European Council President Antonio Costa on Friday called on Israel and Hamas to proceed with the second phase of the ceasefire and hostage deal. "I call on all parties to sustain the ceasefire deal, implement the agreement in full, and support efforts to move to phase two and a sustainable peace,"...
European Council President Antonio Costa called Thursday for a Special European Council on March 6, focusing on defense and the ongoing situation in Ukraine. Moreover, he invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to join the discussions in Brussels, where the leaders will address Ukraine's...
European Council President Antonio Costa said on Tuesday that Russia poses a threat for the entire Europe, not only for Ukraine."Russia is a threat, not only in Ukraine, but for European security as a whole, especially on the Eastern border, in Poland, the Baltic states, Romania, the eastern flank of the...
European Council President Antonio Costa (pictured left) said on Tuesday that he met with United States Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg (pictured right) and told him that peace in Ukraine "cannot be a simple ceasefire.""[W]e need an agreement that will ensure a comprehensive,...
European Council President Antonio Costa (pictured) on Sunday discussions at the 2025 Munich Security Conference made it clear that European security is closely tied to Ukraine's.
"Our security cannot be separated," Costa stated. "There will be no credible and successful negotiations, no lasting...
Chinese President Xi Jinping said at a meeting with the new European Council President Antonio Costa on Tuesday that China and the European Union have "no fundamental conflicts of interest or geopolitical contradictions," according to state news agency Xinhua. He added that Beijing supports the...
The European Union's new top officials, Kaja Kallas, the EU foreign policy chief, and Antonio Costa (pictured), head of the European Council, arrived in Kiev on Sunday to demonstrate unwavering support for Ukraine.
Their visit marks the first day of their mandates, symbolizing the EU's steadfast...
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday expressed her opposition to the future mandate of the European Union government, stressing that the parties involved in the negotiation of the next leaders in relevant EU posts seek to impose a "majority that is fragile and likely to have difficulties...
Slovenian Prime Minister (PM) Robert Golob (pictured) expressed on Monday his support for former Portuguese PM Antonio Costa as the new EU Council president to replace incumbent chief Charles Michel.Speaking at the arrival to the EU informal leaders' meeting in Brussels, Golob said Costa "has...
Portugal's Prime Minister Luis Montenegro said he would back former center-left Socialist PM Antonio Costa in case of a possible candidacy for the presidency of the European Council."It is possible that the presidency of the European Council will go to a Socialist candidate. If Antonio Costa is a...
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