Nato’s Secretary General Mark Rutte said the new mission will “bring together Nato and allied activities in the High North”. Image credit: AP Nato has announced a new mission to protect the Arctic including Greenland, just weeks after Donald Trump threatened European nations with tariffs if they blocked his bid Read more
US President Donald Trump has ruled out invading Greenland during a much-anticipated speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos. “People thought I would use force. I don’t have to use force, I don’t want to use force, I won’t use force,” Trump announced. But his lust for Greenland has not subsided and he Read more
The UK government has reached a deal with the EU to rejoin the Erasmus+ student exchange programme. The programme allows British students to live and study in EU countries for up to a year, and for EU nationals to do the same in the UK. When the UK left the Read more
Andrej Babiš Populist politician and billionaire Andrej Babiš has been sworn in as prime minister of the Czech Republic, the latest thorn in the side of the European Union. Babiš stood for election on a Trump-inspired ‘Czechia first’ platform that has worried Ukraine and the European Union. He will lead Read more
Image credit: AP France will introduce voluntary conscription from next summer, President Emmanuel Macron has announced. Standing in front of a line-up from the Mountain Infantry Brigade in Varces, near Grenoble, the French president said: “Whenever history demands it, the youth of France have committed themselves and mobilised.” “Volunteers will Read more