China’s coercion in Europe alarms US panel
Washington, March 5 (IANS) US lawmakers, foreign leaders, and experts have warned that China is expanding its influence in Europe. They said Beijing uses investment, pressure, and covert tactics, and urged closer US-Europe coordination on technology, supply chains, and security. At a hearing on “China’s increasing infiltration in Europe” on Wednesday (local time), Congressman Jake […]
Istanbul gaining fast on Heathrow as Europe’s busiest airport
PARIS(RAHNUMA): London Heathrow remained the busiest aviation hub in Europe last year but Istanbul Airport was nearly neck-and-neck and is likely to overtake it soon, an industry group said Thursday. With 84.48 million passengers, Heathrow had a 0.7 percent increase in traffic last year, ACI Europe reported, citing the use of larger planes by airlines […]
Greenland tensions ‘strategic wake-up call’ for Europe: French President Macron
Paris, Jan 28 (IANS) French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday that the escalating tensions with the United States over Greenland constitute a strategic wake-up call for Europe as a whole, while reiterating France’s solidarity with Denmark and Greenland. “Recent events confirm that the situation in Greenland is a strategic wake-up call for all of […]
Canada concludes negotiations to join EU’s Security Action for Europe
Ottawa, Dec 2 (IANS) Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the conclusion of negotiations for Canada’s participation in the EU’s Security Action for Europe (SAFE). In a news release from the prime minister’s official website, on Monday, Carney said Canada and the EU will work to swiftly ratify the bilateral SAFE agreement with the goal […]
Ending Ukraine crisis requires consent of Ukraine, Europe: German Chancellor Merz
Berlin, Nov 23 (IANS) German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that ending the crisis in Ukraine requires the consent of both Ukraine and its European partners, rather than major powers. Speaking at a press conference on Saturday, during the G20 Summit in Johannesburg, Merz said that the conflict unfolding on the European continent and its outcome […]
Europe’s major military powers reaffirm support for Ukraine
Paris, March 13 (IANS) Defence Ministers from Europe’s top five military powers, France, Germany, Britain, Italy and Poland, met in Paris and voiced support for the Ukrainian army. In a joint declaration published after the meeting, the ministers agreed to strengthen European support for peace in Ukraine, including accelerating defence industrial cooperation projects with Ukraine, […]
Baltic States synchronise power grids with Europe
Vilnius, Feb 9 (IANS) Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia synchronised their power grids with Western Europe on Sunday noon, media reported. The three Baltic countries disconnected from the BRELL energy network, which comprises Belarus, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, on Saturday morning and operated in isolated mode until Sunday noon. They are now linked to the […]
Solar power overtakes coal in EU energy mix: Report
Brussels, Jan 23 (IANS) Solar power overtook coal in Europe’s electricity mix for the first time in 2024 while gas declined for the fifth year in a row, energy think tank Ember said in a report on Thursday. “Driven by expanding wind and solar power, renewables have risen from a share of 34 per cent […]
