Germany’s Merz: further talks on Ukraine peace planned for coming days

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz welcomes Croatian PM Andrej Plenkovic with military honors in front of the Federal Chancellery in Berlin, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP)
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Updated 10 December 2025
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Germany’s Merz: further talks on Ukraine peace planned for coming days

  • “Against this backdrop, we plan further coordination talks in the coming days,” said Merz

BERLIN: European countries plan further talks in the next few days to coordinate efforts on a peace process for the war in Ukraine, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said, adding he wanted an EU agreement on the use of frozen Russian assets for Ukraine.
“European security interests must be safeguarded ... Against this backdrop, we plan further coordination talks in the coming days,” said Merz at a news conference with his Croatian counterpart, adding Ukraine was committed to achieving a negotiated solution.


Unmanned drone hit runway on UK Cyprus base: British FM

Updated 02 March 2026
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Unmanned drone hit runway on UK Cyprus base: British FM

LONDON: British Foreign Minister Yvette Cooper on Monday said an unmanned drone that struck a UK military base on Cyprus hit the runaway.
“This is an unmanned drone strike specifically on the airport runway... we’re not able to provide further information and detail at this point, but obviously all of the precautionary measures are being taken around the base,” Cooper told Sky News.