The EU and Iceland have announced negotiations on a Security and Defense Partnership Agreement, aimed at deepening cooperation and giving Iceland access to the EU's €150 billion SAFE programme for joint defence procurement.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the deal would bring Iceland into the EU’s wider defence network, alongside Norway, the UK and Canada.
At a joint press conference in Brussels, von der Leyen also cited growing Russian and Chinese activity in the Arctic as a reason to review the EU’s Arctic strategy.
Iceland’s Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir said the talks should conclude by the end of 2025 and would strengthen cooperation on cyber, hybrid threats and critical infrastructure.
Frostadottir clarified that Iceland’s planned referendum by 2027 is only about resuming EU accession talks, not about joining the bloc itself.
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The UK and Germany have signed a landmark treaty that includes plans for a direct rail connection between London and Berlin, aimed at boosting travel and trade between the two countries.
A tenth resident has died following the deadly fire that tore through the Gabriel House assisted-living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, officials confirmed Thursday.
At least 63 people have died and 290 were injured in Pakistan’s Punjab province within 24 hours of heavy monsoon rains, authorities said Thursday.
President Ersin Tatar of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus said formal negotiations on the island’s future will not resume unless Turkish Cypriots’ sovereign equality and international status are recognised.
The world’s biggest dance music festival faces an unexpected setback as a fire destroys its main stage, prompting a last-minute response from organisers determined to keep the party alive in Boom, Belgium.
China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will send an upgraded ‘version 3.0’ free-trade agreement to their heads of government for approval in October, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Saturday after regional talks in Kuala Lumpur.
Germany's export slump since 2021 is largely driven by deep-rooted competitiveness issues, the Bundesbank warned in its latest report, calling for urgent structural reforms.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused European countries of taking grain originally meant for impoverished nations under the 2022 Black Sea Grain Initiative.
The UK and Germany have signed a landmark treaty that includes plans for a direct rail connection between London and Berlin, aimed at boosting travel and trade between the two countries.
A tenth resident has died following the deadly fire that tore through the Gabriel House assisted-living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, officials confirmed Thursday.
At least 63 people have died and 290 were injured in Pakistan’s Punjab province within 24 hours of heavy monsoon rains, authorities said Thursday.
President Ersin Tatar of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus said formal negotiations on the island’s future will not resume unless Turkish Cypriots’ sovereign equality and international status are recognised.
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