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Chancellor Merz and Foreign Minister Wadephul warn of direct threats from Moscow on the lives of people in Germany, and yet ...

Keir Starmer said fresh defence investments worth 1.5 per cent of GDP will go towards cyber security and protecting key ...

A summit light on concrete deliverables could see some progress towards a new Russia sanctions package – but Hungary's stubbornness on Ukraine is set to continue.

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