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2026
How a Chinese ‘smart sex toys’ company fed Russian war tech against Ukraine — and exposed an EU sanctions blind spotoriginal ↗
25 Sept 2026
Shadow fleet tankers flock back to being flagged as Russian, creating more headaches for EU statesoriginal ↗
25 Sept 2026
25 Sept 2026
Deporting humans becomes big business, as Brussels and Washington race to pay African countries to take themoriginal ↗
24 Sept 2026
24 Sept 2026
24 Sept 2026
Russians dream of encircling Dobropillia, as Ukraine’s Azov force pushes back (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,673)original ↗
24 Sept 2026
24 Sept 2026
Orbán dominoes start falling: Hungary’s accountability drive reaches ex-Fidesz ministers (Day 135 of the Tisza government)original ↗
24 Sept 2026
23 Sept 2026
23 Sept 2026
A Russian tank survived 40 drone strikes, suggesting mechanised warfare could make a comeback (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,672)original ↗
23 Sept 2026
EU moves to unlock €4.2bn for Hungary as Magyar strengthens rule-of-law and corruption rulesoriginal ↗
23 Sept 2026
23 Sept 2026
22 Sept 2026
France bullies EU into delisting top Russian oligarch, angering allies in last-minute showdownoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2026
Ukraine shows how it shoots down jet-powered Russian drones, as Moscow seeks to expand production (Ukraine Battlefield update, day 1,671)original ↗
22 Sept 2026
22 Sept 2026
22 Sept 2026
German minister slams Costa over EU budget, says he has ‘completely lost touch with reality’original ↗
22 Sept 2026
22 Sept 2026
EU-Bahrain talks move ahead, even as European political prisoners recount years of tortureoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2026
Poland’s pushback drive and EU asylum ‘emergency’ plan put rights ‘on a cliff edge’, warns Europe’s top rights chieforiginal ↗
21 Sept 2026
Auditors find EU cyber‑attack response is weakened by overlapping systems and secretive member statesoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2026
21 Sept 2026
What Ukraine fired at Moscow on Sunday, in its largest air-raid since the war began (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,670)original ↗
21 Sept 2026
21 Sept 2026
Germany offers a warning for Europe ahead of 2027 election year: the Putin/Trump security crisis won’t necessarily save the political centreoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2026
Merz ‘fighting for political survival’ as AfD takes another state and The Left wins Berlinoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2026
Russia’s hybrid war and Trump’s tantrums are pushing Europe towards real strategic autonomyoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2026
21 Sept 2026
THIS WEEK: Next budget and protectionist industrial policy on EU agenda as EPP chief visits Ceutaoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2026
‘Too little, too late’: Europe’s Arctic gas would arrive two decades too late, new research findsoriginal ↗
20 Sept 2026
[Interview] Why does Putin bother with elections when everybody knows they are a sham? Russia expert explains weekend vote – and how it may escalate waroriginal ↗
20 Sept 2026
France in ‘game of chicken’ with EU on Russia sanctions, as clock ticks to expiry deadlineoriginal ↗
18 Sept 2026
18 Sept 2026
Polish leader Tusk exposes classified figures on sky-high Ukrainian casualties (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,667)original ↗
18 Sept 2026
Scene set for verbal punch-up at UN in New York, as Trump and Netanyahu face critics from EU and further afieldoriginal ↗
18 Sept 2026
EU commits €3.3bn to Ukrainian drones as funding gap remains unresolved ahead of ‘tough winter’original ↗
18 Sept 2026
18 Sept 2026
Europe is trying to ‘replicate’ Silicon Valley. Is it China that offers the better lesson?original ↗
17 Sept 2026
Civil partnership from abroad not enough to stay in EU country, according to ECJ preliminary opinionoriginal ↗
17 Sept 2026
Israel triples size of key West Bank settlement, testing von der Leyen’s ‘unacceptable’ rebukeoriginal ↗
17 Sept 2026
17 Sept 2026
17 Sept 2026
Russians trying to capture Dobropillia, before the leaves fall from the trees (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,666)original ↗
17 Sept 2026
Orbán re-emerges after long summer holiday, as Magyar strips homophobia from child protection laws (Day 128 of the Tisza government)original ↗
17 Sept 2026
17 Sept 2026
German chancellor hopes for election gains this Sunday — but CDU may lose votes and Merz his joboriginal ↗
17 Sept 2026
16 Sept 2026
16 Sept 2026
We lied to ourselves again, Russians write, as Ukrainians reportedly advance beyond the Zherebets river (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,665)original ↗
16 Sept 2026
Former Kosovo leader is war criminal rules EU-backed court, tearing open old Western Balkans woundsoriginal ↗
16 Sept 2026
Did Europe’s ‘summer of truth’ push climate up von der Leyen’s agenda? Yes, but there were some shocking omissionsoriginal ↗
16 Sept 2026
Putin and Netanyahu will be laughing at EU after von der Leyen’s State of the Union speechoriginal ↗
16 Sept 2026
[Interview] Russia has never stopped thinking like an empire — here’s how it shapes and may break the Kremlinoriginal ↗
16 Sept 2026
15 Sept 2026
Ukraine hit record number of Putin’s refineries, as Trump pleads for energy ceasefire (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,664)original ↗
15 Sept 2026
15 Sept 2026
15 Sept 2026
Sweden Democrats’ ‘era of deportations’ leaves lasting mark across Europe as Stockholm forms new governmentoriginal ↗
15 Sept 2026
14 Sept 2026
Von der Leyen’s State of the Union speech risks making border pushbacks ‘normal’ EU migration policyoriginal ↗
14 Sept 2026
Was it coincidence Russia attacked the railway used by Johnson and the former CIA chief? Three takeaways from the strike near Nato’s borderoriginal ↗
14 Sept 2026
14 Sept 2026
14 Sept 2026
Putin sends a 14th century saint’s hand to Ukraine front to boost morale (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,663)original ↗
14 Sept 2026