Europe
Costa launches EU capitals tour to seek 2028–34 budget deal
The European Council president is testing compromises on the nearly €2 trillion plan as governments remain divided over its size, priorities and funding.
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Europe
Poland signs $2.2 billion Piorun air-defense agreement with allied buyers
The framework order covers thousands of Polish-made launchers and missiles, with most going to Poland and the rest to Lithuania, Latvia and Norway through an EU procurement program.
Europe
France accelerates missile support for Ukraine as Russian attacks intensify
Paris is moving faster on interceptors, SAMP/T deployment and production licences as ballistic strikes increase civilian losses and strain Ukraine's air defenses.
Europe
Zelenskyy dismisses senior aide as graft probe and election pressure converge
A money-laundering investigation reached Ukraine's presidential office as a dismissed defense minister called for a legal path to elections under prolonged martial law.
Europe
Critical Inputs Expose the EU's Supply Security Gap
Europe's critical raw materials agenda is moving from ambition to execution, but the central challenge is no longer only domestic capacity. The issue is how to match projects, trade rules and financing with the materials that carry the greatest strategic risk.
Oceania
Penny Wong frames Australia's multicultural cohesion as a national-security asset
The foreign minister's planned speech links domestic cohesion to Indo-Pacific partnerships, trade and resilience as One Nation's support rises and Pauline Hanson calls for a monoculture.
Brazil
Brazil's Rare Earth Strategy Moves Into Policy Design
A new final report prepared to support Brazil's National Rare Earth Strategy places the country's mineral agenda within the contest for higher value-added supply chains.
Africa
Africa and Europe Face a Less European World Order
A long-range view of 2050 frames a world that is warmer, older, more African and less European, but not fully multipolar.
Europe
Italy and Spain escalate Ceuta dispute with reciprocal border checks
Reciprocal checks on travellers have turned the Ceuta migration crisis into a dispute between two major EU governments, testing free movement while both sides insist the measures are temporary.
Europe
EU directs €1.4 billion in Russian-asset profits to Ukraine financing and military aid
The latest allocation will send €1.33 billion to a mechanism servicing G7 and EU loans to Kyiv and €70 million to military assistance, while the immobilised central-bank principal remains untouched.
Europe
Hungarian companies pivot as Magyar dismantles the Orban-era business order
Companies built around state contracts are moving toward smaller projects as anti-corruption reforms, procurement reviews and a new competitive environment reshape corporate Hungary after 16 years of Viktor Orban's rule.
Russia
Russian diplomat portrays US-EU ties as an exchange of military and economic interests
Rodion Miroshnik argued that Europe seeks American military, technological and energy capabilities, while Washington is pursuing European capital, skilled personnel, technology and industrial activity.