The Italian Navy has taken delivery of Atlante, its second logistic support ship (LSS), during a ceremony held at Fincantieri’s Castellammare di Stabia shipyard, marking another step forward in the service’s fleet renewal program managed under the aegis of Organization for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR). The LSSs, built as part...
Media Storm in Bulgaria: bTV Journalists rise up after morning show host is fired
In Bulgaria, a country grappling with political instability and upcoming snap elections, the sudden removal of a prominent morning show anchor from one of the nation’s leading private TV channels has ignited protests and spotlighted the fragile state of media freedom. The decision by bTV to remove Maria Tsantsarova from...
France to build new aircraft carrier
French President Emmanuel Macron announced that France’s PANG next generation aircraft carrier programme will proceed to the realization phase. This major milestone confirms that the French Navy’s current CVN Charles de Gaulle will be replaced from 2038. The French Minister of the Armed Forces also said: “As announced by the President of...
Parliamentary elections in Kosovo
Whatever the result, swift institution-building is essential to unlock vital funds, stabilize finances, and advance European integration. As Kosovo prepares for parliamentary elections on 28 December, the young Balkan nation finds itself grappling with a profound political crisis that has paralyzed governance for nearly a year. Kosovo will hold elections...
Rosatom is Putin’s geopolitical arm
A Russian government-owned company is set to be involved in manufacturing nuclear fuel in the heart of the European Union, as part of a controversial proposal that’s awaiting approval from German authorities. The French-Russian joint venture, which would manufacture nuclear fuel rods and assemblies in Lingen in northwest Germany, is...
Britain cuts funding for countering Russian influence in the Western Balkans
The UK has cut funding aimed at countering Russian propaganda in the Western Balkans, where Russia is accused of sowing division and destabilisation, from £40 million last year to £24 million for 2025-26. Keir Starmer’s decision to cut overseas aid has resulted in a 40 percent reduction in funding for...
EU renews economic sanctions against Russia
Today, the Council renewed the EU’s restrictive measures in response to the Russian Federation’s continued actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine for a further six months, until 31 July 2026. These economic measures, first introduced in 2014, were significantly expanded after February 2022 in response to Russia’s unprovoked, unjustified and...
Deepfake about a “coup” in France: how a fake video nearly caused international panic
In December 2025, social networks, particularly Facebook, became a platform for the spread of dangerous deepfakes — videos generated by artificial intelligence that announced an alleged coup in France. The video, which imitated an emergency report from the scene, garnered over 13 million views and caused real alarm not only...
Uninvestigated death and missing data: the Serbian trail in Moscow
The death of Radomir Kurtic, a representative of the Serbian state defense company Jugoimport-SDPR, who died in Moscow on November 17, 2025, remained virtually unnoticed by the international community until mid-December, when it was reported by the Serbian media. The Military Security Service and the Information and Security Agency (BIA)...
Neo-Nazi teenagers: German prosecutors bring charges against eight members of terrorist group
The German Federal Prosecutor's Office (Bundesanwaltschaft) has officially brought charges against eight young people suspected of belonging to the right-wing extremist terrorist group “Last Wave of Defense” (Letzte Verteidigungswelle, L.V.W.). Seven of them are charged with membership in a terrorist organization, and one with supporting such an organization. The charges...