The governments of 41 states have called for mandatory 24-hour advance notification of launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles, submarine-launched ballistic missiles, and space launch vehicles. This is stated in a joint statement published on the website of the U.S. Permanent Mission to International Organizations in Geneva. The signatories include the...
German lawmaker calls for preemptive cyberattacks on Russian drone factories
The chairman of the Bundestag’s Parliamentary Oversight Committee, Marc Henrichmann of the CDU, has proposed giving German intelligence agencies the power to launch preemptive cyberattacks against Russian drone manufacturers. Henrichmann argued that the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) and the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) require “the...
US begins sending confiscated “shadow fleet” tankers for scrap
The US government has sold for scrap two sanctioned oil tankers previously seized in operations targeting sanctions evasion linked to Russia, Iran, and Venezuela. The buyer is the Dubai-based ship recycling company Global Marketing Systems (GMS). The deal, whose value has not been disclosed, was concluded in July on the...
Austria exposes network supplying equipment to Russia’s defense industry in circumvention of EU sanctions
Austria’s Directorate of State Security and Intelligence (DSN) has exposed an international network that organized the supply of highly specialized industrial equipment to Russia’s defense industry in circumvention of European Union sanctions. This was reported on Monday by the website of Austria’s Ministry of the Interior. At the center of...
Scandal erupts in Poland over President Nawrocki’s free official housing
Poland’s Supreme Audit Office (NIK) has found that the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) failed to charge Karol Nawrocki for occupying a guest room at the institution while he served as its chairman. The audit concerns a 71-square-metre room. Unpaid rent and utility costs totalled 55,200 zlotys — roughly €13,000–14,000...
Swedish security service dismantles long-running Russian spy operation in Stockholm
Sweden’s security service, Säpo, has disrupted a prolonged operation by Russia’s foreign intelligence service, the SVR, aimed at gathering intelligence on Swedish decision-making processes and international relationships. The primary objective was to lay the groundwork for influencing public opinion on contentious issues, thereby weakening Sweden’s leadership and discrediting the country,...
MI6 ranks first in European intelligence agencies according to L’Express
The French magazine L’Express has published a ranking of European intelligence services based on a survey of 60 current and former senior officers from 25 intelligence agencies worldwide, including the CIA and Mossad. The panel included 15 former heads of intelligence services, among them Yossi Cohen, former director of Israel’s...
Poland becomes the sixth-largest economy in the European Union
According to Eurostat data for 2025, Poland has for the first time entered the top six largest economies in the EU. The country’s nominal GDP reached €922.9 billion, accounting for approximately 4.9% of the total gross domestic product of the entire European Union. Poland overtook Belgium, Sweden, Ireland and Austria....
One in six Russian diplomats in Austria linked to intelligence services
At least one in six Russian diplomats accredited in Austria has ties to Russian intelligence, according to data from the RuPEP database. Out of 117 Russian diplomats in Austria, at least 21 are linked or potentially linked to the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), the Main Directorate of the General Staff...
Spanish intelligence warns of new attempt at mass migrant breakthrough into Ceuta
Spanish intelligence services have concluded that a new large-scale attempt by migrants to reach Ceuta could occur in the near future. Calls for a mass border crossing are once again actively circulating online. This action closely resembles the one that led to the breakthrough in late July 2026, when between...