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...
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...
The ‘Council of Peace’ – a new chapter in world politics or an attempt to rewrite the rules of the game
On 16 January 2026, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, US President Donald Trump officially announced the creation of a new international structure, the so-called ‘World Peace Council,’ which, according to him, should become a key instrument for conflict resolution and the restoration of affected territories....
The EU has officially added Russia to its list of countries with a high risk of money laundering and terrorist financing
On January 29, 2026, the European Commission's decision to add the Russian Federation to its list of countries with a high risk of money laundering and terrorist financing (AML/CFT) came into effect. Russia became the 30th jurisdiction on this EU "blacklist," which already includes North Korea, Iran, Syria, Afghanistan, Yemen,...
Lord Peter Mandelson has left the Labour Party amid new revelations in the Epstein case
Lord Peter Mandelson, a former British government minister, ex-ambassador to the United States and one of the most influential figures in the history of the Labour Party, has announced his resignation from the party. The decision comes amid a new wave of publications related to his long-standing contacts with the...
Trump threatens the whole world with new tariffs
US President Donald Trump continues to escalate trade conflicts, threatening countries around the world with new tariffs. In recent weeks, the Trump administration has announced potential tariffs on imports from at least ten countries, raising concerns about the isolation of the United States on the global stage and the formation...
The ‘shadow fleet’ and the European decision to close the Baltic Sea
After Russia launched a full-scale war against Ukraine in February 2022, Europe and the G7 countries imposed extensive sanctions on the Kremlin's energy sector, including a ban on insurance, financial and service provision for Russian tankers transporting oil whose value exceeds the price cap. This restriction is intended to deprive...
The political crisis in the Conservative Party deepens
The Conservative Party is going through one of the most difficult periods in its modern history. Over the past two weeks, the party has lost several high-ranking figures who have defected to Nigel Farage's right-wing populist Reform UK, causing a sharp split and calling into question the future of the...
The UK launches AI assistants in the police force
UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced a major technological reform of the police force, centred on the active introduction of artificial intelligence. A key element of the reform is the creation of a national Police.AI centre with a budget of £115 million, which will develop, test and distribute AI...
The ‘Salt Typhoon’ of Chinese hackers
The Chinese cyber espionage operation, codenamed Salt Typhoon, which allowed Beijing to listen in on the mobile phones of high-ranking officials in Washington and London for years, was perhaps the most serious failure of Western counterintelligence. The main shock for the intelligence community was not the fact that the mobile...