Author: ShadowNews

This weekend, US President Donald Trump once again made waves in Brussels with a post on his social media platform, Truth Social. In what he described as a “letter to Nato nations,” Trump demanded that every member state stop buying Russian oil and gas. His message was blunt, as long...

Regardless of its size, Russia is once again focusing on its NATO neighbors. In September, the deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council claimed that Finland was preparing for war, an accusation previously made against the Baltic States, even as Moscow rebuilds a significant military presence along NATO’s eastern flank. This...

During the night of September 9–10, and for the first time since 1945, European fighter jets were forced to shoot down enemy aircraft over NATO territory: at least 19 Russian drones and one cruise missile violated Polish airspace. This was not an “incident,” but a deliberate test of Europe’s defenses....

Maia Sandu has accused Moscow of using Russian Orthodox priests to spread propaganda and of deploying the “Matryoshka” bot network to generate fake content disguised as legitimate foreign media. Sandu said that Russia has expanded its interference in the country’s upcoming parliamentary elections, scheduled for 28 September, to target voters...

Polish and allied aircraft have been deployed in a preventive operation in Poland’s airspace because of a threat of drone strikes in neighbouring areas of Ukraine. Authorities also closed the airport in the eastern city of Lublin. The alert on Saturday lasted about two hours. Earlier in the week, multiple...

On the busiest day, 25,000 visitors paid the daytripper fee, a number equivalent to over half the resident population. At the end of July, the second year of Venice’s daytripper tax trial came to an end. For 54 days in April, May, June, and July, tourists spending a day in...

Greece has announced a sweeping €1.6 billion tax reform aimed at tackling what Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis calls one of the country’s greatest threats, the demographic crisis. But are these measures enough to reverse Greece’s demographic decline and ease the cost of living or are they simply quick fixes to...

Prince Harry has made a surprise visit to Kyiv following an invitation from the Ukrainian government, vowing to do “everything possible” to aid the recovery of the thousands of military personnel seriously injured in the three-year war against Russia. During his trip to the Ukrainian capital, the Duke of Sussex...

Lecornu, 39, faces the challenge of securing support in a divided parliament to pass a budget France’s new prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, has pledged a “profound break” with past politics as he succeeded the unpopular centrist François Bayrou, who was ousted this week over a proposed budget squeeze. Lecornu, 39,...

Ursula von der Leyen delivered her annual State of the European Union speech in Strasbourg, where she, for the first time, proposed sanctions on Israeli officials, acknowledged the backlash over the EU-US trade deal, and underlined the importance of competitiveness for Europe. But can these promises restore trust in her...