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Renewed calls for engagement with Russia do not reflect Europe’s security needs, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said on Monday. Speaking at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly's spring session in Lithuania's parliament, Nauseda said Europe's future security was being decided in Ukraine and stressed that Russia should be contained rather than courted, LRT news reported. "At this […]

European Council President Antonio Costa on Monday urged Bosnia and Herzegovina to accelerate reforms needed to move forward in its European Union accession process, saying the country is only "a few steps away" from opening the next phase of negotiations. Speaking in Sarajevo at the start of his Western Balkans tour, Costa said Bosnia and […]

The Czech government plans to sell Explosia, a company specializing in the production of explosives. This was reported by the agency CZDEFENCE, citing Czech First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Karel Havlíček. According to preliminary estimates, the deal could be worth 15-17 billion Czech korunas, equivalent to approximately $720-820 million. Currently, […]

Single-use sachets for condiments such as ketchup, mayonnaise and soy sauce will no longer be allowed for dine-in customers at restaurants across the EU from Aug. 12 under new packaging waste rules aimed at reducing plastic pollution. The measure is part of the EU's Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), which entered into force in […]

Coach operator FlixBus has announced the return of the 666 bus service to the Polish seaside resort of Hel. It resurrects the controversial so-called "Highway to Hel" bus journey formerly run by local company PKS Gdynia. Religious conservative groups fiercely opposed the "satanic" association of 666 with Hel, so in 2023 the number was changed […]

French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that the French Navy intercepted a tanker under international sanctions traveling from Russia, describing the operation as part of efforts to enforce sanctions and uphold maritime law. Macron said on the US social media company X that the tanker, identified as the Tagor, was boarded by French naval forces […]

The UK recorded a sharp decline in disposable vape use a year after a government ban on single-use vapes, a survey cited by Sky News revealed on Monday. YouGov survey data showed that 13% of 11-17-year-olds who vape mainly use disposable products, down from 42% before the ban was introduced in 2025. The rate is […]

Hungary's government will seek constitutional changes if President Tamas Sulyok refuses to resign, Prime Minister Peter Magyar said Monday. Magyar made the remarks after meeting Sulyok at Budapest's Sandor Palace alongside Justice Minister Marta Gorog, according to the Hungarian daily Magyar Nemzet. The dispute follows an ultimatum issued by the prime minister, who had called […]

Those expelled from the EU will be able to gather in camps outside the union – and soon asylum seekers, too. But human rights organizations are critical as migration policy is tightened another notch. Everything is almost ready for the EU's new so-called return regulation. The only thing that remains is to determine the actual […]

Russian submarines have threatened cabling linked to North Sea energy infrastructure in recent weeks, Scottish Labour MSP Michael Marra warned during a debate in the Scottish Parliament, according to UK Defence Journal on June 1. The warning came during a wider debate on Scotland’s energy policy, held on a Scottish Government motion titled “It’s Scotland’s […]