EU won’t expel Russian diplomats despite Czechia’s solidarity call

In today’s edition of the Capitals, look out for the Hungarian government donating excess ventilators, the Czech Prime Minister asking EU countries to expel Russian diplomats, and much more.

EU High Representative Josep Borrell has said that the Western Balkans is a geopolitical problem with key relevance to the European Union, so the EU should provide political engagement with the region. Speaking after a meeting of EU foreign ministers…

The EU is not seeking an escalation of tensions with China, and the situation with a stalled investment agreement is less dramatic than people think, the bloc’s ambassador in Beijing said on Friday (7 May). In March the EU imposed…

Britain this week hosts the first face-to-face meeting of G7 foreign ministers in two years, joined by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, as world powers tackle pandemic recovery plus growing tensions with Russia and China.

The “significant upsurge in violence” in the West Bank, in and near Gaza and in east Jerusalem “needs to stop immediately,” a spokesman for EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday (10 May).