Bloomberg Hungary’s obstinate approach towards negotiating sanctions against Russia are undermining European Union unity and weakening the bloc’s position on the world stage, a senior Czech official said. Czech Minister for European Affairs Mikulas Bek said Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s stonewalling against efforts to pass a sixth package of EU sanctions, including an embargo on most Russian oil, had ...

Bloomberg Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has prompted a major rewrite of the Biden administration’s National Security Strategy, according to people familiar with the matter. Early versions of the text, which is still being finalised, show how the administration’s priorities are shifting in response to Putin’s war in Ukraine and the burgeoning partnership between Beijing and Moscow. The ...

Bloomberg Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas ended her 16-month governing coalition after weeks of political squabbling, saying she’ll seek to form a new alliance as the Baltic nation confronts its biggest security threat in decades. “There needs to be a functioning government that has shared values,” Kallas, the 44-year-old leader whose popularity has soared with her hard line on Russian ...