A slew of new tank designs are emerging from European drawing boards. Many are alternatives to the pan-European tank envisioned by France and Germany. It faces domestic pressure to favor national projects that benefit a nation’s workforce. For years, the European tank market was fairly stable. Germany’s Leopard 2 was the most common model in European […]
The Baltic states and Poland have called for a defense line along Europe’s border with Russia, per Reuters. They said it would protect the EU from Russia’s “military” and “hybrid” threats. Frontline NATO countries are facing intensifying Russian hybrid warfare threats. NATO member states Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, and Poland have urged the EU to build defensive infrastructure […]
The Baltic states and Poland have called for a defense line along Europe’s border with Russia, per Reuters. They said it would protect the EU from Russia’s “military” and “hybrid” threats. Frontline NATO countries are facing intensifying Russian hybrid warfare threats. NATO member states Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, and Poland have urged the EU to build defensive infrastructure […]
Following its wet-dress rehearsal on the launch pad in French Guiana, Europe’s new Ariane 6 rocket is on schedule for its inaugural launch. The European Space Agency (ESA) announced during a June 25 press conference that the rehearsal was a “full success.” After years-long delays, ESA is confident that their Ariane 6 rocket, deemed the […]
The European Court of Human Rights is set to rule on Tuesday in a case concerning alleged Russian abuses committed in Ukraine’s occupied Black Sea peninsula of Crimea. Ukraine, which brought the case to Europe’s top rights court, says Russia has repeatedly violated human rights in Crimea since February 2014, when Moscow annexed the territory […]
China is facing the prospect of further G7 sanctions. The G7 has accused it of helping arm Russia against Ukraine. Balancing its support for Russia with its European trading ties is becoming tricky for China. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg this week warned China it faces a stark choice if it continues backing Russia’s Ukraine […]
BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government is taking aim at European farmers instead of German automakers by launching an investigation into European Union pork imports, just days after the EU said it plans to impose provisional tariffs on China-made electric vehicles. The Commerce Ministry didn’t mention the EV tariffs when it announced Monday that it […]
(Bloomberg) — France’s political upheaval has led the country to lose its spot as Europe’s biggest equity market, less than two years after stealing that crown from the UK. Most Read from Bloomberg President Emmanuel Macron’s shock announcement of a snap election sparked a rout that wiped off about $258 billion from the market capitalization […]
PARIS — Europe’s largest defense show kicks off in Paris on Monday, and this year’s edition of the Eurosatory exhibition will reflect feedback from two years of war in Ukraine, said Charles Beaudouin, the retired major general and former head of the French Army’s equipment office who is running the show in his role as […]
This is the first in a four-part series about China’s military development, from weapons and aircraft to its role in the global supply chain and how it compares with the United States. In early May, a chemical plant in China’s central Hubei province exploded, killing three people. The culprit was nitrocellulose, a highly flammable material […]
By Nick Carey LONDON (Reuters) – The European Commission’s decision to slap tariffs on imported Chinese EVs could have far-reaching effects for European automakers, as a possible trade war would hurt not only their business in China but also their own imports of Chinese-made cars. Germany’s automakers in particular have a lot to lose in […]
By Nick Carey LONDON (Reuters) – The European Commission’s decision to slap tariffs on imported Chinese EVs could have far-reaching effects for European automakers, as a possible trade war would hurt not only their business in China but also their own imports of Chinese-made cars. Germany’s automakers in particular have a lot to lose in […]