Europe backs Ukraine ahead of crucial summit
By Martin Banks EU leaders have thrown their weight once again behind embattled Ukraine.
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May 16, 2025 New Man at the Top of Brewers of Europe
By Martin Banks The Brewers of Europe’s General Assembly has elected as its new President, Christian Weber, CEO of the Karlsberg brewery and current President also of the German Brewers’ Association, the Deutscher Brauer-Bund.
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ECONOMY
May 11, 2025 Piraeus highlighted as strategic hub for Europe
European Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism Apostolos Tzitzikostas met with the deputy chief executive officer of Piraeus Port Authority (OLP), Panagiotis Tsonis, in the context of the annual conference of the European Sea Ports Organization (ESPO) held in Thessaloniki.
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EUROPE
May 4, 2025 Europe marks VE Day with Trump on its mind
“Celebration? What celebration? It feels more like a funeral” – the damning words of a former senior Nato figure to describe this week’s ceremonies marking Victory in Europe Day. The top-level diplomat who spent years at the transatlantic defence alliance asked not to be named in order to speak freely, but why so nihilistic? VE […]
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EUROPE
April 18, 2025 Europe’s defence sector bets on space amid growing geopolitical threats
In recent years, defence companies have stepped up their involvement in space projects, prompting calls for more EU-level coordination and investment.
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EUROPE
April 6, 2025 Elon Musk says he hopes for ‘free trade zone’ between Europe and the US
The billionaire advisor to the US president was speaking via video link at a conference of Matteo Salvini’s League party in Italy.
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EUROPE
March 28, 2025 Response to crises “need full backing of SMEs”
By Martin Banks For preparedness for future crises, such as another pandemic, to be truly effective, SMEs must be “fully engaged because “Europe’s security and crisis response depends on strong, resilient businesses”.
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EUROPE
March 3, 2025 Europe inches towards Ukraine peace plan, but only baby steps away from US
BRUSSELS — As Ukraine’s Western backers slowly inch towards a “coalition of the willing” with a new UK-French-led peace plan, they still lack a strong voice to lead the effort and are reluctant to go it alone without the US.
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EUROPE
February 21, 2025 Europe braces for a ‘new’ Germany
BERLIN – The most attentive spectators at Germany’s many pre-election party conferences were easy to miss.
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EUROPE
February 16, 2025 Europe scrambles for series of urgent Ukraine talks
Munich, Germany – European leaders have convened a series of crisis meetings over the Ukraine peace talks, as the US sends increasingly strong signals that there will be no seat for Europe at the negotiating table.
