Peace plans galore: Lots of ideas to end the fighting but the sides remain far apart
More than 3 years of fighting and the arrival of Donald Trump is increasing pressure for a peace deal.
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Ireland dodges bullet as Dublin voters narrowly reject gangland boss
Gerry “The Monk” Hutch led through 10 nail-biting election rounds โ but Irelandโs EU heavyweight knocked him out at the final bell.
Tight three-way race in Irish general election, RTร exit poll suggests
Voters have been casting their ballot to choose representatives to serve in the Irish parliament.
Exit poll: Irelandโs top 3 parties in dead heat in election
Survey suggests Ireland will likely struggle to forge a new coalition government.
Irelandโs peculiar election fail
Staid campaign limps toward election day as party leaders struggle to drum up enthusiasm for a vote with no clear front-runner.
Les vrais gagnants des รฉlections amรฉricaines : les populistes de droite europรฉens
Les alliรฉs de Donald Trump en Europe espรจrent qu’il mettra rapidement fin ร la guerre en Ukraine et renforcera leur position sur la scรจne europรฉenne.
Macron to Europe: We need to become โomnivoresโ after Trumpโs victory
Europe needs to grow some teeth or risk being eaten by the world’s “carnivores,” says French president.
The real winners of the US election: Europeโs populist right-wing wreckersย
Trumpโs allies in Europe hope the president-elect will quickly end the war in Ukraine โ and boost their standing on the EU stage.
US ambassador to Hungary tells Trump fanboy Orbรกn: You have a โgambling problemโ
The diplomat says the Hungarian prime minister treated the U.S. election like “a card game at a casino.”
Ireland faces snap election on Nov. 29
Prime Minister Simon Harris seeks to exploit Sinn Fรฉinโs weakness.
Europeโs Greens ask Jill Stein to pull out of US election to prevent Trump victory
“The race for the White House is too close for comfort,” write parties from around Europe, calling on Stein to throw her support behind Democrat Kamala Harris.
Hungary taunts Western allies: Weโll talk to whoever we want
The top diplomat of Viktor Orbรกn attended a security conference in Belarus along with Russian FM Lavrov.
Hungary flirts with Putin and snubs NATO meeting
NATO diplomats based in Budapest wanted to chat with Hungary about its ambiguous policy toward the Atlantic alliance, but were ignored.
Backlash builds over Hungary joining Russia, Syria and Belarus at security summit
โThe Hungarian government never wastes an opportunity to shame us,โ said MEP Nathalie Loiseau.
Hungarian FM to join Russia, Syria and Belarus at security summit
NATO allyship be damned, Viktor Orbรกn’s top diplomat will join senior Russian official at eastern rival to Munich Security Conference.
Fratricide: How Poland and Hungary went from friends to foes
Hungarians and Poles traditionally see each other as brothers, but that relationship is collapsing as the capitals move in very different political directions.
USโs little-known weapon for countering foreign disinformation faces uncertain future
The Global Engagement Center has helped thwart Kremlin-backed disinformation campaigns in other countries, but some GOP skeptics may prevent its reauthorization.
In Georgia, Russia has just scored another victory against liberal democracy | Natalia Antelava
The opposition claims Saturdayโs election was stolen โ but the pro-Kremlin Georgian Dream party did win over more voters than expectedAfter the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party run by the oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili secured a parliamentary majority in…
Amid EU censure, Orbรกn plans Georgia visit to celebrate contested vote
The Hungarian PM is set to visit Tbilisi on Monday, highlight his split with other leaders of the bloc.
Influence campaigns from Iran, China, Russia ramping up ahead of US election, Microsoft finds
Microsoft found that Iranian hackers are looking for vulnerabilities in election-related websites, as part of a broader increase in election interference efforts by foreign nations including Russia and China.
Georgiaโs pivot to Russia โmight be a plan,โ president says
Georgia’s President Salome Zourabichvili faces a second impeachment attempt over her visits to European capitals.
Albania begins EU accession talks
But it could still take decades before the country joins the bloc.
Hungary and Gazprom in talks for extra Russian gas for Budapest in 2025
Hungarian foreign minister Pรฉter Szijjรกrtรณ also said that Budapest will veto European Union sanctions on Russia if the exemption for his country to purchase Russian oil is cancelled.
โDu wirst eingewechselt und es steht vier null gegen dichโ
Robert Habeck wollte 2021 Kanzlerkandidat werden und musste Annalena Baerbock den Vortritt lassen. Jetzt bekommt er seine Chance โ doch die Stimmung hat sich lรคngst gegen die Grรผnen gedreht.
In tackling Vladimir Putinโs web of troll farms and hackers, we have one advantage: democracy | Peter Pomarantsev
By focusing on its strengths and pooling information, the west can disrupt Russiaโs war machine โ but thereโs no time to loseRussia is a โmafia stateโ trying to expand into a โmafia empireโ, the foreign secretary, David Lammy, told the UN, nailing the …
Hungary to Russia: Letโs do more business
“There is not only a political desire to improve economic relations, but business also wants this,โ said Foreign Minister Pรฉter Szijjรกrtรณ.
Selenskyj will Trump und Harris fรผr โSiegesplanโ gewinnen
US-Politik fรผr Sie entschlรผsselt. Jeden Tag in Ihrem Postfach. Im Browser anzeigen oder hier anhรถren von JAKOB HANKE VELA Mit CARLOTTA DIEDERICH DIE TOP-THEMEN โ UKRAINE-KRIEG:ย Wolodymyr Selenskyj reist in die USA, um Joe Biden, Kamala Harris und Donald Trump von seinem โSiegesplanโ zu รผberzeugen. โ CHINA-BEDROHUNG:ย Die Navy will ihre Einsatzbereitschaft erhรถhen, um einem [โฆ]
Ukraine war briefing: Blinken briefed on Kyivโs plan to push Russia to end war
Zelenskiy expected to present plan to UN general assembly next week; Microsoft says Russia behind Harris disinformation. What we know on day 938See all our Ukraine war coverageUS secretary of state Antony Blinken was briefed during his trip to Kyiv on …
Meta bans Russian state media outlets for ‘foreign interference’
The ban by Meta, which owns WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook, comes after the United States accused state-run broadcaster RT of covertly funding influence campaigns on social media.
Secret Service nach Trump-Mordversuch in der Kritik
US-Politik fรผr Sie entschlรผsselt. Jeden Tag in Ihrem Postfach. Im Browser anzeigen oder hier anhรถren von JAKOB HANKE VELA Mit CARLOTTA DIEDERICH DIE TOP-THEMEN โ SECRET SERVICE IN DER KRITIK: Abgeordnete und Sicherheitsexperten kritisieren nach dem erneuten Mordversuch an Trump die Behรถrde, die mit dem Personenschutz von Prรคsidenten betraut ist. Prรคsident Joe Biden fordert mehr [โฆ]
RT running covert military supply operation for Russian forces, US says
The state-backed media outlet has been sending weapons to Russian units, including sniper rifles and suppressors, body armor, night vision equipment and drones, according to State.
Starmer and Biden brush off Putinโs threat of war
Ukraine is desperate to receive British Storm Shadow missiles โ to Russia’s fury.
Trump will kein zweites Duell gegen Harrisย
DIE TOP-THEMEN โ KEIN ZWEITES DUELL: Trump will keine Revanchepartie gegen Kamala Harris und gibt bekannt, er werde nicht nochmal mit ihr debattieren. โ ZINSSENKUNG: Donald Trump gerรคt wegen der geplanten Zinssenkung der US-Notenbank in Konflikt mit seinen republikanischen Parteikollegen geraten, die die Unabhรคngigkeit der FED bewahren wollen. โ SOLARENERGIE: Das Energieministerium kรผndigte gestern eine [โฆ]
Harris schlรคgt Trump im TV-Duell
US-Politik fรผr Sie entschlรผsselt. Jeden Tag in Ihrem Postfach. Im Browser anzeigen oder hier anhรถren von JAKOB HANKE VELA Mit CARLOTTA DIEDERICH DIE TOP THEMEN โ TV-DUELL: Donald Trump war gegen Kamala Harris die meiste Zeit in der Defensive, tappte in die Ego-Falle. Dann gab auch noch eine der berรผhmtesten US-Stars ihre Unterstรผtzung fรผr die [โฆ]
Harris vs Trump im TV-Duell
US-Politik fรผr Sie entschlรผsselt. Jeden Tag in Ihrem Postfach. Im Browser anzeigen oder hier anhรถren von JAKOB HANKE VELA Mit CARLOTTA DIEDERICH DIE TOP-THEMEN โ TV-DUELL:ย Kamala Harris bereitet sich in einem nachgebauten TV-Studio auf den wichtigsten Termin im Wahlkampf vor. โ GOOGLE-ZERSCHLAGUNG: Die Biden-Regierung will in einem letzten groรen Gerichtsverfahren Google zerschlagen lassen. โ HAUSHALTSSTREIT:ย Republikaner [โฆ]
Harris und der Afghanistan-Abzug
US-Politik fรผr Sie entschlรผsselt. Jeden Tag in Ihrem Postfach. Im Browser anzeigen oder hier anhรถren von JAKOB HANKE VELA Mit CARLOTTA DIEDERICH DIE TOP-THEMEN โ AFGHANISTAN-ABZUG: Die Republikaner versuchen Kamala Harris mit dem chaotischen Abzug aus Afghanistan im Jahr 2021 in Verbindung zu bringen.ย โ TRUMP VOR HARRIS: Laut einer viel beachteten Umfrage der New [โฆ]
Foreign influence attempts are the new normal for American elections
As attempted foreign interference in elections continues to evolve, so does the response to it. Officials are grappling with questions of how to hold bad actors accountable while preserving trust in the system.
Who is Margarita Simonyan, Putin’s propagandist-in-chief sanctioned by US?
RT editor-in-chief has presided for 20 years over what the US now calls Russia’s principal propaganda outlet.
US announces measures to combat Russian interference ahead of presidential election
Two RT employees have been indicted for broadcasting content aimed at dividing America. The American offices of Russian media companies close to the Kremlin have been classified as foreign missions and some 30 internet sites have been frozen.
US charges employees of Russiaโs RT in crackdown on election influence efforts
The US filed money-laundering charges against two employees of Russian state media network RT for what officials said was a scheme to hire an American company to produce online content to influence the 2024 presidential election.
US announces new crackdown on Russian disinformation in 2024 election
The U.S. Justice Department has seized more than 30 web domains that it said were part of a broader, ongoing, surreptitious effort by the Russian government to influence the 2024 U.S. election and American public opinion, federal authorities announced Wednesday.
FBI enttarnt russische Einmischung
US-Politik fรผr Sie entschlรผsselt. Jeden Tag in Ihrem Postfach. Im Browser anzeigen oder hier anhรถren von JAKOB HANKE VELA Mit CARLOTTA DIEDERICH DIE TOP-THEMEN โ RUSSISCHE EINMISCHUNG: Die US-Regierung hat eine russische Kampagne zur Beeinflussung der US-Wahl enthรผllt. Die Kreml-Kampagne zielte aber auch auf Deutschland ab, wie ein FBI-Dossier zeigt. โ EXPORTMEISTER: Zumindest Amerikaner kaufen [โฆ]
US accuses Russia’s RT news outlet of election interference
Attorney General Merrick Garland, chairing a meeting of the Election Threats Task Force, said two Russia-based RT employees have been indicted in New York for money laundering and violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
US accuses Russia of 2024 election interference
US charges Russian media executives and alleges state broadcaster RT has paid Tennessee-based firm millions to pump out propaganda.
Republikaner in Geldnot
US-Politik fรผr Sie entschlรผsselt. Jeden Tag in Ihrem Postfach. Im Browser anzeigen oder hier anhรถren von Jakob Hanke Vela Mit Carlotta Diederich DIE TOP-THEMEN โ KAMALAS GELDFLUT: Bei einem vertraulichen Treffen mit Spendern haben fรผhrende Republikaner Alarm geschlagen. Sie fรผrchten, dass sie in entscheidenden Rennen um Sitze im Kongress nicht mit den Demokraten mithalten kรถnnen. [โฆ]
Putinโs new tiger ambassador is Austriaโs ex foreign minister
Karin Kneissl, who danced at her wedding with the Russian leader, has a new role at the heart of one of Putin’s pet projects: defending Siberian tigers.
US-Wahlkampf geht in die heiรe Phase
US-Politik fรผr Sie entschlรผsselt. Jeden Tag in Ihrem Postfach. Im Browser anzeigen oder hier anhรถren von Jakob Hanke Vela Mit Carlotta Diederich DIE TOP-THEMEN โ DOG DAYS ARE OVER: Der US-Wahlkampf geht in den Endspurt. Keinen Tag zu frรผh erscheint ab heute POLITICOs neuer Newsletter, DC Decoded. โ CHINAS BATTERIE-RIESE IM VISIER: Fรผhrende Abgeordnete im [โฆ]
No oil shortage in Hungary despite Russia sanctions outrage, EU says
Hungary and Slovakia have been accused of trying to benefit from cheap Russian oil despite the alternatives.
Hungary FM teases more Gazprom contracts after huge blowup with EU ministers
Foreign Minister Szijjรกrtรณ sat down for three hours with the CEO of the Russian energy giant.
Hungary-EU blowup overshadows key meeting on Ukraine
Top Brussels diplomat Josep Borrell’s comments on Ukraine and the Middle East anger Budapest.
The crazy life and times of Pavel Durov, Russiaโs Elon Musk
Is the arrested Telegram CEO a free speech martyr or a shadowy criminal?
Hungary urges Ukraine to OK Russian oil loophole
Kyiv’s sanctions on Lukoil have riled Budapest, which has refused to divest from Moscow’s cheap crude.
Bundestag 2025: Wer in Bayern in den Wahlkampf zieht
Bayern ist CSU-Land, das war schon immer so und wird auch 2025 so bleiben. Doch wegen der Wahlrechtsreform muss der Wahlkreis-Platzhirsch um Mandate bangen.
Bundestag 2025: Wer in Thรผringen in den Wahlkampf zieht
Dem BSW fehlt es in dem Freistaat an Personal fรผr den Bundestag. Sahra Wagenknecht kรถnnte sich in Thรผringen aufstellen lassen โ schlieรlich hat sei dort die grรถรten Chancen auf ein Direktmandat.
Bundestag 2025: Wer in Sachsen in den Wahlkampf zieht
In Sachsen war die AfD 2021 stรคrkste Kraft. Jetzt beschรคftigt das Bundesland die bevorstehenden Landtagswahlen im September. Die CDU liegt knapp vor der AfD โ aber das kรถnnte sich noch รคndern.
Bundestag 2025: Wer in Baden-Wรผrttemberg in den Wahlkampf zieht
Mit 102 Abgeordneten ist Baden-Wรผrttemberg nach Nordrhein-Westfalen und Bayern das meist vertretene Bundesland im Parlament. Von 38 Wahlkreisen hat die CDU bei der vergangenen Bundestagswahl 33 gewonnen, vier gingen an die Grรผnen und einer an die SPD.
Bundestag 2025: Wer in Rheinland-Pfalz in den Wahlkampf zieht
Aus dem Bundesland kommen insgesamt 36 Abgeordnete. Die SPD gewann in der letzten Wahl noch die meisten Direktmandate โย das kรถnnte sich 2025 รคndern.
Bundestag 2025: Wer in Hessen in den Wahlkampf zieht
In Hessen versucht Kohl-Enkel Johannes Volkmann fรผr die CDU in den Bundestag zu gelangen.
Bundestag 2025: Wer in Nordrhein-Westfalen in den Wahlkampf zieht
Wer aus dem bevรถlkerungsreichstem Bundesland kommt, kann Kanzler, heiรt es. Das galt fรผr Konrad Adenauer โ wird es auch fรผr den nรคchsten Bundeskanzler gelten?”
Bundestag 2025: Wer in Berlin in den Wahlkampf zieht
Auch die deutsche Hauptstadt bereitet sich bereits auf die Bundestagswahlen vor. Wer wird auch 2025 wieder ins Rennen gehen?
Bundestag 2025: Wer in Brandenburg in den Wahlkampf zieht
In Brandenburg stehen die Landtagswahlen kurz bevor โ dennoch haben sich die meisten Parteien schon Gedanken รผber die Bundestagswahl gemacht.
Bundestag 2025: Wer in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in den Wahlkampf zieht
In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern laufen bereits die Vorbereitungen auf die Bundestagswahl. Wer fรผr welche Partei an den Start geht, steht grรถรtenteils auch schon fest.
Bundestag 2025: Wer in Bremen in den Wahlkampf zieht
Kein anderes Land ist so rot wie Bremen, das war immer so. 2025 kรถnnte sich das Blatt der Bremer wenden. Momentan zieht eine andere Partei an den Sozialdemokraten vorbei.
UK probes whether โstate actorsโ stoked far-right riots
False claims about the identity of a murder suspect have spread far and wide online.
Bundestag 2025: Wer in Schleswig-Holstein in den Wahlkampf zieht
Das nรถrdlichste Bundesland gilt als Wahlorakel: Wer Pinneberg gewinnt, stellt im Bund den Kanzler. Das gilt seit den 50ern.
Bundestag 2025: Wer in Hamburg in den Wahlkampf zieht
Scholz’ engster Vertrauter will in den Bundestag. Doch damit Wolfgang Schmidt eine Chance hat, muss er auf ein schwaches Erststimmen-Ergebnis fรผr die SPD hoffen.
TEST TEST Bundestag 2025: Wer in Niedersachsen in den Wahlkampf zieht
BERLIN โ Wer es in Niedersachsen schafft, kannย Kanzler,ย Bundesprรคsidentย oderย EU-Kommissionsprรคsidentinย werden. Immerhin ist das Flรคchenland nach Nordrhein-Westfalen und Bayernย derย drittgrรถรte Landesverband im Bundestag. Die SPD Zwei Sozialdemokraten haben ihren Abschied angekรผndigt: Susanne Mittagย undย Bernd Westphal. Weitere Abgรคnge werden nicht erwartet. Dafรผr einen Zugang, der dringend einen Wahlkreis sucht:ย Boris Pistorius. Der Verteidigungsminister war 2023 ins Kabinett aus dem niedersรคchsischen Landtag berufen [โฆ]
Bundestag 2025: Wer in Niedersachsen in den Wahlkampf zieht
In 14 Monaten wird im Bund gewรคhlt. Die Landesverbรคnde haben mit der Vorbereitung auf die Wahl begonnen โ wir tauchen ein in die Welt der Wahlkreise.
Youโve had two years: EU eyerolls at Hungaryโs request for help with Russian oil
After failing to reduce their reliance on Moscow for energy, Hungary and Slovakia now want help from Brussels.
Moscow impedes โanti-Russianโ YouTube
Video download speeds could drop by 70 percent, a government official predicted.
Hungary quietly takes โฌ1B loan from Chinese banks
With public debt at a record high, Budapest is increasingly looking to Beijing for cash.
EU โreadyโ to negotiate as Hungary-Ukraine oil row boils over
The European Commission also said it doesn’t see any ‘immediate’ oil supply risks after Ukraine partially banned Russian oil exports to Europe.
Hungary demands EU action against Ukraine as Russian oil spat escalates
Budapest argues it’s facing an energy crunch after Kyiv imposed a partial ban on Moscow’s oil transiting the country.
Hungary facing fuel crisis as Ukraine turns up heat on Russian oil supplies
Sky-high prices and electricity shortages could hit Hungarians within “weeks” after Kyiv imposed a partial ban on Russian oil passing through its territory.
EU to boycott Hungaryโs foreign affairs summit
Increasingly exasperated by Viktor Orbรกnโs obstruction of EU foreign policy, Brusselsย is contemplating an unprecedented step to boycott Hungary’s foreign affairs summit next month.
Orbรกn: From dissident to Putinโs Hungarian boyar
The prime ministerโs self-proclaimed โpeace mission 3.0โ resembles Mussoliniโs generous offers to arbitrate peace negotiations between Hitler โ his partner in the Pact of Steel โ and Britain and France.
Diplomacy wars: Orbรกnโs new nemesis arranges visit to Ukraine
Hungary’s Pรฉter Magyar wants to present a contrast with Budapest’s Russia-friendly prime minister.
Orbรกn arrives in China after Putin meeting
After causing a diplomatic storm with his surprise visit to Moscow, Hungary’s PM has now gone to Beijing to meet President Xi Jinping.
Hungary cancels visit of Germanyโs Baerbock amid row over Orbรกn-Putin meeting
Berlin criticized the “surprising and uncoordinated trip” of the Hungarian leader to Moscow.
Hungaryโs Orbรกn to meet Putin in Moscow, days after Kyiv visit
Multiple European leaders slam Hungary’s Russia-sympathizing PM for talking to Moscow without a mandate.
Viktor Orbรกn arrives in Ukraine to meet Zelenskyy
It’s the first visit by the Hungarian PM to the war-struck country since Russia invaded in February 2022.
Ukraine war briefing: Thousands of Ukrainian convicts join fight against Russian forces
More than 3,000 prisoners in Ukraine released on parole to boost military numbers; Hungaryโs pro-Russian PM, Viktor Orbรกn, expected to visit Kyiv. What we know on day 860See all our Ukraine war coverageUkraine is turning to its prisoner population to h…
Ireland says farewell to Mรญcheรกl ร Muircheartaigh, โbard of the ballgamesโ
The voice of Gaelic football and hurling for half a century, RTร Radio commentatorโs wry, deadpan remarks were sporting folkoreWhen the time came for Mรญcheรกl ร Muircheartaigh to leave the field and discover if there are Gaelic Games in the afterlife, I…
Poutine interdit 81 mรฉdias europรฉens, dont POLITICO
Moscou a pris des mesures de reprรฉsailles aprรจs la suspension, en mai par lโUE, de quatre mรฉdias pro-russes.
Putin bans POLITICO in crackdown on European media outlets
Russia retaliates after the EU suspended 4 organizations for spreading Kremlin propaganda.
Les 5 dรฉfis du prochain chef de lโOtan Mark Rutte
De Trump ร Poutine, en passant par les contributions financiรจres des alliรฉs, le prochain secrรฉtaire gรฉnรฉral de lโorganisation aura fort ร faire.
Hungary: The EUโs two-faced defense champion
Prime Minister Viktor Orbรกn has railed against Western aid to Ukraine while spending big on defense at home.
Wie Merz und Scholz um den Osten kรคmpfen
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Israel rejects EU call for ad-hoc summit
The country wants to hold a regular summit once Hungary assumes the presidency of the Council of the EU.
5 challenges for NATOโs next chief Mark Rutte
From Trump to Wilders, from a lack of money to a lack of air defense systems, the next NATO secretary-general will have a busy time.
Robert Habeck: Meister der Illusion
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Die Abschiebe-Debatte der Innenminister
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Irish government eyes snap election to seize on Sinn Fรฉin weakness
Not another one! As much of the world goes to the polls this year, Ireland could be the latest to join the election 2024 party.
โFiremen are some of my favourite human beingsโ: evacuated hotel guest turns out to be Henry Winkler
Irish TV reporters interview evacuees after fire alarm, only to find incredibly upbeat Hollywood starDublin TV viewers watching news coverage on Wednesday night of a hotel fire were surprised to find themselves tuning in to an interview with a Hollywoo…
Die SPD-Revolte gegen Scholz
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Die Selenskyj-Rede und die Folgen fรผr die Politik
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Irish MEP Clare Daly loses seat
Controversial MEP will not be returning to Brussels after she was eliminated on 17th count in Dublin constituency.
Russia mocks Macron following EU election defeat
“Macron and Scholz are clinging on to power with their last remaining strength,” says head of Russia’s State Duma.
Europawahl: Wer die Top-Jobs in der EU bekommt
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Der Polizisten-Mord und die Islamismus-Debatte
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