Romania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has declared one of the staff members of the Russian Federation’s embassy in Bucharest persona non grata. The diplomat has been ordered to leave the country within five days. The decision follows repeated violations of Romanian airspace between 24 and 26 July. During this period,...
Burnham holds first meeting with a foreign leader
Britain’s new Prime Minister Andy Burnham welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on 27 July. It was the British leader’s first meeting with a foreign head of state since taking office. Burnham became prime minister about a week earlier, succeeding Keir Starmer. The meeting took place at a naval base in...
Normandy beaches where Allied forces landed on 6 June 1944 inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List
The Allied landing beaches in Normandy have been officially inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The decision was taken on 26 July 2026 at the 48th session of the World Heritage Committee in Busan, Republic of Korea. This marks the culmination of a project that had been in preparation...
Dutch Public Prosecution Service confiscated record €433 million in criminal assets in 2025
The Public Prosecution Service of the Netherlands last year seized a record volume of assets obtained through criminal activity. The total value of the confiscated money and property amounted to €433 million. This is the fourth consecutive year that the figures have increased. In 2024, the amount seized totalled nearly...
NATO intern detained in Belgium on suspicion of espionage
A female intern at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) has been detained in Belgium on suspicion of espionage on behalf of a third country and participation in a criminal organisation. The Belgian Federal Prosecutor’s Office announced this on Saturday, 25 July. The suspect is a Canadian national of...
Since the invasion of Ukraine, Russian drones have violated Romania’s airspace 33 times
The Romanian Ministry of National Defence reported that Russian drones have entered the country’s airspace 33 times since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The most recent case was recorded on 26 July 2026. According to the ministry, more than 100 attacks on Ukrainian territory near the Ukrainian-Romanian...
UK Defence Secretary Wes Streeting: London will not be intimidated by Tehran
UK Defence Secretary Wes Streeting has stated that the United Kingdom is not afraid of Iran’s “sabre-rattling” over its support for US actions. In comments to the BBC, he stressed that Iranian officials’ claims that Britain is allegedly a “legitimate target” for allowing the use of its bases for American...
Russian hackers spent a year targeting American nuclear scientists and defence companies
A group of Russian hackers conducted a large-scale cyber-espionage campaign over the past year, targeting nuclear scientists, employees of defence contractors, and government officials in the United States. This was reported by CNN on July 23, 2026, citing data from private-sector researchers and a joint warning from U.S. intelligence and...
European Commission fines Google €890 million for breaching Digital Markets Act
The European Commission has fined US tech giant Google (Alphabet) a total of €890 million (about $1 billion) for violating the Digital Markets Act (DMA). This marks the first major financial penalty imposed on Google under the landmark EU legislation. The Commission issued two separate decisions. Google was fined €460...
German counterintelligence warns businesses of heightened threat from Russian intelligence services
The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) has issued an official security notice (Sicherheitshinweis) to German businesses, citing a sharply increased threat from Russian intelligence services. The agency assesses the risk level as elevated, particularly for companies in the defence industry. Firms manufacturing drones and robotic systems,...