Romania has joined the club of Western countries that buy US-made weapons for Ukraine, pledging €50 million to the so-called PURL fund created in the summer. The announcement was made by Romanian foreign affairs minister on social media on Wednesday. The Priority Acquisition List for Ukraine’s Defence is an initiative approved by US President Donald […]
Continue ReadingIn his New Year’s address on Wednesday, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz warned that not only Germany is under daily attack but that Russia is also targeting the whole of Europe. “We are seeing more and more clearly that Russia’s aggression was and is part of a plan targeted against the whole of Europe,” Merz said, […]
Continue ReadingUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday he would hold a meeting with leaders of Kyiv’s allies next week in France, as diplomatic efforts to end the war with Russia intensified. Zelenskyy said on social media that the summit will be preceded by a meeting of security advisers from countries allied to Kyiv on 3 […]
Continue ReadingOn Tuesday, the Italian Chamber adopted the 2026 finance law, officially postponing the “sugar tax” – which targets sugar-sweetened non-alcoholic beverages – to January 2027. The legal framework for the tax, which was due to enter into force on 1 January 2026, was introduced under the 2020 finance law. Successive governments, however, have repeatedly postponed […]
Continue ReadingPoland and South Korea have signed a €3.3 billion agreement to jointly produce missiles for the HOMAR-K rocket launcher in Poland for the first time. The Polish State Treasury and a joint consortium of manufacturers – Polish-Korean joint venture Hanwha WB Advanced System and South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace – inked an implementation agreement for the production of CGR-080 precision-guided missiles with […]
Continue ReadingGerman far-right politicians of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party will no longer be banned from Europe’s top security forum. The new leadership of the Munich Security Conference (MSC), Europe’s most relevant annual policy conference on international security, decided to reverse the ban policy of recent years and invite all parties represented in the German […]
Continue ReadingLatvia has completed a 280-kilometre fence along its eastern frontier with Russia, the country’s real estate administration said on Tuesday. Topped with barbed wire and a patrolling path, the fence spans the entire length of the Latvia-Russia border. The fortification of Latvia’s land borders with Russia and Belarus began with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine […]
Continue ReadingThe French government on Tuesday postponed a ban on plastic throwaway cups by four years to 2030 because of difficulties finding alternatives. The ban was meant to start on 1 January. But the ministry for ecological transition said the “technical feasibility of eliminating plastic from cups” following a review this year justified pushing back the […]
Continue ReadingGerman digital rights groups and tech companies will start organising “digital independence days” in 2026 to help users move away from US tech platforms, starting from this Sunday, a leading hacker organisation said. Announcing the initiative at its annual conference over the weekend, the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) said the project aims to loosen what […]
Continue ReadingIreland is looking to push for EU-level rules on social media ID verification and a ban for children during the country’s rotating presidency of the Council of the EU in the second half of 2026. In an interview with the Irish news site, Extra, Vice-Prime Minister Simon Harris said that his colleague in charge of media, Patrick […]
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