While Europe faces the most dangerous security situation in decades, the European Union institutions remain mired in their own rules, procedures, and member state hesitations. Grand speeches about solidarity and deterrence ring hollow when heavy military convoys can take weeks to cross borders within the supposedly border-free Schengen zone. A...
10,000 Slovenians suffer heavy losses over Austrian Ponzi scheme collapse
The Austrian company operating the Lyconet network and the Cashback World program has left thousands of investors worldwide reeling. In Slovenia, where over 10,000 individuals reportedly invested in Lyconet – labeled a Ponzi scheme in several European countries, many fear losing substantial sums, with some having invested over €100,000 or...
EU seeks €133 billion for Ukraine in 2026–27 to avert collapse
Ukraine’s European allies explore reparation loans from frozen Russian assets, avoiding confiscation.To address its budget and military needs in 2026 and 2027, Ukraine requires approximately €133 billion to prevent a “collapse” in its war efforts against Russia, an EU official told EUalive’s partner European Pravda on condition of anonymity. The...
Europe exposed: malicious email messages top cyber threat list
The uneven geographical distribution of risks highlights the need for measures tailored to national contexts. In the second quarter of 2025, email was the only growing source of threats in Eastern Europe, with 4.10% of ICS computers attacked via this vector which is 1.3 times higher than the global average...
Risks of Babiš’ return to power in Czechia
Should Prague join the “sceptic camp” led by Budapest and Bratislava, it could tilt the balance against enlargement momentum. Traditionally, Czechia has been among the bloc’s most active champions of bringing in new members from both the Western Balkans and the Eastern Neighbourhood, often pushing above its weight in EU...
Romania launches volunteer military training programme
Against a backdrop of growing regional insecurity, Romania is pushing to rejuvenate and expand its depleted reserve forces. The Romanian government approved legislation introducing an expanded volunteer military training programme as part of a broader push to modernize the NATO member state’s defence capabilities and rebuild its reserve forces. The...
Kremlin propaganda and the reaction to the possible supply of Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine
Russia’s deepest fears are all-too-visible in its media output. High-performance cruise missiles are high on its anxieties list. The propagandists and experts serving the Putin regime fulfill several functions. Their main, state-directed role is to repeat and refine official talking points handed down during regular Kremlin meetings. For outside observers,...
Billionaire Andrej Babiš’s ANO party won the Czech Republic’s parliamentary election on Saturday (4 October).
Billionaire Andrej Babiš’s ANO party cruised to victory in the Czech Republic’s parliamentary election on Saturday (4 October) The billionaire rejected accusations that his win would make his country a less reliable EU and NATO partner. Billionaire Andrej Babiš’s ANO party cruised to victory in the Czech Republic’s parliamentary election...
French government quits just hours after being appointed, deepening political crisis
"There can be no return to stability without a return to the polls and the dissolution of the National Assembly," National Rally leader Jordan Bardella said. France’s new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu resigned on Monday, barely 14 hours after appointing his new cabinet, after allies and foes alike threatened to...
The Acceleration of Putin’s shadow war
Air incursions, military drills and escalating hybrid warfare hint at a new and alarming level of Russian aggression. Is it just for show? Russia and Belarus held joint military drills in September. But the biennial exercises were overshadowed by something that may be more ominous — an outbreak of drone...