London and Brussels have agreed to hold the annual UK-EU leaders’ summit on 20 November 2026 in Brussels. The date was confirmed on Monday, 12 October, by UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham in a statement to the House of Commons. The summit will be the second annual leaders’ meeting under...
Poland dismantles international bank fraud ring
Officers of the Central Bureau of Investigation of the Police (CBŚP), the Central Bureau for Combating Cybercrime (CBZC), and the Internal Security Agency (ABW), supported by counter-terrorism units, have dismantled an international organized criminal group engaged in fraud involving fast mobile payments. The operation was conducted under the supervision of...
How corruption and intermediaries devour billions in European aid to Ukraine and the NATO budget
September 2026 brought yet another political scandal in the sphere of European security. Its essence is that as European capitals, under the slogan “we must arm ourselves faster than Russia,” ramp up defence spending, large-scale schemes of abuse, waste and intermediary mark-ups have come to the surface. In early September...
Cyprus launches its own FBI
Today, Cyprus will officially begin full operations of a new police unit — the Directorate for Combating Organised Crime (ΔΑΟΕ / DAOE). Local media have already dubbed it the “Cypriot FBI.” The structure will be headed by Christos Andreou (Χρίστος Ανδρέου), who previously led the Drug Law Enforcement Unit (ΥΚΑΝ...
Kremlin prepares assassination attempts on top managers of European defence companies
Against the backdrop of a stalemate on the front in Ukraine and growing pressure on the Russian economy, the Kremlin, according to Western intelligence, has ordered an expansion of sabotage and “hybrid” operations in Europe. The goal is to undermine support for Kyiv in the coming months. One of the...
US Senate accuses Trump of breaking the law over Russian diesel imports
A group of seven US senators—four Republicans and three Democrats—issued a joint statement accusing President Donald Trump’s administration of violating federal law by allowing the import of Russian diesel fuel. The lawmakers demanded that the decision be immediately reversed. In the statement, published on Sunday, the senators recalled that in...
Polish security services check information about a possible attack on the prime minister and defence minister
Polish police have received information about the possible preparation of an assassination attempt on Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz. Official representatives of the security agencies announced this on Sunday. Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński and Minister-Coordinator of Special Services Tomasz Siemoniak...
Latvian MPs banned from traveling to Russia and Belarus
The Latvian Saeima has urgently adopted, in the final reading, amendments to the Law on Restrictions of Activities Threatening National Security. The changes ban deputies of city and municipal councils from travelling to Russia and Belarus. The amendments were submitted by a group of MPs, including Edmunds Jurēvics, chairman of...
Most Germans see Alternative for Germany as a threat to democracy
About two-thirds of people in Germany regard the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) as a threat to democracy, according to a new Politbarometer poll conducted by Forschungsgruppe Wahlen for the broadcaster ZDF. Asked whether the AfD poses a danger to democracy in the country, 68% of respondents said yes and...
Lithuania proposes banning Russian grain transit through the EU
Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius said he will propose that the European Union ban the transit of Russian food grain through the bloc and impose sanctions on individual Russian agribusiness figures who, in his view, support the war against Ukraine. The head of the Lithuanian government wrote this on Facebook...