Iceland under fire from disinformation ahead of referendum
After the financial collapse of 2008, Iceland became one of the few European countries where the idea of joining the European Union transformed from a discussion into a matter of national survival. Today, nearly two decades later, the country is revisiting the topic of European integration — but in an…
Invisible confrontation between Russia and NATO in the skies over the Baltic
The Baltic region is becoming a testing ground for a new kind of hybrid warfare—one of the most dangerous zones of electronic confrontation between Russia and NATO, where strikes are delivered not with missiles but with radio signals. What just a few years ago was considered isolated technical failures has…
“Storm-1516” against Armenia: how Russia conducts hybrid warfare with fake investigations
Until 2020, Armenia remained one of the most Russia-dependent states in the South Caucasus. However, its defeat in the war over Nagorno-Karabakh and the subsequent events dramatically changed the situation. In 2023, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan publicly declared that Armenia’s exclusive reliance on Russia for security matters had been a…
How sanctions did not prevent the Kremlin from making money from oil
Despite the sanctions imposed and the fight against the “shadow” fleet, Russian oil processed in third countries will now enter European markets officially and completely legally. The decision of the UK on May 19, 2026, which allowed the import of Russian fuel following similar exceptions from the US, effectively legalized…
Tenders, kickbacks, and unnecessary surgeries – the anatomy of medical corruption in Europе
On February 24, 2025, the Czech police, in cooperation with the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), conducted the largest anti-corruption operation in the history of Czech healthcare. The investigation involved more than 350 law enforcement officers, 22 people were detained, and 46 searches were carried out. The director of the…