Four years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the European Union finds itself in a contradictory position — supporting Kyiv with record levels of financial and military assistance while continuing to pay billions of euros to Moscow for energy supplies. According to data reviewed by Reuters on October 10, 2025,…

EU pledges new winter aid and justice for Russian war crimes. The EU’s foreign policy chief announced fresh support packages and warned that Russia seeks to test Europe’s unity through fear and disinformation. Standing in Kyiv on Monday (13 October), EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Russia is deliberately…

After a week of intense negotiations and backroom deals, the leader of the victorious ANO party, Andrej Babis, unveiled over the weekend more details about what his future Czech government could look like. After a week of intense negotiations and backroom deals, the leader of the victorious ANO party, Andrej…

Macron blames rivals for ‘sense of disorder’ in France E.Macron has accused his political opponents of fuelling unrest and destabilising his government, as France faces one of its deepest political crises in years. “The political forces in parliament which voted out [former prime minister] François Bayrou and the political forces…

Party hoped to take 30 municipalities but secured three after share of vote halved from parliamentary elections. Portugal’s far-right Chega party has won its first mayoral seats in local elections, final results showed, but fell well short of expectations and its vote share halved from parliamentary elections in May. The…