Most Americans believe that U.S. President Donald Trump is benefiting from his office in unethical or illegal ways and is more focused on increasing his personal wealth than on helping the country’s citizens. This is shown by the results of a new poll by the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs...
EU unblocks €4.2 billion for Hungary and restores access to Erasmus+ and Horizon Europe
The Council of the EU has approved the unblocking of €4.2 billion in previously frozen cohesion funds for Hungary and lifted restrictions on Hungarian universities’ participation in the Erasmus+ and Horizon Europe programmes. The decision was taken at the General Affairs Council meeting in Luxembourg after Budapest fulfilled the rule-of-law...
Chief MI5 warns of escalating Iranian and Russian hybrid campaigns
The head of MI5, Sir Ken McCallum, has said that Iran is expanding its attempts to strike harder targets, including military facilities in the United Kingdom, while Russia continues to escalate its hybrid warfare against Ukraine’s allies. Speaking during his annual threat assessment at MI5 headquarters (Thames House) in London,...
Man detained in Poland for online calls to murder Prime Minister
Polish police have detained a 46-year-old man in the town of Oborniki, suspected of publicly calling on the internet for the murder of representatives of the Polish authorities. Government spokesman Adam Szłapka announced the detention on Tuesday. According to him, the man threatened online to kill Prime Minister Donald Tusk...
UK to accelerate deliveries of Lightweight Multirole Missiles to Ukraine
The United Kingdom has announced it will accelerate deliveries to Ukraine of Lightweight Multirole Missiles (LMMs), which have proven highly effective against Russian jet-powered drones, and is preparing additional packages of sanctions, military assistance and financial support. The announcement came ahead of Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s meeting with President Volodymyr...
France launches its own next-generation fighter project
After withdrawing from the joint Franco-German FCAS fighter program, France is advancing its own project to develop a next-generation fighter and modernize its aviation. This was stated by the Chief of Staff of the French Air and Space Force, General Jérôme Bellanger. The French side has definitively parted ways with...
NATO’s Supreme Commander presents plan in case of Russian attack
On October 12, 2026, at the Warsaw Security Forum, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe, U.S. Air Force General Alexus Grynkewich, presented his “Theory of Victory” — a concept for how the alliance would respond to an attack on one of its member states. The plan is built on three stages:...
European Commission confirms Cyprus’s technical readiness to join the Schengen Area
The European Commission has confirmed Cyprus’s technical readiness to join the Schengen area. At the same time, the country’s final accession requires a unanimous decision by the Council of the EU after consultations with the European Parliament. The positive assessment of technical readiness was recorded in the European Commission’s Schengen...
Lithuania calls on the EU to designate Russian military intelligence as a terrorist organisation
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys has called on the European Union to recognise Russian military intelligence (the GRU) as a terrorist organisation. He made the statement on 12 October 2026 in Luxembourg ahead of a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council. According to Budrys, the EU must intensify Russia’s...
UK and EU to hold annual leaders’ summit on 20 November in Brussels
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...