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Bulgaria plans to stop supplying weapons to Ukraine following the change in government. Bulgarian Defense Minister Dimitar Stoyanov announced this during a briefing in Sofia, according to Bloomberg. The new government, formed in May, has announced its intention to abandon further military aid packages, despite the fact that Sofia has already delivered 13 aid packages […]

The UK government has begun piloting the use of artificial intelligence in the Crown Court as part of a broader program to modernize the justice system and address rising court backlogs. A series of new technology initiatives will be tested, including AI legal assistants aimed at supporting lawyers and court staff with routine work such […]

Germany reported a record 85,837 politically motivated crimes in 2025, with far-right offenses – including hate crimes and violent attacks – making up roughly half of the total, the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday. Neo-Nazis and right-wing extremists committed 42,544 such crimes, according to the ministry’s figures. That included 8,396 xenophobic hate crimes and 4,138 […]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday arrived in Estonia, where he is expected to take part in a summit of Nordic and Baltic leaders. Zelenskyy arrived in the Estonian capital of Tallinn following a visit to the UK, where he took part in an E3-plus-Ukraine format meeting involving British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President […]

The European Commission on Tuesday called for the full implementation of the UN Security Council Resolution 1701, stressing the need to respect Lebanon's sovereignty and territorial integrity following a US-brokered ceasefire agreement between Lebanon and Israel. Welcoming the ceasefire as a renewed opportunity to end the conflict, EU Commission spokesperson Anouar El Anouni urged all […]

Irish cocaine use among young people twice the EU average, report finds. Irish rates of recent cocaine use among young people are twice the EU average, while ecstasy consumption is almost three times as high, according to new figures. In its 2026 annual report, the EU Drugs Agency (EUDA) says cocaine production in South America […]

Germany is expected to return several Polish cultural treasures looted during WWII, including a ring associated with King Sigismund I the Old, a medieval manuscript fragment containing Gaude Mater Polonia, and writings by celebrated Polish author Stefan Zeromski, according to reports published in Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza on Monday. The handover is expected to take […]

Ukraine’s foreign minister has called for the State’s investigation to be conducted “swiftly, independently and transparently” after reports that alumina from the Aughinish Alumina plant in Co Limerick was feeding the Russian military supply chain. In a statement, Andrii Sybiha said aluminium was a critical component of Russian missiles and drones used against Ukraine. He […]

A Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between the Greek Cypriot administration and France, covering military cooperation and the deployment of French troops in southern Cyprus, was signed on Monday. Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Christodoulides announced the agreement’s entry into force on his official social media accounts. In his statement, Christodoulides argued that the signing and […]

BUDAPEST – Hungarian oil and gas company MOL has received an official license from the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) allowing it to continue negotiations on the acquisition of the Russian majority stake in Serbia’s Oil Industry of Serbia (NIS) until 16 June, the company announced. According to the statement, following […]