Shorouk Express Ukrainian, U.S. and European officials will hold a series of meetings in Berlin, Zelenskyy said. But the exact timing and scope of the talks haven’t been disclosed. Delegations will be meeting on Sunday, followed by a summit on Monday that will include U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and German…
Shorouk Express The British government said the European leaders plan to meet in Berlin on Monday, not over the weekend. POLITICO reported earlier that the U.K.’s national security adviser, Jonathan Powell, was expected to hold talks this weekend with German and French counterparts, the U.S.’s Witkoff and Ukrainian representatives. Merz on Thursday said Germany is…
Shorouk Express Trump says US will attend Ukraine peace talks with Europe but doesn’t want to ‘waste time’ On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Donald Trump’s top envoy and his son-in-law are set for crunch…
Shorouk Express When most of us were sleeping, the European Parliament and Council were hammering out a deal on the Pharma Package – a combined 400 articles in a regulation and directive. After eleven hours of intense negotiations on the fifth floor (5G3, to be precise), the deal was delivered.The last eleven hours are the…
Shorouk Express Trump’s virulent attack on European leaders — who he said were “weak” and presiding over “decaying” nations due to mass migration — did not come up during her meetings on Wednesday, which included talks with European Commissioner for Migration Magnus Brunner and Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot, Cooper said. Cooper announced earlier Wednesday…
Shorouk Express Hillman, a trade lawyer and career diplomat, was a key member of the Canadian negotiating team that faced off against Trump’s first administration during the talks that led to the creation of the USMCA. “While there will never be a perfect time to leave, this is the right time to put a team…
Shorouk Express Putin declares Russia will take all of Ukraine’s Donbas region by force Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared that Moscow intends to seize full control of Ukraine’s Donbas region through military force, unless Ukrainian troops withdraw – a demand Kyiv has unequivocally rejected. The declaration, made in an interview published on Thursday in…
Shorouk Express On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Sir Keir Starmer will meet with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday alongside other EU leaders as Ukraine considers next steps after US peace talks. Mr Zelensky…
Shorouk Express Zelensky says next steps for peace talks ‘agreed’ Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has said that the “next steps” for talks with the US about post-war Ukraine have been agreed. Zelensky joined his negotiators for a “very substantive and constructive” call with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner during the third day of…
Shorouk Express Merz echoed the sentiment in German media. “Belgium’s particular concern about the question of how to make use of frozen Russian assets is undeniable and must be addressed in any conceivable solution in such a way that all European states bear the same risk,” he said. De Wever offered no comment and the leaders…
