France detains fourth Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tanker in 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron announced the successful operation to detain another tanker linked to Russia’s “shadow fleet”. This is already the fourth such incident since the beginning of the current year. The French leader made the announcement in his official X account on Thursday, 25 June. Macron posted a video…
King Charles III becomes the first monarch in history to disclose his income
King Charles III of the United Kingdom has taken a historic step towards greater transparency in royal finances. He will become the first British monarch to publicly disclose his personal tax information. The details are expected to be released in the coming days alongside the royal family’s annual financial report….
Nearly a quarter of voters in Europe now back far-right parties
Almost one in four voters in Europe now cast their ballot for far-right parties, research shows, a proportion that has grown nearly fivefold since the mid-1990s and climbed particularly steeply over the past three years. The research, led by Matthijs Rooduijn, a political scientist at the University of Amsterdam, for…
Hungary will declassify communist-era intelligence archives
Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar announced that he has submitted a bill to parliament to declassify communist-era security service archives, fulfilling his main campaign promise. The initiative would create an independent commission of historians, archivists, and active intelligence officers, and would significantly narrow the criteria for secrecy: documents would remain…
Romania’s Chamber of Deputies quietly passes bill on union between Romania and the Republic of Moldova
A legislative proposal submitted by the fringe, far-right SOS Romania party regarding the union of Romania with the Republic of Moldova was adopted tacitly on Wednesday, June 24, by the Chamber of Deputies. The legislative initiative was submitted to Parliament back in April and received a negative opinion from the…





