Europe
US to ask NATO allies for more money for PURL, with a gap of about $2 billion in approved weapons packages
Washington is preparing to ask NATO allies for fresh funding for PURL, the mechanism through which Europeans and others pay…
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News from the European Union, NATO and European capitals on security, defense and politics.
Drones
Latvia: second drone alert in two days, in the Balvi and Ludza municipalities near the Russian border
Latvia sounded a drone alert for the second time in two days, in the eastern municipalities of Balvi and Ludza,…
Europe
Poland deploys counter-terrorism units on the Kaliningrad border after sabotage warnings
Poland has sent extra police and counter-terrorism units to the border zone with Kaliningrad after warnings of possible sabotage in…
Europe
Coalition of the Willing: first major exercise in Poland, Koalicja, with 2,800 troops from 11 countries
Britain and France announced that the exercise Koalicja will take place in Poland from November 9 to 22, the first…
Europe
Witkoff: new round of Ukraine-Russia-US talks in Abu Dhabi on November 10-11, with a stop in Brussels first
US envoy Steve Witkoff announced technical-level talks between Ukraine and Russia mediated by the US in Abu Dhabi on November…
Europe
Dapo Akande elected judge of the International Court of Justice, returning a British jurist to the Hague bench
The UK says Oxford professor Dapo Akande won a nine-year seat on the ICJ in a UN vote on 3…
Europe
Burnham meets Albanese and Mottley ahead of CHOGM in Antigua, with AUKUS, Ukraine, climate and G20 debt reform on the agenda
Prime Minister Andy Burnham held talks with Australia's Anthony Albanese and Barbados's Mia Mottley on the eve of the Commonwealth…
Europe
UK and France to lead Exercise Koalicja in Poland, a 2,800-strong rehearsal for the Multinational Force Ukraine
The UK and France will lead 2,800 troops from 11 countries in Poland from 9 to 22 November, the first…
Europe
Royal Navy: Merlin helicopters tracked the Russian spy ship Viktor Leonov during a NATO exercise off Scotland
Royal Navy Merlin helicopters shadowed the Russian intelligence-gathering ship Viktor Leonov for ten days as it closely watched NATO warships…
Asia-Pacific
Steinmeier: Xi Jinping uninterested in a three-way summit on Ukraine, wants Europeans at the negotiating table
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier told ARD that Xi Jinping shows no interest in a summit with the US and Russia…
Europe
Russia withdraws from the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture, ending independent monitoring of its places of detention
Russia’s withdrawal from the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture took effect on November 1, ending the Council of…
Europe
UK and Germany agree to widen defence cooperation at second Defence Ministerial Council
Defence Secretary Wes Streeting and Boris Pistorius met for the second UK-Germany Defence Ministerial Council, with long-range strike, Sting Ray…