Ukraine at 1,567 days: a war with no exit in sight
More than four years into Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukraine's war has lasted within a single day of the First World War. The front barely moves. The…
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France's Cyprus deal and NATO's eastern fault line
When France and Cyprus signed a defense pact on June 8, Turkey's anger was expected — but the real story is NATO's eastern fracture.
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Germany's one-engine economy
Europe's largest economy has sharply revised its growth ambitions downward.
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Bulgaria cuts off public weapons stockpiles to Ukraine
Sofia’s new government has formally ended direct military transfers to Kyiv — a decision that lays bare the fractures running through the EU and NATO…
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England's bankrupt councils: Brexit's unfilled funding gap
Ten years after the referendum, English local authorities are filing insolvency notices at a historic rate.
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France's child protection failures spark push for sweeping reform
After an 11-year-old girl's death exposed France's systemic failures on sexual violence, a landmark reform bill stalled since late 2025 is back at the…
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Rising waters: Europe has the data and the money — but not the plan
Europe's coastal cities have the science, the institutions, and much of the funding to adapt to rising seas. What they lack is a political framework to…
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EU enlargement: the institutional trap no one will name
The EU's official position is that enlargement is a strategic priority.
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Europe's nuclear reversal: France and the UK rearm — and stop counting
For the first time since 1992, both of Europe's independent nuclear powers are expanding their arsenals — on opposite strategic paths, with dwindling…
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EU proposes to put Patriarch Kirill back on sanctions list
The EU is targeting Russia's Orthodox Church leader for the first time since Hungary vetoed his blacklisting in 2022.
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Belfast on fire: how the far right weaponizes the knife
A brutal knife attack in a quiet Belfast neighborhood, a Sudanese refugee arrested, a video gone viral — and within hours, the city was burning.
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France bans Smotrich — but Europe stays divided
Paris has barred Israel’s finance minister from French territory, joining a joint declaration with the U.K., Canada, Norway, Australia and New Zealand.
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