Huub Verbaten, Research
Fellow at the Clingendael Institute
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On the evening of
July 3, 2025, as Dutch parliamentarians prepared to vote on what could become
some of Europe’s most restrictive asy…
Security around Israeli and Jewish institutions across Europe has been rarmped up after aย 12-day conflict between Israel and Iran in June and as concern mounts over how Israel is conducting its military operation in Gaza.
Sansal’s supporters say Algeria is using him as a geopolitical pawn.
Pรคivi Leino-Sandberg
(University of Helsinki)
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Ecuador via Wikimedia Commons
When conducting research, I often
file requests for access to documents (ATD) under the EUโs access to documents regulation
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National leaders now need to find the money and buy weapons to deter Russia while facing a potential reduction of U.S. troops on the continent.
Lรฉna Perczel, Legal Officer, Political Freedoms Program, Hungarian Civil Liberties
Union
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Countering SLAPPs
(Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) has been at the…
Dr Benedikt Riedl,
Mjur (Oxford), postdoctoral researcher
and academic assistant at the Chair of Public Law and Legal Philosophy (Prof Dr
Peter M. Huber, former Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court and former
Minister of the Interior…
The French government barred Israeli companies from exhibiting offensive weapons at the show.
The humanitarian situation in the Palestinian enclave is increasingly dire, as Israeli military continues assault.
A 49-year-old victim was shot in the chest in the city’s Anderlecht district, according to media reports.
A Ukrainian security official told The Associated Press on Sunday that a drone attack deep inside Russian territory destroyed over 40 Russian aircraft. Meanwhile, Russia continued its missile and drone strikes on Ukraine, just one day before the two c…
Zelenskyy says Putin โtrying to buy timeโ after phone call with Trump; EU lays on further sanctions and more coming up. What we know on day 1,183Pope Leo confirmed to Giorgia Meloni his willingness to host in the Vatican the next round of negotiations …
Economic malaise is helping nationalist presidential candidate George Simion.
Von der Leyen is in hot water. And the EU court ruling doesn’t just say the Commission got it wrong โ it says it knew better.
Ukraine relies on the U.S. to fund HIV services during the war. The Trump administration is still mulling axing its support.
Trumpโs plan as โdeeply destabilizing,” Moscow and Beijing say.
Top intel director tells POLITICO that Moscow’s new military buildup is concerning โ and Donald Trump’s election has been a wake-up call for European spies.
Dozens of judges across the country โ appointed by presidents of both parties โ have ruled against Trumpโs audacious immigration policies.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio advised Germany to โreverse courseโ following the domestic intelligence agencyโs decision, which grants German authorities increased oversight and surveillance over the party.
DOJ announced the reversal in federal court after weeks of intense scrutiny by courts and dozens of restraining orders issued by judges.
Budapest has opened the door to using AI facial recognition to identify LGBTQ+ protestors.
Athens has 13 open cases into alleged human rights violations involving migrants, the single largest number of incidents across the bloc.
Even the EUโs most protectionist countries are realizing that they need new friends to trade with as their oldest ally goes rogue.
One deputy commander will be dismissed, and a commanding officer will receive a reprimand.
The 1 a.m. order came after lawyers rushed to the court to stop an โimminentโ wave of deportations.
Hungary and Slovakia are battling outbreaks of the highly contagious livestock disease.
Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen, currently conducting platform trials in areas such as blood cancer and dialysis, has established a competence hub to support doctors and researchers in adopting the innovative trial model.
Situated on NATO’s eastern flank, Romanian military forces have begun conducting military combat drills in urban areas.
Carlos Cuerpo and Rimantas ล adลพius are considering running for the Eurogroup presidency.
Earthworms may be the cause of PFAS entering the eggs, according to national public health institute.
โCouldnโt organise a piss-up in a brewery,โ one frustrated candidate wrote.
The EU grants billions each year to nonprofits. Now, a right-wing campaign has NGOs afraid the money will dry up.
More than 150 Chinese nationals are fighting for Russia in Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said, recruited via videos on social mediaThe videos are across Chinese social media. Some are slickly produced Russian propaganda about being โtoughโ men; some…
Mario Nawfal has interviewed Serbian, Belarusian and Slovakian leaders and Russian minister of foreign affairs An online influencer whom Elon Musk frequently boosts on X has been conducting in-person interviews with Russian figures and key allies of Vl…
Greece has the highest number of open investigations on its practices across the European Union.
Digital services could be Washington’s Achilles heel but European officials are conflicted over how to strike it.
The soldier was part of a team of four who disappeared a week ago while conducting military drills near the border with Belarus.
The soldier was part of a team of four who disappeared a week ago while conducting military drills near the border with Belarus.
Sky Newsโ Sam Coates and Politicoโs Anne McElvoy look ahead to the day in British politics. Thereโs a cabinet meeting this morning โ so itโs a good time to discuss the dynamics around that table and why who is in what WhatsApp group matters. And what are the potential repercussions of one gang being in [โฆ]
Four US soldiers died while on a training mission in Lithuania near the border with Belarus, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Wednesday. The soldiers were conducting scheduled tactical training at the time of their deaths according to a state…
NATO members and other allies would do well to start thinking about how theyโd respond if Russia took action against one of its most remote geographies.
U.S. intelligence agencies sounded the alarm on Ukraineโs dwindling battlefield prospects against Russia in an annual report released Tuesday. Theย 2025 Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Communityย โ released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in conjunction with top officialsโ testimony at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing โ warns that Moscow has [โฆ]
Key security fund โ whose schemes range from stopping ISIS recruitment to clearing deadly mines in Sri Lanka โ faces uncertain future after cut to aid spending.
The move signals the likelihood of an increased bombing campaign against the Iran-backed group.
The legal tools to address this internal opposition exist โ Europe just needs to use them, and meet the moment with courage.
Trump and Russia are pushing the EU toward a “Hamiltonian moment,” where common debt helps build greater federalism. ย ย
The attacks are the largest foreign military action taken to date by the Trump administration.
Maria Branyas Morera, US-born supercentenarian who died in Spain last August, found to have microbiota of an infantThe US-born woman who was the worldโs oldest living person before she died in Spain last August at age 117 once attributed her longevity …
Investigation showed pro-Russia groups were offering crypto payments in exchange for hybrid attacks across Europe.
Davide Rauhe
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Executive Summary
This blog post
explores the emergence of experimental regulations and policies with focus on
its gained prominence within the European Union i…
Ukrainian intelligence worries that Russia is prepared to unleash waves of drones and missiles.
Bruising times for center-left parties have U.K. Labour looking abroad for inspiration.
French foreign minister said Russia is a clear cyber threat to European countries.
Local police say 2 plastic soda bottles “burst” in the consulate’s garden.
Many businesses would be exempt from complying with sustainability reporting under the hotly anticipated omnibus proposal.
Lawmakersโ reactions underscore the challenge Republicans face as they try to make sense of the administrationโs efforts to end the Ukraine war.
Concerns are growing about talks on the second phase of the cease-fire deal.
Dr. Ayลe Dicle
Ergin, Assistant
Professor, Bilkent University Faculty of Law
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Ridgwell, Voice of America news, via Wikimedia
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As of today, the vast majority of
approximately 2.8
million Syrians in Tรผr…
Jan-Hendrik Seelow, Dutch
Council for Refugees*
*The Dutch Council for Refugees has
closely worked with the applicantโs counsel to support the case from the
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Introduction
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“There are indeed contacts between individual departments,” says spokesperson for Vladimir Putin.
Air traffic controller shortages, soaring travel demand, a surge of airport near-collisions and complaints of congressional dysfunction escalated before the U.S. saw its first fatal domestic airline crash since 2009.
Twenty-seven bodies had been recovered from the downed plane, a Bombardier CRJ700 operated by PSA Airlines, and one had been recovered from the helicopter, a Sikorsky H-60, said the D.C. Fire and EMS Chief.
We canโt count on the stars aligning every time a cable or pipeline suffers mysterious damage, and must find ways of incentivizing ship crews to obey maritime rules.
The proposals are to be discussed during next week’s meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Dissidents despair at the Russian presidentโs influence ahead of this monthโs rigged election.ย
Trump has threatened to raise tariffs on key trading partners like Canada and Mexico as soon as he enters office.
Ukrainian police said officers were conducting 200 searches nationwide amid probe into illegal exit of military-aged men from the countryThe Kremlin said on Friday it does not expect the United States to soften its position on sanctions against Russian…
The rich oil state has built a team of silver-tongued U.N. negotiators with a simple mandate: keep plastic production growing.
Planned nationwide embargo on TikTok is an “abuse of power” and will suppress free speech, opposition warns.
In โpotentially trailblazingโ decision, European court of human rights finds country engaging in illicit deportationsThe European court of human rights has found Greece guilty of conducting โsystematicโ pushbacks of would-be asylum seekers, ordering it…
The decision follows a spate of suspected sabotage incidents on underwater cables.
Ahmed Hussein al-Sharโaโs hands-off diplomacy is setting off alarm bells โ as it should.
President-elect says his administration will โfully support the City of New Orleans.โ
Moscow has confirmed its air defences were repelling Ukrainian drones at the time of planeโs flight but has not admitted it shot it down. What we know on day 1,040Ukraineโs president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has called on Russia to provide a clearer expla…
Five months after winning a landslide victory in the U.K. general election, the PM is struggling to find his voice.
Kyiv, which last held a national election in 2019, has been unable to stage another since Russia’s invasion in early 2022.
The prince, the prime ministers and the spy: what we know about the scandal gripping the U.K.
The leopard claims he has changed his spots, but will he bring stability to the devastated nation?
For decades, a scandal-plagued Mississippi family has cozied up to the president. How will the relationship end?
The nomination of Kash Patel, who has vowed to pursue Trumpโs critics, as FBI director has heightened concerns within the presidentโs inner circle.
Hegseth has faced allegations of alcohol abuse and sexual assault.
Friedrich Merz wants to make Germany great again. But his country is confronting global risks beyond the control of any domestic leader.
The agreement mirrors a similar arrangement with the European Commission in 2021.
In an unscripted remark made to diplomats, the pope blamed ‘the arrogance of the invader’ in ‘Ukraine and Palestine,’ days after he called for an investigation into claims Israel was conducting ‘genocide’ in Gaza.
The president-elect has railed against โwokeโ generals and others who have pushed for diversity initiatives in the ranks.
The guardrail against the next president leaving the alliance is shakier than you think.
Americans are likely to encounter a torrent of rumor and conspiracy this Election Day. Here are some tricks to guard against it.
โinterfering directly in our democracies, sabotaging industry and committing violence,โ said Mark Rutte.
Experts fear tough rules for the art world โ meant to root out criminals โย will send business to New York and Hong Kong.
Super PACs funded by the crypto industry are pouring massive amounts into congressional races, and not a single ad actually mentions crypto.
A POLITICO analysis of more than 20 of his rallies and campaign events shows Trump has demonized minority groups in all of them.
An inquiry by the world body found Israeli forces deliberately killed and tortured medical personnel.
The state is now conducting damage assessments after the hurricane made landfall late Wednesday, but early indications are that the damage could have been worse.
Experts warn the use of artificial intelligence in Britain’s future military planning could prove a costly mistake.
The IDF said its troops are conducting “localized” raids near the border, in a significant escalation of its conflict with the Iran-backed group.
Prime Minister Netanyahu warns Iran’s clerics their days are numbered and boasts there is “nowhere” Israel cannot target.
Former prime ministerโs claims about wanting to seize Covid vaccines being held in the EU โmay have been a jokeโSenior Tories have cast doubt on Boris Johnsonโs claim that he seriously considered invading the Netherlands to seize vaccines during the pa…
Mozambican soldiers operating out of TotalEnergies’ natural gas plant abducted, raped and killed dozens of civilians.
The narrow definition of unmet medical need used in the General Pharmaceutical Legislation may hinder rather than help efforts to find new treatments.
The actions follow a series of Russian air operations that skirted Alaskan airspace and as Russian and Chinese warships conducted joint exercises across the Pacific.
