NATO announces military initiative on eastern flank after airspace violation

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (R), and the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), General Alexus G. Grynkewich (L), give a joint press conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Sep 12, 2025. EFE/EPA/OLIVIER MATTHYS

Brussels, Sep 12 (EFE) – NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte announced Friday a new mission to bolster the defense of NATO’s eastern flank in response to Russian drone incursions into Polish airspace earlier this week. “It’s reckless and unacceptable. We can’t have Russian drones entering allied airspace,” Rutte said, as he announced operation “Eastern Sentry.” Rutte … Read more

Sanchez urges Turkey to allow Finland, Sweden Nato accession

Helsinki (Finland), 03/03/2023.- Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin (R) and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (L) attend the press conference in Helsinki, Finland, 03 March 2023. EFE/EPA/KIMMO BRANDT

Helsinki, Mar 3 (EFE).- Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez on Friday called on Turkey to agree to the accession of Finland and Sweden into Nato, which he hopes can be achieved before the alliance’s next summit in Lithuania in July. Sánchez was addressing a press conference in Helsinki alongside Finnish prime minister, Sanna Marin, during … Read more

West not looking to destroy Russia, Biden tells Putin

Warsaw, Feb 21 (EFE).- US president Joe Biden denied that the West was looking to control or destroy Russia, as president Vladimir Putin had claimed during a major speech in Moscow earlier on Tuesday. Addressing a crowd outside Warsaw Castle in the Polish capital on Tuesday evening, Biden also thanked Poland for the “extraordinary” support … Read more