Section: European Voice (EU)
Trump: I discussed ‘impenetrable cybersecurity unit’ with Putin
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Sunday that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin talked about “forming an impenetrable Cyber Security unit†to safeguard against election-hacking when the two leaders met in Germany last week. Trump tweeted Sunday that he “strongly pressed†Putin...
Trump vows ‘to move forward’ with Putin
WASHINGTON — After confronting Russian President Vladimir Putin on the Kremlin’s election meddling, President Donald Trump declared Sunday that “it is time to move forward in working constructively with Russia!†Trump alarmed allies and critics alike on Sunday after announcing that he and Putin...
Vladimir Putin: Television Trump is very different from the real person
HAMBURG, Germany — Russian President Vladimir Putin declared Saturday that he and U.S. President Donald Trump successfully established a personal relationship during their more-than-two-hour meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit. “As I see it, Television Trump is very different from the real person,” Putin said at a news...
Trump handed Putin a stunning victory
President Donald Trump needed to accomplish two things this week during his visits to Poland and the G20 Summit in Hamburg. First, he needed to reassure America’s allies that he was committed to collective defense and the core set of values and principles that bind us together. Second, he needed to demonstrate that he understands...
When Donald met Vladimir
HAMBURG — In one of the most highly-anticipated political confrontations since the end of the Cold War, U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin pow-wowed for more than two hours Friday on the sidelines of the G20 summit. They agreed to work together to implement a new ceasefire in southwest Syria, to...
US names former ambassador to NATO as Ukraine crisis envoy
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson appointed Kurt Volker, a former U.S. ambassador to NATO, as special representative to Ukraine, the State Department said Friday. In a statement, the department said Volker will take responsibility for advancing U.S. efforts to achieve the objectives set out in the Minsk agreements, and accompany the...
Trump to Putin: ‘It’s an honor to be with you’
President Donald Trump told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday that “it’s an honor to be with you” as the two leaders kicked off their much-anticipated bilateral meeting at the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany. Neither Trump nor Putin, who were accompanied by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey...
Today at Commission, Cyprus talks and agenda
With the G20 meeting in Hamburg about to get going, reporters in Brussels were more interested in the collapse of talks in Switzerland on the reunification of Cyprus. The European Commission said it regretted that the 10-day talks had failed but it would continue to provide political and technical support when search for agreement...
Trump, Putin talk briefly ahead of planned meeting at G-20
Ahead of their scheduled bilateral meeting Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, have already spoken at the G-20 summit in Germany, the Associated Press reported. Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Russian president and Trump “shook hands and told each other that they will shortly have a separate...
Trump is huge in Poland. So, there’s that.
One thing is certain after the first formal speech of Donald Trump’s second trip to Europe as president: Polish-American relations are in great shape. Other close U.S. allies, like Australia, Britain, Canada, France, Germany and South Korea might feel frustrated by their dealings with the new administration. Not the Polish...
