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The far-right Alternative for Germany is embroiled in a growing nepotism scandal after party officials were found to be using taxpayers’ money to hire family members.

https://www.ft.com/content/0d63bb48-58aa-4a53-b029-114e6819cceb

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The European Union has proposed extending its sanctions against Russia to include ports in Georgia and Indonesia that handle Russian oil, the first time the bloc would target ports in third countries, a proposal document showed on Monday.

https://www.reuters.com/world/eu-proposes-add-two-third-country-oil-ports-new-sanctions-package-2026-02-09/

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The Kremlin said on Thursday it did not want to waste time answering questions about unproven suggestions in Western media and by Poland's premier that late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein may have been some sort of Russian intelligence asset.

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/kremlin-dismisses-western-claims-that-epstein-was-russian-intelligence-asset-2026-02-05/

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Italy has thwarted a series of cyberattacks targeting its foreign ministry facilities, including an embassy in Washington, as well as websites linked to the Winter Olympics and hotels in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Wednesday.

https://www.reuters.com/world/italy-foiled-russia-linked-cyberattacks-embassies-olympic-sites-minister-says-2026-02-04/

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European Union ambassadors on Wednesday approved details of a 90 billion euro loan for Ukraine, an initiative agreed by EU leaders in December to meet most of Kyiv's financial needs in 2026-2027 and keep up its fight against Russia's invasion.

https://www.reuters.com/world/eu-envoys-agree-details-90-bln-euro-loan-ukraine-2026-02-04/

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European security officials say two Russian space vehicles likely intercepted communications from at least a dozen key satellites over Europe, risking data exposure and possible interference with satellite trajectories.

https://www.ft.com/content/cd08c49c-658e-49c9-9a15-234f2bfc2074

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German authorities on Tuesday detained two men accused of attempting to disable German Navy vessels, amid a broader wave of suspected sabotage incidents across Europe since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-police-detain-two-suspected-warship-saboteurs-hamburg/

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Poland will launch an investigation into possible links between the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Russian intelligence, as well as any impact on Poland, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday.

https://www.reuters.com/world/poland-probe-possible-links-between-epstein-russia-pm-tusk-says-2026-02-03/

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French cybercrime police searched X’s offices in France on Feb. 3 with Europol, prosecutors said. The raid is linked to a probe opened in Jan. 2025 into whether X’s algorithm was used to interfere in French politics.

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/police-and-justice/article/2026/02/03/paris-prosecutors-raid-french-offices-of-elon-musk-s-x_6750083_105.html

#X

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French diplomats are taking on MAGA — one meme at a time

Paris is rolling out a confrontational online strategy to counter disinformation from the United States and beyond.

https://www.politico.eu/article/france-diplomats-memes-fight-maga-era-information-wars-emmanuel-macron/

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The Hungarian government has released the text of a questionnaire it plans to send to voters soon, inviting them to say no to EU financial support for Ukraine in the coming years.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/01/27/8018192/

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Renault has reached a deal with a French defence company to make drones for Ukraine, in a move backed by France’s defence ministry to support Kyiv against Russian aggression.

https://www.ft.com/content/6474a1a9-4a88-4f76-9685-f8ccb080d5d9

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Ukraine could become a member of the European Union in 2028 if it finishes key reforms by the end of 2027, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Taras said during a panel at the Ukrainian House in .

https://english.nv.ua/nation/ukraine-could-join-eu-in-2028-if-reforms-are-completed-by-2027-deputy-pm-says-50577652.html

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Nick Schifrin from PBS reports that Trump sent a letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gare Stera, in which he linked the refusal to award the Nobel Peace Prize to his intention to seize Greenland.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2013107018081489006.html

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One day during his first term, Trump summoned a top aide to discuss a new idea. “Trump called me down to the Oval Office,” John Bolton, national security adviser in 2018, told the Guardian. “He said a prominent businessman had just suggested the US buy Greenland”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/15/ronald-lauder-billionaire-donor-donald-trump-ukraine-greenland?CMP=share_btn_url

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Reykjavík is concerned about America’s growing territorial ambitions, after POLITICO reported that President Donald Trump’s nominee for ambassador to Iceland Billy Long joked in Washington that Iceland will be the 52nd U.S. state and he’ll be governor.

https://www.politico.eu/article/iceland-us-ambassador-billy-long-donald-trump-52nd-state/

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"The Russians are trying to disconnect the city and force people to move outside (Kyiv)," Vitaliy , CEO, told the Kyiv Independent, saying a number of substations had been hit overnight and "70% of Kyiv is without electricity."

https://kyivindependent.com/russian-ballistic-missiles-rock-kyiv-target-energy-infrastructure-across-ukraine/

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Hungary will hold its parliamentary election on April 12, the country’s President Tamás Sulyok announced Tuesday.

The spring election poses a serious threat to populist-nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

https://www.politico.eu/article/hungary-election-that-could-spell-end-orban-set-april-12/

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Poland's power system faced its largest cyberattack in years in the last week of December that also followed a different pattern, the country's energy minister said on Tuesday.

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/massive-cyberattack-polish-power-system-december-failed-minister-says-2026-01-13/

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"The situation is worse than critical." Z-war correspondents reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have almost driven the Russian army out of .

https://ru.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/24/obstanovka-huzhe-kriticheskoi-oborona-nosit-ochagovii-harakter-z-voenkori-soobschili-chto-vsu-pochti-vibili-rossiiskuyu-armiyu-izkupyanska-a183677

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A British man who fought for Ukraine against the Russian army has been sentenced to 13 years in a maximum security prison camp after being convicted of being a paid mercenary, Russian prosecutors said on Thursday.

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/russia-sentences-briton-who-it-says-fought-ukraine-13-years-prison-camp-2025-12-18/

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Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz compared Russian President Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler in a speech Saturday evening, warning that the Kremlin leader’s ambitions won’t stop with Ukraine.

https://www.politico.eu/article/merz-compares-putin-to-hitler/

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Denmark’s military intelligence service has for the first time classified the U.S. as a security risk, a striking shift in how one of Washington’s closest European allies assesses the transatlantic relationship.

https://www.politico.eu/article/danish-intelligence-classifies-donald-trump-america-as-security-risk/

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Poland is in talks to transfer MiG-29 jets to Ukraine in exchange for access to Ukrainian drone technology, Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said on public radio on Wednesday.

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/poland-could-give-ukraine-mig-jets-swap-drone-tech-2025-12-10/

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Donald Trump has launched a crusade to convert European politics to his cause, mobilizing the full force of American diplomacy to promote “patriotic” parties, stamp on migration, destroy “censorship” and save “civilization” from decay.

https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-european-elections/

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Europe faces "civilisational erasure" and may one day lose its status as a reliable U.S. ally, the Trump administration said in a major strategy document, drawing an outcry from Europeans who compared it to the rhetoric of the Kremlin.

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/us-strategy-document-says-europe-risks-civilisational-erasure-2025-12-05/

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The EU is adding Russia to its blacklist of countries at high risk of money laundering and financing terrorism, according to two EU officials and a document seen by POLITICO.

https://www.politico.eu/article/the-eu-is-finally-blacklisting-russia-for-money-laundering/

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The European Commission presented EU member states on Wednesday with two options to give Ukraine 90 billion euros ($105 billion) for the next two years - use Russian frozen assets or borrow money on international markets.

https://www.reuters.com/business/european-commission-move-ahead-with-proposal-use-russias-frozen-assets-ukraine-2025-12-02/

@hanse_mina@mastodon.social avatar hanse_mina , to random

A French-Russian national detained in France on suspicion of espionage has an extensive network of ties with Kremlin proxies, Reuters has found by examining social media posts dating from 2023 until May this year.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/woman-suspected-by-france-spying-has-ties-kremlin-proxies-social-media-posts-2025-12-03/

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President Vladimir Putin will meet with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow on Tuesday afternoon to discuss the Trump administration’s latest proposal to end the war in Ukraine, the Kremlin said.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/01/witkoff-and-putin-will-meet-tuesday-afternoon-to-discuss-us-peace-plan-a91289

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Russia's drones and agents are unleashing attacks across NATO countries and Europe is now doing what would have seemed outlandish just a few years ago: planning how to hit back.

https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-thinks-the-unthinkable-retaliating-against-russia-nato-cyber-hybrid/

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When Chancellor Merz of Germany first learned of the Trump administration’s peace plan for Ukraine last Thursday, he was stunned by both the content and the way he found out.

Instead of hearing of it from Americans, he learned about the plan from a news headline.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/world/europe/europe-ukraine-trump.html

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Hungary’s PM Orbán is using Washington’s controversial 28-point Ukraine plan to justify blocking EU aid for Kyiv. In a letter to von der Leyen, he urges the EU to accept the U.S. proposal, which demands major Ukrainian concessions and gives the U.S. profit share.

https://www.politico.eu/article/hungary-orban-backs-us-proposal-ukraine-bid-derail-aid-kyiv/

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Russia used three civilians, including a 13 year old, as a human shield during a failed assault on . An intercepted order confirms troops were told to force civilians to walk ahead during building clearing, a clear war crime under the Geneva Conventions.

https://war.obozrevatel.com/ukr/vikoristovuvali-tsivilnih-yak-zhivij-schit-sbu-vstanovila-pidrozdil-armii-rf-yakij-porushiv-zhenevsku-konventsiyu.htm

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The Trump administration has been secretly working in consultation with Russia to draft a new plan to end the war in Ukraine, U.S. and Russian officials tell Axios.

https://www.axios.com/2025/11/19/ukraine-peace-plan-trump-russia-witkoff

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Ukraine has “no chance” of winning against Russia’s ongoing invasion, and the EU's continued financial support for the country is "just crazy," Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said.

https://www.politico.eu/article/hungary-viktor-orban-war-ukraine-russia-finance-eu/

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Russia is reshaping its schools to prepare future soldiers. Even first-graders undergo uniform drills, and by eighth grade, weapons and drone training are mandatory. Since the 2022 invasion, military education and war-focused lessons have expanded nationwide.

https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/putin-is-turning-eighth-grade-classrooms-into-army-training-grounds-34208dab

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The number of Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s war to seek safety European Union countries has risen to its highest level in two years, after Kyiv changed the rules to allow more young men to leave the country, official figures suggest.

https://www.politico.eu/article/surge-ukrainians-fleeing-eu-after-exit-rules-eased-young-men/

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Despite sanctions, the EU remained Russia’s third-largest trade partner in 2024 with €67.5 billion in trade. Most EU nations cut imports sharply, Hungary, on the other hand, increased its trade by 31%, to $6.2 billion.

https://www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/10/26/esvoshel-vtroiku-krupneishih-torgovih-partnerov-rossii-nesmotrya-nasanktsii-a178334

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Slovakia will not take part in any European Union programme aimed at financing military help for Ukraine in its fight against Russia's invasion, Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Sunday.

https://www.reuters.com/world/slovakia-will-not-be-part-eu-scheme-ukraines-military-needs-pm-fico-says-2025-10-26/

@hanse_mina@mastodon.social avatar hanse_mina , to random

The Dutch intelligence services and have started sharing less information with their American partners regarding intelligence about Russia, according to the heads of the Dutch services. Peter : "It's true that we sometimes stop sharing things."

https://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/nederlandse-diensten-delen-minder-informatie-met-de-vs-soms-vertellen-we-dingen-niet-meer~b4882f19/

@hanse_mina@mastodon.social avatar hanse_mina , to random

A German court on Tuesday sentenced an aide to a far-right former European lawmaker to almost five years in prison for spying for China. Jian worked for Maximilian , who was a high-profile MEP from the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party from 2019 to 2024.

https://www.politico.eu/article/far-right-aide-german-mep-maximilian-krah-afd-eu-parliament-aide-convicted-spy-china-jian-guo/

@hanse_mina@mastodon.social avatar hanse_mina , to random

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday that Europe "is not at war ... but no longer at peace" with Russia.

"Let me put it in a sentence that may be a little shocking at first glance ... we are not at war, but we are no longer at peace either," he said.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe-no-longer-peace-with-russia-says-germanys-merz-2025-09-29/

@hanse_mina@mastodon.social avatar hanse_mina , to random

In August, U.S. officials told European diplomats that security aid to Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia would be cut as Trump shifts focus to U.S. homeland defense. Diplomats warned this could embolden Putin — a concern seemingly validated Friday.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/after-diplomatic-blitz-ukraine-gaza-trump-moves-passenger-seat-2025-09-20/

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A Russian drone struck a residential building in Wyryki (Włodawa County) in the Lublin Voivodeship, Polsat News reported.

https://www.polsatnews.pl/wiadomosc/2025-09-10/rosyjski-dron-trafil-w-dom-mieszkalny/

@hanse_mina@mastodon.social avatar hanse_mina , to random

EU states will debate speeding up foreign policy decisions, often stalled by Hungary’s vetoes on Ukraine and Russia. A group of 12 nations is exploring legal ways to shift from unanimity to qualified majority, a document shows.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-30/eu-explores-ways-of-acting-more-quickly-on-foreign-policy

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US special envoy Steve Witkoff delivered a Russian medal to the grieving family of an American who was killed fighting for Russia in 2024, a senior administration official told CNN.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/08/20/politics/witkoff-delivered-medal-from-putin-family-american-killed