Welcome to the Brussels Edition, Bloomberg’s daily briefing on what matters most in the heart of the European Union.

Russia has given its first response to Donald Trump’s ultimatum calling on Vladimir Putin to engage in peace talks or see his Ukraine invasion end “the hard way”.Writing on his Truth Social platform,

The European Union does not have the financial means to admit Ukraine into the EU, Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated during a joint press conference with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico. Mr. Orban later shared a segment of this press briefing on his social media.

Gradually, as expected, the world calms down. Of all the "terrible" decrees of Trump, almost nothing has happened so far, except for the US withdrawal from the WHO and the climate agreement, as well as the removal of rainbow flags from US embassies.

In 2024, people from across the European Union (EU) and all over the world turned to the European Parliament and its President, Roberta Metsola to request information, call for action to be taken, express their opinions,

Ukraine's Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko has reportedly criticised the position of EU Ambassador to Ukraine Katarína Mathernová regarding the completion of the Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) units during a government Q&A session,

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said Monday that Ukraine was not yet in a strong position to begin peace talks with Russia ahead of President-elect Trump taking office next week with a pledge to

Belarusians vote on Sunday in a presidential election to extend Alexander Lukashenko's 30-year stranglehold on power in which he has crushed all opposition and helped his ally Russia invade Ukraine.

Oleksandr Kornienko, the First Vice Speaker at the Ukrainian Parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, was among those who provided comments on the event. In an interview with Ukrinform during an official visit to Berlin,

The European Union cannot rely on the United States to defend it and must increase military spending and security preparedness to deter Russia from targeting more of its neighbors after Ukraine, senior officials have warned.

British PM looks ahead to Donald Trump’s second term, telling POLITICO the U.K. will “play a full part” in any future peacekeeping initiative in Ukraine.

Tibor Gašpar, the Deputy Speaker of the Slovak Parliament and a member of the leading SMER-SD party, gave an interview to the Russian state-owned news agency TASS, in which he claimed that Ukraine had received sufficient assistance and complained about Volodymyr Zelenskyy.