s Potential”, in one of its chapters includes a special mention to the democratic rights and the protection of the Falkland Islands, Gibraltar and other Overseas Territories.

• Thursday, August 1st 2019 - 09:57 UTC

  Trump declares Brazil a trusted major non-NATO ally of the US

  

  President Donald Trump on Wednesday boosted Brazil's status as a US military ally, easing the path for the Latin American giant to buy more sophisticated weaponry. In a notice sent to the State Department, Trump said, “I hereby designate the Federative Republic of Brazil as a major Non-NATO Ally of the United States,” referring to the powerful North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

• Wednesday, July 3rd 2019 - 16:11 UTC

  Germany and a woman take the European Commission presidency

  

  Ursula von der Leyen's name is unlikely to have cropped up in early conversations as European leaders wrangled over the best candidate to replace Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. But after proposed compromise deals collapsed, Germany's defiance minister and close ally of Angela Merkel has emerged from the shadows as their nominee for the top job.