The conflict in the Gaza Strip and the war in Ukraine continued to mark international news this year, in which Donald Trump’s return to the White House was decisive. The death of Pope Francis and the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the leader of the opposition in Venezuela were also shocking events in the world. We choose 25 phrases that portray the year that is now ending, at an international level.
1.
“Let 2025 be our year, the year of Ukraine. We know that peace will not be given to us as a gift, but we will do everything to stop Russia and end the war.”
Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, 01-01-2025
2.
“The situation in Gaza is not as bad as the Portuguese see on Portuguese television. (…) They are not hungry or thirsty.”
Oren Rosenblat, Israeli ambassador in Lisbon, 10-01-2025
3.
“Investing in killing is crazy!”
Papa Francisco,18-01-2025
4.
“America’s golden age begins now. From this day forward, our country will flourish and be respected throughout the world once again. We will once again be a rich and respected nation.”
Donald Trump, President of the United States of America, 20-01-2025
5.
“Se [Donald Trump] Had he been elected President, if he had not been robbed of victory in 2020, then perhaps the crisis in Ukraine that emerged in 2022 would not have occurred.”
Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, 24-01-2025
6.
“I sincerely believe that the time has come to create the Armed Forces of Europe.”
Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, 02-15-2025
7.
“[Volodymyr Zelensky é] a dictator without elections”!!!”
Donald Trump, President of the United States of America, 02/19/2025
8.
“You are playing with the Third World War and what you are doing is very disrespectful to the country, this country that supported you much more than many people say should have been done.”
Donald Trump, President of the United States of America, addressing the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, 28-02-2025
9.
“Greenland is ours. We don’t want to be Americans, we don’t want to be Danes, we are Greenlanders”
Múte Bourup Eginal, Groneal government chef, 05-03-2025
10.
“After the end of the Cold War, many believed that Russia could be integrated into Europe’s economic and security architecture, the time for illusions is over.”
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, 11-03-2025
11.
“The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas has already felt Israel’s strength in the last 24 hours. I want to assure you and them: this is just the beginning.”
Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, 03/18/2025
12.
“If anyone makes a mistake and thinks they can get away with attacking Poland or any other ally, they will be faced with the full force of this fierce alliance. This has to be very clear to Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and anyone who wants to attack us.”
Mark Rutte, Secretary General of NATO, 26-03-2025
13.
“Gaza is a death camp – and civilians are in an endless cycle of death.”
António Guterres, UN Secretary-General, 08-04-2025
14.
“There are many countries calling, licking my boots. They are dying to negotiate an agreement.“
Donald Trump, President of the United States of America, 09-04-2025
15.
“At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the Father’s house.”
Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Carmelite, 21-04-2025
16.
“In the current dramatic scenario of a Third World War in pieces, as Pope Francis has stated several times, I also address the great people of the world, repeating the ever-current appeal: never again war.”
Pope Leo XIV, 11-05-2025
17.
“What Benjamin Netanyahu’s Government is doing today [em Gaza] It’s (…) a shame. It is not up to a President to say that it is a genocide, but up to historians.”
Emmanuel Macron, President of France, 13-05-2
18.
“I announce to you: there will be no Hamas. We will not go back to that. It is over. We will release all our hostages.”
Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, 02-07-2025
19.
“Gaza is not for sale.”
Bassem Naim, political representative of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, 01-09-2025
20.
“The moment has come (…). I declare that today France recognizes the State of Palestine.”
Emmanuel Macron, President of France, 22-09-2
21.
“Everything indicated that there was, that there was going to be a coup in which Trump would be the Nobel Prize winner. It wasn’t Trump, it was a ‘Trumpist’.”
Paulo Raimundo, general secretary of the PCP, 10-10-2025
22.
“Any Jew who votes for Zohran Mamdani (…) is an idiot!!!”
Donald Trump, President of the United States of America, asking New York Jews not to vote for Zohran Mamdani, Democratic candidate for mayor of the city, 04-11-2025
23.
“If Ukrainian troops leave the occupied territories, we will cease hostilities. If they do not leave, we will expel them by military force.”
Vladimir Putin, Russian President11-27-2025
24.
“We have no intention of waging war on Europe, but if Europe wishes to do so and starts, we are ready immediately.”
Vladimir Putin, Russian President02-12-2025
25.
“Mr Maduro, accept the election results and resign.”
Jorgen Watne Frydnes, president of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, during the award ceremony, where Corina Machado was represented by her daughter, Ana Corina Sosa, 10-12-2025
