September 2026 greeted Europeans with a deceptive calm. The lights are still on in Paris, Berlin and Amsterdam, and officials insist that the worst energy shocks are behind them. Behind closed doors, however, analysts and energy-crisis staff are growing uneasy. Autumn is here, temperatures across Europe are sliding, and the...
Police from four countries carry out Europe’s largest raid against Hells Angels
Early on Wednesday, 30 September, more than 1,000 police officers launched coordinated raids in Germany, Belgium, Bulgaria and the Netherlands. The operation targeted an international money-laundering network linked to members of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang. According to Duisburg police and the dpa news agency, 14 arrest warrants were executed....
About 50 sabotage incidents recorded in Europe in September
According to available data from European intelligence services, around fifty incidents classified as hybrid operations occurred in September 2026 across the EU and the United Kingdom. The geography includes Germany, France, Britain, Poland, Spain, the Baltic states and Scandinavia. Targets cited include military-industrial enterprises, warehouses, railway infrastructure, aviation logistics facilities,...
The EU’s private combat-training market has become a channel for Russia
Despite having a developed combat school of its own, Russia and affiliated structures have already used foreign training sites in Europe to prepare people for coercive and combat tasks. One documented case came in 2024, when Moldovan law-enforcement agencies uncovered the recruitment and training of citizens at facilities in Serbia...
The Kremlin’s Disposable Agents in Europe
Russia’s hybrid aggression against Europe has intensified markedly in 2026, and one of its most dangerous strands is the expansion of sabotage. In recent months, European intelligence services have increasingly warned of Russian sabotage, the recruitment of operatives, and preparations for attacks on sites linked to support for Ukraine. The...
A tourist paradise for circumventing European sanctions
Tighter Western restrictions have not cut Russia off from dual-use technologies and sanctioned goods of European and American origin used in Russia’s defense industry. Having adapted to the sanctions, Moscow has widened the geography of supply through third countries — from traditional transit routes in Central Asia to tourist and...
How European technologies keep reaching Russia’s defence industry through third countries
Despite expanding sanctions, European industrial and navigation technologies continue to reach Russia and Belarus through intermediaries, concealed end users, and re-exports from third countries. Investigations and law-enforcement statements released in August–September 2026 showed that the weak point of the sanctions regime remains control over goods after they have formally left...
French Foreign Minister warns that concessions to the far-right lead to disaster
French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot said democratic and republican forces have no right to make any concessions to the far right. At the same time, he called for an urgent response to the “despair and public anger” that are fueling the rise of such parties. The...
Italian foreign minister warns of possible Russian attempts to influence elections in Italy and across Europe
Italian Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani said he does not rule out attempts by Russia to interfere in democratic processes in European Union countries, including efforts to influence elections in Italy. He made the remarks on September 2 in Ireland as he arrived for an informal meeting...