In recent years, Europe has seen a rise in the popularity of far-right forces that intend to radically change their countries’ agendas and threaten to undermine European unity. Italy is no exception in this regard, as a certain segment of the Italian population is showing a growing demand for a...
How political instability will affect the 2027 French Presidential Election
France entered 2026 in the midst of a political crisis that, just a few years ago, would have seemed unimaginable for one of Europe’s leading democracies. Cabinet reshuffles have become routine, parliament has nearly lost its ability to form a stable majority, budget disputes have escalated into social conflict, and...
«Alliance for the Union of Romanians» – the main challenge to Romania’s political system
At the end of 2024, Romania was plunged into the most serious political crisis of its entire membership of the European Union. The country, long considered one of the EU and NATO’s most reliable allies in Eastern Europe, faced a prolonged crisis of authority, widespread distrust of state institutions and...
Vincent Bolloré’s media holdings promote Russian narratives in France
Following the outbreak of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine in 2022, the Council of the European Union imposed sanctions and banned one of the main official channels for disseminating Kremlin propaganda in Europe — the Russian state broadcasters RT and Sputnik. In France, this led to the suspension and subsequent...
Belgrade became a platform for the meeting of far-right parties of Europe
On May 31, in Belgrade, at the media center of the Association of Journalists of Serbia, a conference of far-right and neo-Nazi organizations titled “The Future of European Nations” took place. The event was presented as a meeting of the “Alliance for Peace and Freedom,” an alliance established in 2015...
The EU accuses ESN of violating European values
In May 2026, the European Union for the first time launched a large-scale investigation into the activities of a pan-European political party, “Europe of Sovereign Nations” (ESN), closely linked to the parliamentary group of the same name in the European Parliament and representing the far-right spectrum of European politics. The...
Russian trace in the collapse of Polish crypto exchange Zondacrypto
In May 2026, Poland and the international information space were shaken by news that one of Poland’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Zondacrypto (formerly BitBay), had halted withdrawals for its users. The crisis peaked when it emerged that the platform faced a shortfall of at least 350 million zlotys (about $96 million),...
Loopholes in sanctions, or why European banks can’t stop Russian capital
On 19 May 2026, OFSI (Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation) fined the London branch of Deutsche Bank £165,000 for violations of the sanctions regime against Russia and published investigation materials showing that Deutsche Bank had processed two payments totalling £635,619 in June and July 2022 to the Russian streaming service...
Iceland under fire from disinformation ahead of referendum
After the financial collapse of 2008, Iceland became one of the few European countries where the idea of joining the European Union transformed from a discussion into a matter of national survival. Today, nearly two decades later, the country is revisiting the topic of European integration — but in an...
“Storm-1516” against Armenia: how Russia conducts hybrid warfare with fake investigations
Until 2020, Armenia remained one of the most Russia-dependent states in the South Caucasus. However, its defeat in the war over Nagorno-Karabakh and the subsequent events dramatically changed the situation. In 2023, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan publicly declared that Armenia’s exclusive reliance on Russia for security matters had been a...