NATO publishes updated baseline requirements for national resilience for the first time
NATO has for the first time publicly released an updated list of baseline requirements for the resilience of Allied states against war and other large-scale threats. The document, 2026 Resilience Baseline Requirements, was published between 15 and 17 September and sets common benchmarks to help countries prepare for crises, withstand…
US TV networks boycott coverage of the president following CNN’s suspension
Major U.S. television networks — FOX News Media, ABC News, CBS News, CNN and NBC News — on Monday suspended their joint television coverage of events involving President Donald Trump. The decision followed the administration’s refusal to allow CNN to serve as the White House television pool representative. For years,…
Paris tightens protection of critical infrastructure and defense industry sites over Russian hybrid warfare threat
The threat of Russian hybrid warfare against Europe is “real and documented” by the majority of European intelligence services, including France’s, French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said on BFMTV. Downplaying that threat would be irresponsible, he said. Sabotage and drone incidents across Europe are becoming systematic. Nuñez cited an attempted…
Former Romanian presidential candidate detained over million-euro fraud case
Romanian prosecutors from the Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) detained former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu on Monday morning. Officers stopped the politician in his car in Otopeni and took him to his home in Mogoșoaia, near Bucharest, where a search was carried out. According to DIICOT, the…
Canada invites the UK to join an economic alliance with the EU
Canada’s finance minister, François-Philippe Champagne, has called on the United Kingdom to “team up” with a nascent economic alliance between Canada and Europe. He made the remarks in an interview with the BBC. The proposal, he said, is not about formal membership, but about building an “alliance of the future”…