Kaja Kallas

EU Operation Aspides raised alert level of its ships after Houthi attacks, Kallas says

The EU's Red Sea naval mission has raised alert levels as Houthi forces expand control near key maritime routes, increasing threats to shipping and regional security.

|ByREUTERS
Boats float near the coast of Bab el-Mandeb, Yemen, April 2, 2026.
European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and European Commission Vice-President Kaja Kallas looks on ahead of the start of a meeting under the European defense and foreign ministers format in Brussels, Belgium, December 1, 2025.

EU planning to expand sanctions against Russia, foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas says

"For autumn, I am putting forward the most far-reaching sanctions listings since the start of the war," she told the German daily newspaper, Die Welt.

|ByREUTERS
An illustrative image of a number of European Union member states' flags leading up to the EU flag at the European Parliament headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

When diplomats can’t read the shadows - opinion

Diplomacy begins with language. Yet language is never merely vocabulary. Every language carries its own history, literature, symbols, and collective memory. Words rarely travel alone.

|BySHARON PARDO
The 'Post's' Amichai Stein with EU Ambassador to Israel Michael Mann on June 18, 2026.

Europe does not view Israel as an apartheid state, EU ambassador tells ‘Post’ - interview

EU Ambassador to Israel Michael Mann admits Jerusalem ties are strained, but stresses it "would be completely misleading to imagine that we make harsher comments about Israel than other countries."

|ByAMICHAI STEIN