Georgia is now more vulnerable than it has been in a long time, captured by the oligarch Ivanishvili threatening to turn the country into a Russian satellite.
Satellite image analysis shows several North Korean tankers visiting Russia dozens of times since March.
Europe should be in a position to compete with the U.S. in space, said Josef Aschbacher.
X chief, who campaigned hard for Trump, spoke to Ukraine leader after being handed phone by president-electElon Musk reportedly made a surprise guest appearance on a call between Donald Trump and the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, solidifying…
The tech tycoon looks set to wield foreign policy influence in the new U.S. administration.
The guardrail against the next president leaving the alliance is shakier than you think.
The apparent surge in academic interest in Russia comes shortly after Moscow and Pyongyang signed a military cooperation treaty.
New defense commissioner warned of Russian threat, underlined America’s distraction with China, and pushed the EU to spend big on protecting itself.
Moscow was already โdistributingโ the sensitive images, a Kyiv official said.
Beijing’s tech is more concerning than reports of Russian space nukes, said General B. Chanceย Saltzman.
The Israeli military has stepped up its offensive in northern Gaza.
Tycoons have gotten in trouble for running their own foreign policy before. History has not been kind.
Putin did not deny the presence of North Korean soldiers on Russian territory, but he did not say why they were there.
The Russian president even asked the billionaire for a Starlink favor.
Asked by a reporter about satellite imagery showing North Korean troop movements, Putin said: “Images are a serious thing. If there are images, then they reflect something.”
Yulia Mykytenko leads a platoon of men in a reconnaissance and attack unit โ and has already lost her husband, father and many friends in the devastating war. In her memoir, she writes that she was always destined for combatThe sound of birdsong is so …
The off-site and satellite highlights of this yearโs edition
Residential buildings and service stations were among targets, say local officials; Russian grip tightens around Pokrovsk with battles in nearby Selydove. What we know on day 971See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageRussian strikes on Kharkiv wounded …
The documents, marked top secret, describe satellite images of Israeli preparations for a potential strike on Iran, according to media reports.ย
South Koreaโs intelligence service on Friday released satellite images it said showed the first deployment of 1,500 elite North Korean special forces soldiers to the port city of Vladivostok in Russia’s Far East. Ukraine responded by asking its allies…
The SpaceX billionaire is forging new ties with a federal telecom official who could help funnel billions of dollars to his company if Trump is elected.
Plus: satellite fairs boost contemporary art; Sothebyโs opens new Paris HQ; Komunuma draws gallerists to suburbs
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The billionaire is using the power of his social media platform to spread falsehoods that officials say are hampering recovery efforts.
Europe’s Hera mission will help figure out how to deflect an asteroid before it hits Earth.
Current and former officials say the US has long struggled to collect intelligence on Hamas.
Satellite data shows more than 3,100 buildings affected as intense wave of attacks kills over 1,300 people
While Beijing and Moscow have been working to establish a strategic foothold in the region for more than a decade, Washington and Brussels are just now waking up to the danger.
From the Draghi report to Ursula von der Leyenโs new College of Commissioners: the telecom sector is now a key ally in delivering on the promise of more competitiveness.
What was meant to preempt escalation into a full-blown war is having quite the opposite effect, despite both sides knowing full well that another war would make the conflict of 2006 look like a skirmish.
They are for TV and radio, border security and responding to natural disasters, a minister says.
They are for TV and radio, border security and responding to natural disasters, a minister says.
Russia appears to have suffered a “catastrophic failure” in a test of its Sarmat missile, a key weapon in the modernisation of its nuclear arsenal, according to arms experts who have analysed satellite images of the launch site.
Despite not having much experience on space, Andrius Kubilius is tipped to be running EU rocket and satellite policy.
Analysis of satellite images show 60-metre crater at silo suggesting a โcatastrophic failureโ after ignition Russiaโs Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile โ known in the west as Satan II โ appears to have suffered a โcatastrophic failureโ during a…
The Commerce Department is publishing a proposed rule today to ban imports of Chinese and Russian vehicles, as well as key hardware and software components, that could be used to spy on Americans or potentially even take control of their cars. โCars today have cameras, microphones, GPS tracking, and other technologies connected to the internet,โ [โฆ]
Ukraine president issues rebuke to Donald Trumpโs running mate JD Vance who has pushed for negotiations with RussiaRelations with Russia should be reconsidered after its war in Ukraine is over, French President Emmanuel Macron said yesterday. He was sp…
Hungarian PM didn’t miss a chance to mock the pace of Brussels bureaucracy.
He will work on developing the European defense union and boosting our investment in capacity,โ said Ursula von der Leyen.
Where was the president in the eight hours after the Sept. 11 attacks? The strange, harrowing journey of Air Force One, as told by the people who were on board.
Floundering opposition parties struggle to balance foreign policy and domestic concerns as they seek to topple Russia-friendly government.ย
Muskโs potential foray into government would represent a striking development for the billionaire.
Serbia gets pulled โ and pulls itself โ sharply between East and West. Where it ends up will help decide which Great Power emerges triumphant.
US sanctions appear to be deterring buyers, satellite images and ship-tracking data suggest
Venice film festival docudrama September 5 about TV crew that covered the 1972 Olympics crisis has lessons for the smartphone era, says its directorThe 1972 Munich Olympics were the first to be broadcast live by global satellite from continent to conti…
Satellite image analysis shows 329 hectares of forest cleared during development of factory in GermanyThe development of a Tesla gigafactory near Berlin has resulted in about 500,000 trees being felled, according to satellite analysis.The building of t…
Tina Bokuchava told POLITICO the EU and U.S. should impose sanctions on the ruling party over human rights breaches.
Georgian Dream looks to shut down party founded by former leader Mikheil Saakashvili.
Pontoon bridge across Seym River blown up as Ukrainian army reportedly captures another village in Kursk regionFierce fighting has continued inside Russia as Ukrainian troops tried to seize more territory and used kamikaze drones to blow up a Russian p…
The former NATO general cited West Germany as a historical comparison.
The win for the U.S. mogul comes amid fraught relations with the EU.
Poland’s space industry marks historical day.
Poland’s space industry marks historical day.
Poland’s space industry marks historical day.
Europe should look beyond space internet and start planning for a military-grade surveillance system instead.
Ukraine sets up military commandantโs office in Kursk; Russians grind on towards strategic Pokrovsk in Donbas. What we know on day 905See all our Ukraine war coverageRussia is urgently advertising for trench diggers to build defences in the Kursk regio…
Russian military personnel are being trained in Iran to use the Fath-360 ballistic missile system, European intelligence sources said, adding that they expected the delivery of hundreds of the satellite-guided weapons to Russia for its war in Ukraine.
Dealing with X is like handling diplomacy with a major state, Peter Kyle says.
POLITICO looks back on the French commissioner’s first stint at the Berlaymont.
As chair of the National Space Council, Harris has been a leading advocate of getting astronauts back to the moon to build a lunar base.
Kerch bridge defences also hit in wave of attacks; Zelenskiy stands beside F-16 fighter jets, officially announcing their arrival. What we know on day 894See all our Ukraine war coverageUkraine sank a Russian submarine in Crimea, hit a Russian airfield…
BP and Socar among culprits, according to satellite data examined by campaign group
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Elon Musk’s Starlink is stealing a march on the EU’s fledgling alternative.
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Extensive satellite use in the Ukraine conflict has underlined the sectorโs strategic importance
One successful test launch doesn’t mean that Europe’s struggles in the space race are over.
The launch marks a big success for Europeโs space program.
The European Unionโs weather satellite agency should review its decision to use US launchers over the European option Ariane-6, MEP Christophe Grudler wrote in a letter sent to the organisationโs board on Thursday (4 July), seen by Euractiv.
Cuba is building a new radar site likely to be capable of spying on the US Guantanamo base, a Washington think tank found using satellite images, the latest upgrade to the country’s surveillance capabilities long thought to be linked to China.
Launching a weather satellite with SpaceX and not Ariane 6 is a “surprising” decision, said Josef Aschbacher, director general of the European Space Agency.
Ukrainian military intelligence has been using the satellite to target Russian troops, weapons and logistics.
A defunct Russian satellite has broken up into more than 100 pieces of debris in orbit, forcing astronauts on the International Space Station to take shelter for about an hour and adding to the mass of space junk already in orbit, US space agencies said.
“What exactly โ time will tell,โ Kremlin spokesperson warns Washington.
The warehouse seen in satellite images was used to launch Iranian-made Shahed drones and train people, Kyiv said.
The warehouse seen in satellite images was used to launch Iranian-made Shahed drones and train people, Kyiv said.
South Korea calls in the Russian ambassador and says it could supply arms to UkraineGood morning, and welcome to our Ukraine blog where the fallout from Vladimir Putinโs visit to North Korea and Vietnam continues.South Korea has summoned the Russian am…
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Eumestat early warning system helps predict climate trends and forthcoming extreme weather events in Europe and AfricaEarly warning systems for adverse weather are increasingly important in saving lives and preventing economic disasters. Thirty countri…
4 days, 27 votes โ itโs a European election bonanza!
Rage mounts against PM as blindsided Conservative MPs and activists fear Sunak has scored an own goal.
Sweden will give all of its PBV 302 armored tracked personnel carriers.
The world’s first wooden satellite has been built by Japanese researchers who said their tiny cuboid craft will be blasted off on a SpaceX rocket in September.
Europe’s Earthcare satellite will tell us if the planet could lose the cooling effect of clouds.
Europe’s Earthcare satellite will tell us if the planet could lose the cooling effect of clouds.
Russia has launched a likely space weapon and deployed it in the same orbit as a US government satellite, the Pentagon said.
“We have to have a secure connectivity program,” said the European Space Agency’s director general.
Revelation comes as countries haggle over space war rules at the United Nations.
ICC prosecutor alleges war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by both sides in Gaza war.
“European solidarity? With whom. And with whose money?” one MEP asked.
Raisi had been tipped as a possible successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The countryโs foreign ministry said the supply of long range weapons to Ukraine by the UK and US had led to an escalation in the conflictA long-range Ukrainian strike on the Moscow-controlled Belbek airbase in occupied Crimea destroyed three Russian wa…
Ukraine accuses invaders of killing civilians and setting up human shields; sanctions over North Korean arms supply to Russia. What we know on day 814Russia does not have sufficient forces on the ground to make a major breakthrough in Ukraine after lau…
A new State Department report, criticized as inconclusive, drew immediate fire from both progressive Democrats and Republicans.
After watching Israel flatten much of Gaza, President Joe Biden decided to draw the line at the city of Rafah. Now, he has to decide what to do if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu crosses it. The president quietly directed his team last week toย halt shipments of massive bombs to Israelย to โdeliver a messageโ to Netanyahu [โฆ]
Satellite images suggest that traffic on the bridge has dropped significantly since the Ukrainian attack last year, implying that Moscow may be planning to launch an assault on Ukraine using alternative land routes.
Amid arguments over electric cars, cognac and Ukraine, the French presidentโs dinner with Xi Jinping may not be much fun.ย
Finnair has stopped flights to one Estonian city thanks to the signal interference.
