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Transport Summit drives connectivity investment in the Western Balkans

China’s transnational interference threatens digital rights globally

A predetermined vote in an increasingly unpredictable Russia

Team Europe assistance: EU4EG helps North Macedonia transform its economy and bring it closer to a sustainable future

Russian economic confidence falls to lowest level in two decades as war fatigue deepens

Seen and Silenced: How Russian Surveillance Software Suppresses Georgian Civilians Rights

How the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska spawned the Kremlin’s myth of the ‘spirit of Anchorage’ — and why it collapsed

Commission disburses €3.9 billion for drones under the €90 billion Ukraine Support Loan

Putin is threatened with a new "Prigozhin March": what is really happening 

Sweden is preparing for a Russian threat in the Baltic Sea

Rebuilding Ukraine while it burns — calling it progress: what Ukraine Recovery Conference 2026 actually delivered

Africa Corps Shifts Tactics in Mali

The Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression: Turning Commitment into an Operational Court Through Joint Action

EBRD provides up to US$ 40 million to Credo Bank to support MSMEs in Georgia

Behind the Lines: How Deep is China’s Engagement in Occupied Ukraine?

It's time for Russia to stop its war

Europe: armed for peace

Analysis: Can Moldova regain control of Gagauzia?

Prosecuting Russia’s crimes must not endanger child victims

Russian income inequality highest since 2007

How Moscow tries to cover up its failures on the Ukrainian battlefield

The Think-Tank Spy: Russian Diplomat Infiltrating Orbán’s Right-Wing Elite Quietly Expelled

Putin's oil empire on fire: could Ukraine cut off Russia's fuel supply?

European Parliament adopts reports on five Western Balkan countries

Xi’s Purges Target China’s Rocket Force

Promised drone jobs, sent to their deaths: Russian recruitment scheme targeting students 

Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine: new EU sanctions target energy revenues, the military-industrial complex, propaganda and human rights violations

European Commission reviews progress of key EU-supported investments in the Western Balkans

Odesa ports under attack. What will happen to Ukrainian grain and who will suffer the most?

Putin's "Kulturkampf": Russia's clash with Western values

Lukashenko faces Ukrainian strike threat: what Zelenskyy’s ultimatum really means for Belarus

Silence and Fear: Life Under Russian Occupation

EBRD and EU launch new programme to support Ukraine’s private sector

China’s Quiet Conquest of the Western Balkans — Danilo Kalezic

ANALYSIS: Russia’s Air Defense Problems Are Growing

Funny games

Brutal raid on woman's birthday party highlights rise of Russian vigilante group

How pro-Kremlin voices are reacting to the biggest attack on Moscow: propagandists call for jailing those who post drone footage, Z-bloggers praise air defenses, and state TV goes quiet

EU–Western Balkans Summit: New Energy And New Dynamics In The Enlargement Process – Will Tivat Become A New Turning Point In European Enlargement? – Analysis

Africans being tricked by Russia to fight in the killing forests of Ukraine

EIB Group and Ameriabank strengthen support for Armenian businesses through EU-backed guarantee

Putin and Xi — Friends But Not Equals

Heritage in Flames. Russia Systematically Destroys UNESCO Monuments in Ukraine, Denies Attacks 

 Humanitarian front: Russian-Serbian center, millions and an intelligence nest in Niš 

Silence of the authorities

Russian Oil Tracker – May 2026: US-sanctioned Rosneft and Lukoil regain control over exports as their share rises to 57%

G7 leaders to boost Ukraine air defences, tighten sanctions on Russia

Russian influence continues to decline in Azerbaijan and Armenia

EU urgency to dump Rosatom is growing but Russia will use every lever to prevent it

EBRD and EU scale up SME Go Green support in the Western Balkans

China Ramps Up Debt Collection

Ukraine needs €197bn to rebuild. EU budgets for only €89bn

Ukraine and Moldova to enter first phase of EU membership negotiations

NATO conscripts industry to fight Russia’s hybrid aggression

Drones, Crimea and the Front: What awaits Ukraine in the second half of summer 

The Russians will continue to try to catch up with Ukraine 

Russia’s Irrecoverable Losses: Industrial Limits Threaten Its Future As A Strategic Power – Analysis

Zelenski's open letter to Putin - EU's call to action 

The Staged Accession Model, five years on

Russia's fuel crisis intensifies as Ukraine steps up strikes on occupied territories

Closing Ceremony Marks Completion of Project on Promoting Kahriz Rehabilitation for Climate Adaptation in Azerbaijan

Xi Jinping and the Crisis of Confidence in the Chinese Military

Russia attacks gas production. Will Ukraine have enough gas and money for the winter?

Passportisation Under Pressure: Why Russia is Expanding Citizenship in Transnistria

SPIEF’26 highlighted Russia’s growing economic troubles

Russian lawmakers advance bill to punish citizens abroad for acting ‘against Russia’s interests’

Putin’s invisible front: Drones, sabotage, and hybrid warfare test Europe

How Russia lies about the stolen Ukrainian children

EU hands over 27 high-capacity generators to State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Russia Suspends Train Service To Occupied Crimea After Ukraine Drone Strike; Gasoline Shortages Worsen

Armenia's pro-West government wins election despite Russian pressure

The Kremlin's "capture strategy": how the Russian Federation finds loopholes in sanctions and why they cannot be completely closed 

Cuba and Colombia, the main recruitment hubs for the Russian army in Latin America

Russian Influence Drains Away in the South Caucasus

Russian hawks urge Putin to end the war. The dictator isn't listening   

Franco-German non-paper: A new approach to reduce obstacles to EU accession

Ukrainian Drone Attacks Widen Rift Between Moscow And Russian Regions – Analysis

EU-Moldova Investment Conference announces up to €641 million in strategic investments

Russia and China in the Arctic

Russia's chemical weapons may get out of control if we do nothing

The dog that didn’t bark: What the Danish election reveals about Russian influence operations

Putin has a new bet in the war against Ukraine. Will he succeed? 

The Kremlin's main state bank begins mass layoffs due to problems in the economy

Leaked Documents Reveal Russian ‘Cognitive Strikes’ Against the West — Including Islamophobic ‘Pig Head’ Attacks in Paris

“The apartment is not that damaged.” Are war victims in Sevastopol left without payments? 

Western Balkans success in recently approved 80 new COST Actions

Does China Want (Parts of) Siberia Back?

Russian rate of losses in Ukraine almost triples in one year

Kremlin collects $3bn from Russia’s oligarchs in "voluntary contributions" to the budget

Сost of dependence: Russia's economic downturn hits Belarusian consumers

Russia's high-security economic zone: how Alabuga, the country's main drone factory, operates

Human rights violations in Russia: EU restrictive measures extended until May 2027

“On purpose or not, Russia is still dangerous”: EU hardens stance after drone crash in Romania

ANALYSIS: Why Russia Violated Every Ceasefire for 12 Years, Even Those They Proposed

What is the Russian Oreshnik missile and why do experts doubt its effectiveness?

Russia, Israel, and the Trade in Stolen Ukrainian Grain: A Legal Analysis

Ukraine Facility: EU approves seventh payment of nearly €2.8 billion to Kyiv

China Is Wiring the Western Balkans

Nearly 500,000 Russian Soldiers Killed In Ukraine Since Start Of All-Out War, British Intelligence Says

CAUCASUS BLOG: Russia's South Ossetia treaty edges toward annexation

Not just nuclear power: how Rosatom fuels Russia’s war machine

Russia’s Deceptive War Recruitment Scheme Ensnares Thousands of Young Africans