On January 15, 2026, Russia's Federal Security Service announced that it had uncovered an undeclared British secret service agent operating under cover of a position at the British Embassy in Moscow. According to the FSB Public Relations Center, counterintelligence operations identified Davis Gareth Samuel, born in 1980. Officially, he held...
Russia recruits “disposable” saboteurs in Europe
In 2025–early 2026, European intelligence agencies recorded a sharp increase in attempts to recruit EU citizens to carry out sabotage operations on the territory of NATO and EU countries. According to estimates by the counterintelligence services of several countries, this involves a scheme using so-called “disposable” operatives — people who...
Danish company ROCKWOOL announces the actual seizure of its factories in Russia
Danish thermal insulation manufacturer ROCKWOOL has officially announced that it has lost control of all its Russian assets, including four factories. The company explicitly points to the forced seizure of property by the Russian authorities. According to a statement by ROCKWOOL published on January 13, 2026, on December 31, 2025,...
Greenland has officially called on the UK to defend it against threats from Donald Trump
The Greenlandic authorities have openly called on the UK to “dare to have principles” and to be more active in helping to counter pressure from US President Donald Trump, who has been threatening for several weeks to use force to annex the world's largest island to the United States. Speaking...
Poland narrowly avoided a nationwide blackout due to the largest cyberattack in the country’s history
Poland was on the verge of a massive power outage at the end of December 2025. This was announced by two high-ranking officials — Energy Minister Milosz Motyka and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Affairs Krzysztof Gawkowski. According to Energy Minister Miloš Motika, in the last week of...
The UK imposes new large-scale sanctions against Iran due to the suppression of protests
The UK government has announced the most extensive package of sanctions against Iran in recent years. The new restrictive measures are in response to the ongoing harsh crackdown on anti-government protests and numerous cases of the death penalty being imposed on demonstrators. The sanctions list includes: 47 high-ranking officials from...
London is becoming safer: record low murder rate since 1997
In 2025, only 97 murders were recorded in London — the lowest figure since 2014, when 95 cases were recorded. This was reported by the Metropolitan Police on January 12, 2026. According to the agency, the number of murders decreased by 11% compared to 2024 (109 cases). At the same...
The largest maritime cocaine seizure in Spanish history
The Spanish National Police and the Customs Surveillance Service (Servicio de Vigilancia Aduanera) carried out one of the largest maritime drug interdiction operations in recent years. In the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 650 km off the coast of Cadiz, a fishing trawler flying the flag of one of the West African...
A large spy network operating from the Hungarian representation to the EU has been exposed in Brussels
The Belgian State Security Service (VSSE/Sûreté de l'État), in cooperation with the counterintelligence services of several EU countries, announced the uncovering of one of the largest spy networks of the last decade, which operated directly from the building of the Permanent Representation of Hungary to the European Union. According to...
Trump imposes 25% tariffs on all of Iran’s trading partners
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order imposing 25% additional duties on goods from all countries that continue to trade significantly with the Islamic Republic of Iran. According to the text of the decree, all countries whose trade turnover with Iran exceeded $2 billion in 2025 (except for...