Geopolitical assessments, EU central banking updates, regulatory AI legislation summaries, and regional developments across Europe.
EuropeUK PM Andy Burnham says it is "clear" Russia interfered in the 2016 Brexit referendum, becoming the first British prime minister to publicly confirm it.
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EuropeDonald Trump announced an immediate 'energy ceasefire' between Russia and Ukraine, claiming both sides had agreed. Kyiv said the announcement was news to it, and Moscow has not confirmed it.
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EuropeWARSAW — Polish police detained a suspect on Sunday after receiving information about a possible Tusk assassination plot targeting Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, prompting an emergency meeting of the country's top security officials in Warsaw. FAKTA: Tusk assassination plot Who: Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz named
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EuropeKYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that Ukraine is ready to halt its strikes on Russian oil refineries if Moscow stops striking Ukrainian energy infrastructure, offering a reciprocal Zelenskiy energy truce that he said could take effect "as early as today." FAKTA: Zelenskiy energy truce offer What: Zelenskiy offered to stop Ukrainian
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EuropeVLADIMIR, Russia — A Ukrainian drone attack on Sunday shut down a data centre run by Russian technology giant Yandex in the city of Vladimir, east of Moscow — the third Yandex data centre strike in four days as Kyiv widens its campaign against infrastructure deep inside Russia. FAKTA: Yandex data centre strike in Vladimir
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EuropeRussia attacked the south-eastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia with five glide bombs on Saturday morning, killing at least 15 people, including three children, Ukrainian authorities said. The glide bombs hit residential neighbourhoods in the city early on Saturday, with two of them striking blocks of flats. One bomb completely destroyed the entrance to a three-storey
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EuropeA rare violent tornado tore through Marsala, Sicily, on Friday, overturning cars, destroying a house and seriously injuring two people.
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EuropeThe International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday strongly rejected new United States sanctions imposed on the institution, calling them "an assault on the rule of law" and vowing to continue its judicial work "with independence and impartiality." The sanctions, announced by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, mark the first time Washington has targeted the
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EuropeBrussels: European Union ambassadors have approved around 1,646 new sanctions designations targeting Russia's military-industrial complex — the largest single expansion of the EU's sanctions blacklist since the war in Ukraine began in 2022.
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EuropeTens of thousands of people marched through Brussels on Friday in a national strike against planned government budget cuts, as masked protesters clashed with police near the capital's Central Station, prompting officers to deploy tear gas and water cannon. Police said about 30,000 people joined the peaceful march, while the ABVV union estimated the turnout
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EuropeA 15-year-old former pupil attacked a primary school in Leszczydol-Nowiny on Thursday, killing a 37-year-old caretaker — the second knife attack at a Polish school in two days.
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EuropeSweden will deploy a Patriot air defence system and about 100 personnel to Poland from December to protect NATO's eastern flank.
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