EU diplomats see progress toward US trade deal with 15% tariffs bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Jorge Valero Alberto Nardelli

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius confirmed reports that Berlin is looking into buying a minority stake of the Franco-German tank manufacturer KNDS bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

ECB’s Kazaks sees little need for further interest-rate cuts bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Aaron Eglitis Jana Randow Alexander Weber

Ukraine’s top prosecutor for fighting corruption says he’s optimistic that the parliament will back a bill restoring the independence of the country’s anti-graft institutions bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

#Estonia’s defense minister said any decision to withdraw US troops from Europe would be discussed with NATO, based on his visit to Washington last week bloomberg.com/news/articles/… by Ott

OpenAI will expand its Stargate project to Europe with the construction of a new data center in #Norway bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

"Much better to have a government-issued digital currency and not need it than to need one and not have it." bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

RIP Derk Sauer, Dutch media magnate in Moscow who then helped bring a big chunk of the free Russian press out into exile. He was one of the handful of most extraordinary people I have met in my life themoscowtimes.com/2025/07/31/der…

Ukraine’s Security Service said its drones destroyed one jet and damaged four at Saki military airfield overnight, aiming to weaken Russia’s war capability in the occupied Crimea and on the Black Sea bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Police in Düsseldorf dropped their probe into assassination plot, saying they had no “concrete leads.” That surprised several people familiar with the situation, who say US intelligence had provided German officials with extensive details. bloomberg.com/news/features/…

The popularity of a far-right Croatian rock star has led to the revival of Nazi-era symbolism and some politicians are embracing it bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will meet for talks within the next few days, the Kremlin says bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

No surprise that Russia didn't want to engage with the US suggestion of a three way meeting involving Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskiy: Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will meet for talks within the next few days, the Kremlin says bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

So maybe no Trump-Putin summit after all.

NEW: The US and Russia have been discussing a deal that would cement Moscow's territorial gains in Ukraine, and could be finalized through a meeting between Trump and Putin as early as next week. Russia is demanding that Ukraine cede its entire eastern Donbas area as well as

If Russia keeps on fighting, its economic problems may worsen, leaving banks in danger of distress and the government budget in jeopardy. Yet, if a ceasefire is agreed, Russia may have to confront the challenge of demilitarizing its economy bloomberg.com/news/features/…

just in: *STUBB, RUTTE, VON DER LEYEN MAY JOIN ZELENSKIY-TRUMP MEET IN DC

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and Finnish President Alexander Stubb plan to join Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Washington for his meeting with Donald Trump on Monday, said people familiar with the matter bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

I got to sit down with the Tikhanovskys in Vilnius last month to talk about the future of Belarus and a stunning role reversal that his couple is now having to navigate. "I’m teaching him to be more careful about the words you say." nytimes.com/2025/08/18/wor…

The question that European leaders have been hiding from and have been too afraid to answer is whether they can trust Trump, even as he continues to gaslight them. My take on today’s DC meetings: bloomberg.com/news/newslette…