G7 summit: France condemns Trump 'fits of anger'

Diplomacy cannot be dictated by "fits of anger", French President Emmanuel Macron has warned after the G7 summit in Canada ended in acrimony.

Trump to leave G7 early, missing environmental talks

US President Donald Trump plans to leave the summit of the Group of Seven nations before it discusses climate change and the health of oceans, underlining fractures in the G7 exacerbated by US trade tariffs.

G7 summit dogged by divisions between Trump and allies

Donald Trump appelle le G7 à réintégrer la Russie en son sein

Le président américain Donald Trump a appelé vendredi, peu avant le début du G7 à Charlevoix, au Québec (Canada), à réintégrer la Russie au sein de ce groupe de discussion et de partenariat économique.

Few days left to avoid full-scale trade war between US and EU – France

Washington has just a few days to take some urgent measures if it wants to avoid unleashing a full-scale trade war with its European allies, France’s Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire has warned, during a G7 meeting.

August 6, 1945 : 71st anniversary of atomic bombing of Hiroshima

Japan has marked the 71st anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Its leaders called for a nuclear-weapon-free world and called on leaders to follow Obama and visit the bomb sites.

UK to send a Royal Navy warship to Libya

The UK is set to send a Royal Navy warship to the Mediterranean to help tackle arms smuggling in Libya, Prime Minister David Cameron has announced.

China protests G7 summit statement

China on Friday said it was strongly dissatisfied with a statement by G7 members that agreed on the need to send a strong message on maritime claims.

Russia condemned the G-7 countries for the extension of sanctions

The state of the group of seven (G-7) in the final statement stressed that the lifting of sanctions against Russia depends on the implementation of the Minsk agreements and made clear that restrictions could be tightened.

Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Survivors Want Obama to Feel Their Pain

When U.S. President Barack Obama visits Hiroshima later this month, some survivors of the world’s first atomic attack hope he will officially acknowledge the devastating loss and suffering caused by America’s use of nuclear weapons on Japan at the end of World War II.

G7 summit produces few tangible results

After two days of meetings with a heavy agenda, leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) industrialized countries left the Bavarian Alps on Monday with few tangible results.

Canadian, German, British leaders speak for single position on Ukraine

 Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper held meetings with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister David Cameron, and the sides confirmed the necessity to maintain a single position [of G7] on the situation in Ukraine, the Canadian premier’s press service reported.

G7 leaders urge tough line on Russia at summit

Leaders from the Group of Seven (G7) industrial nations backed a tough line towards Moscow at the start of a summit in the Bavarian Alps, with U.S. President Barack Obama urging the gathering to stand up to Russian aggression in Ukraine.

Οι G7 θα εκφράσουν απλώς την ελπίδα τους για την Ελλάδα (Merkel)

Η Ελλάδα δεν αποτελεί κεντρικό ζήτημα στην επικείμενη Σύνοδο του G7, τόνισε στην Deutsche Welle η Γερμανίδα καγκελάριος Άγκελα Μέρκελ, διευκρινίζοντας ότι οι ηγέτες των επτά ισχυρότερων βιομηχανικών κρατών που συναντώνται στην Γερμανία απλώς θα εκφράσουν την ελπίδα για επιτυχή κατάληξη των διαπραγματεύσεων της Αθήνας με τους δανειστές.

Grecia condannata, verso il crac a luglio. L’Fmi si chiama fuori. I continui annunci degli uomini di Tsipras di un accordo ad horas «servono solo per evitare una corsa agli sportelli»

[Per salvare Atene serve passo indietro di Tsipras]
A fine giugno, «se non succede nulla, il programma scade». Wolfgang Schäuble non ha avuto molto da aggiungere. Nella conferenza stampa conclusiva del G7 finanziario, il ministro delle Finanze tedesco ha ribadito che le notizie da Atene su un presunto negoziato in dirittura di arrivo, e quelle fornite dai negoziatori di Ue, Fmi e Bce «non coincidono».

Δυνατή η συμφωνία, αλλά δεν είμαστε στα 3/4 του δρόμου (Pierre Moscovici)

«Δυνατή» είναι η επίτευξη μιας συμφωνίας μεταξύ της Ελλάδας και των δανειστών, εκτίμησε σήμερα Πέμπτη ο επίτροπος Πιέρ Μοσκοβισί, διαψεύδοντας όμως την αισιοδοξία της Αθήνας, καθώς πως «δεν είναι ακριβές να λέμε ότι έχουν διανυθεί τα τρία τέταρτα του δρόμου».

Resolve Greece talks soon to avoid crisis (Jack Lew)

 US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew called Wednesday for Greece's debt crisis to be resolved quickly to avoid the risk of "accidents", as G7 finance ministers gathered.

Russian return to G7 'unimaginable' for now (Angela Merkel)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said May 21 a return of Russia to the Group of Seven major industrialised democracies was "unimaginable" as long as it flouts international law in Ukraine.

Ukraine’s donors: Japan promises Ukraine 7 million dollars in aid to repair infrastructures.

Japan is prepared to extend to Ukraine an extra 7 million dollars in aid for repairing damaged infrastructures in the east of the country and to purchase medical equipment. Japan’s central television channel NHK reports that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzho Abe voiced the proposal at a meeting with Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko at the summit in Milan on Friday.

“Japan is systematically supporting the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine,” Abe told Poroshenko. “In cooperation with the other G7 countries we would like to support the stability of Ukraine.”

Russia’s Medvedev: G7 Support for Ukraine "Cynicism without Limit"

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday accused the Group of Seven of "cynicism" for backing Ukraine's military operation against pro-federalization activists .

"The so-called G7 even talks about the measured actions of the Ukrainian army against its own people," Medvedev told ministers, quoted by the Interfax news agency.

"This is cynicism without limit."