£35m cargo of ship boarded by Royal Marines could help to fund Kyiv’s war effort. The UK government is evaluating the auction of approximately 98,000 tonnes of Russian crude oil seized from the tanker Smyrtos, with proceeds potentially directed to Ukraine or used to procure military equipment for Ukrainian forces....
Bulgarian Prime Minister threatens to block new EU sanctions package against Russia
Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev has stated that Bulgaria will block the new EU sanctions package against Russia. The proposed measures target Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church and Vagit Alekperov, former head of the Russian oil company Lukoil.Sofia may carry out this threat during the upcoming meeting of...
Romania’s political crisis continues to escalate
The Parliament of Romania has officially denied a vote of confidence to the government proposed by designated Prime Minister Adrian Veștea. This decision has intensified political tensions in the country. Following the failed vote, Romania has now been without a fully functioning government for 47 consecutive days .Only 189 deputies...
Czech President sues government for excluding him from NATO Summit delegation
Czech President Petr Pavel has filed a lawsuit with the Constitutional Court against the government after it refused to include him in the country’s delegation to the upcoming NATO summit in Ankara. In a video statement posted on X, Pavel described the decision as “unprecedented and extremely unfortunate. ” He...
Kremlin Plans to Weaken the Visegrad Group
Russia is developing a strategy aimed at weakening the Visegrad Group (V4) and establishing a new political format in Central Europe in which Czechia would be relegated to a secondary role. According to investigative reports, the preparation of these documents is being carried out by the “Agency for Social Engineering”...
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski warns of potential Russian false flag operation
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski has stated that Russia may be preparing a false flag attack on its own territory. According to the minister, the aim of such an operation would be to create a pretext for legitimising further military aggression against European countries. Minister Sikorski drew a historical parallel...
A close associate of the Spanish Prime Minister has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for corruption and bribery
Spain’s Supreme Court has sentenced José Luis Ábalos, former Minister of Transport and a key ally of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, to 24 years in prison on multiple corruption charges. The court convicted Ábalos of leading a criminal organization, bribery, embezzlement of public funds, abuse of office, and influence peddling....
Five Eyes intelligence alliance warns of threats from new AI models
Cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology is poised to supercharge offensive hacking capabilities, and urgent action is needed to face up to the threat, US, UK, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand officials have said. “Frontier AI models are anticipated to exceed current industry expectations, fundamentally transforming both offensive and defensive cyber capabilities,”...
Russia preparing hybrid attacks on NATO’s eastern flank
Latvian intelligence services have reported indications that Russia may be preparing hybrid provocations against the Baltic states or Poland. These actions could include the use of drones, missiles, or other hybrid measures aimed at pressuring NATO countries to reduce or halt their support for Ukraine. According to the assessment, Russia...
Global financial crime FATF watchdog adds Iraq and Bosnia and Herzegovina to ‘grey list’
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has included Bosnia and Herzegovina in its list of jurisdictions under increased monitoring, commonly known as the “grey list.” According to the FATF, jurisdictions placed under increased monitoring have strategic deficiencies in their regimes to counter money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing. These...