Early in 1801 the British war against France under Napoleon as First Consul was not going well and the country was sick of it. When the Younger Pitt’s government fell in February, the new premier was ...

Marcel Ciolacu, the election favourite and Social Democrat party candidate who was the architect of Sir Keir Starmer’s Anglo-Romanian defence treaty, resigned after the two mainstream Romanian ...

The Treaty of Versailles, which was signed on June 28, 1919, was intended to bring peace following World War I — but instead produced a greater war, World War 2. After Germany was forced to assume ...

With the entry into force of the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) in July 2024, many stakeholders involved in corporate accountability wondered how the adopted legislation ...

Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland agreed to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention, an international treaty banning anti-personnel mines, in response to growing concerns over Russia's growing ...

Despite the intention to leave the treaty, they said they would remain committed to humanitarian law, including the protection of civilians during armed conflict. The Ottawa Convention was signed in ...

Defense ministers from Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania recommend that their countries withdraw from the international agreement banning antipersonnel mines, also known as the Ottawa Treaty.

Poland and the Baltic states plan to withdraw from an international convention banning the use of landmines, citing potential military threats from neighbouring Russia. The defence ministers of ...

Ukraine is now thought to be the most mined nation on earth, according to the UN Poland and the Baltic states have announced plans to withdraw from a key international treaty banning anti ...

WARSAW, Poland — The governments of Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have announced their willingness to withdraw from the Anti-Personnel Mines Convention, also known as the Ottawa Treaty ...

If Mr. Putin waged an illicit war against Ukraine, allegedly seeking a cordon sanitaire to guard against an expansionist North Atlantic Treaty Organization, what would his reaction be to a newly ...

Russia is demanding NATO countries exclude Ukraine from membership and maintain neutrality in any peace deal, according to Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko. This includes ensuring Ukraine's ...