The Hamburg Public Prosecutor's Office reported the detention of two foreign nationals suspected of attempting to sabotage German Navy warships. The detainees were a 37-year-old Romanian citizen and a 54-year-old Greek citizen. The arrests took place in Hamburg and in a village in Greece. Searches were carried out at their...
Poland launches investigation into Epstein’s possible ties to Russian intelligence
The Polish government has announced the launch of an official investigation into possible links between American financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Russian intelligence services. This was announced by Prime Minister Donald Tusk at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, 3 February. According to Tusk, in recent days, there...
Scandal in Swiss banking: Credit Suisse concealed nearly 900 Nazi accounts
A new independent investigation has uncovered around 890 previously unknown accounts at Swiss bank Credit Suisse that were potentially linked to the Nazi regime. This was announced by the chairman of the US Senate Judiciary Committee, Chuck Grassley, a Republican from Iowa, on the eve of the committee hearings. According...
Germany opposes direct talks with Russia
The German government has officially confirmed its negative stance on resuming direct diplomatic contacts with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the context of resolving the war in Ukraine. This was reported by Euronews, citing a representative of the German Federal Foreign Office. In a comment to the publication, a representative...
The United States will create a strategic reserve of critical minerals
US President Donald Trump has announced the creation of the country's first-ever strategic reserve of critical minerals, called Project Vault. The initiative, aimed at reducing dependence on China for supplies of rare earth elements and other key materials, will be funded to the tune of approximately $12 billion. ‘Today, we...
Hungary has filed a lawsuit with the EU Court against the ban on Russian gas imports
Hungary has officially appealed to the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg to annul the REPowerEU regulation, which provides for a complete phased withdrawal of EU countries from Russian energy imports. This was announced by Péter Szijjártó, Hungary's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade. According to him, the lawsuit was...
Five suspects arrested in Germany for organising illegal exports of goods to the Russian defence industry
On 2 February 2026, German law enforcement agencies conducted a large-scale operation, during which five people were arrested on suspicion of creating a network to circumvent European sanctions and supply goods to Russian defence industry enterprises. According to the German Federal Prosecutor's Office (Generalbundesanwalt), those detained are German citizens as...
Lord Mandelson passed confidential British economic plans to Epstein
New documents from the so-called ‘Epstein files’ published by the US Department of Justice have caused a huge stir in Britain. According to the documents, Lord Peter Mandelson, former Business Secretary in Gordon Brown's government and former British Ambassador to the US, passed confidential information about sensitive economic discussions within...
Beijing has officially announced its intention to make the yuan a global reserve currency
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for the Chinese yuan to become one of the world's leading reserve currencies, according to the Financial Times, citing a publication in the Chinese Communist Party's theoretical journal Qiushi. An article based on Xi Jinping's 2024 speech to provincial and ministerial officials emphasises the...
Starmer initiates a reset of UK-EU defence relations
The UK is considering joining the EU's new defence funding program, Security Action for Europe (SAFE), in its potential second iteration. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced that the government is ready to explore the option of participating in an updated version of this multi-billion-pound mechanism. He made this announcement on...