Defense

Emmanuel Macron’s military drawdown in Africa’s Sahel region continues.

Paris seeks to deepen defense ties with Yerevan, as it gradually moves away from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s orbit.

A report obtained by POLITICO details specific plans to reform Ukrainian institutions and warns Western support may hinge on cutting corruption.

‘We are here to express our solidarity,’ says top diplomat Josep Borrell.

Third-place Hlas party could play kingmaker as Smer and Progressive Slovakia eye majority grouping in parliament.

‘There is an opportunity to bring more things “in country”,’ Defense Secretary Grant Shapps tells the Sunday Telegraph.

President Biden signed a stopgap funding bill after his administration kept tabs, but did not overly influence, House Democratic votes for the measure.

Pro-Russia Smer party tops Western-oriented Progressive Slovakia in Saturday’s vote.

Progressive Slovakia, led by Michal Šimečka, has 23.5 percent of the vote, ahead of former PM Robert Fico’s Smer with 21.9 percent, according to exit poll.

Ukrainian anti-corruption agency says move seeks to lift Budapest’s block of €500M in EU military assistance.

White House calls Serbian military deployment ‘very destabilizing.’

Draft text for Spain summit says bloc’s enlargement is also seen as ‘investment in peace.’

Front-runner Robert Fico’s pro-Russia rhetoric has set alarm bells ringing. It may be much ado about nothing.

But there’s still plenty of opposition to the deal in both parties.

The incoming chair must now balance a war-weary Europe and flagging interest in the U.S.

Ukrainian reconnaissance and wiretaps expose the front-line return of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s old guard, colonel tells POLITICO.

Brussels put itself front and center in an ill-fated campaign to be a regional peacemaker — but now doesn’t dare upset gas-rich Azerbaijan.

Calls grow for Paris to rethink its relationship with African nations, including a military reduction in the restive region.

King crossed the heavily armed border into repressive North Korea in July while he was part of a tour group.

Azerbaijan confirms it has detained controversial Russian-Armenian billionaire Ruben Vardanyan.

The Commission sowed weakness in the spring, and is reaping the consequences in the autumn.

Dutch defense minister says she estimates pilot training will take six to eight months.