Italy can do without Russian gas, says energy minister (www.politico.eu)
Rome has no reason to oppose EU sanctions targeting Russian LNG, Energy Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin says....
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Rome has no reason to oppose EU sanctions targeting Russian LNG, Energy Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin says....
“The accused repeatedly passed on information about negotiations and decisions in the European Parliament to his intelligence service client,” authorities said....
The European Commission is pushing for the post-pandemic recovery fund not to be repeated — as well as for conditions on financing of poorer regions....
The tools tended to return incorrect election dates and information about how to cast a ballot, said Democracy Reporting International....
One Russian cruise missile violated Polish airspace....
Before his death, the opposition leader laid out a strategy to challenge the Russian president....
President Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday that France would send Mirage 2000 fighter jets to Ukraine, in what would appear to be a significant increase in his country’s direct military support to Kyiv....
Kyiv is making it increasingly difficult for Russia to keep the peninsula supplied....
G7 nations are coalescing around a plan to use frozen Russian assets to secure an enormous loan....
Opposition’s triumph in Istanbul, where the president had invested significant electoral resources, boosts a party that was left reeling by a general election defeat last year....
As Ukraine runs short on ammunition, the German and French leaders are at odds over military aid.
The European Commission has decided to stop advertising on social media platform X, owned by Elon Musk, over “widespread concerns relating to the spread of disinformation,” according to an internal note obtained by POLITICO’s Brussels Playbook....
Elon Musk has until the end of Wednesday to respond to demands from Brussels to remove graphic images and disinformation linked to the violence in Israel from his social network X — or face the full force of Europe’s new social media rules....
The EU has largely remained silent on the case before the International Court of Justice....
Fragmented extremist forces are seen as unlikely to unite into a single political bloc, however....
Governing Georgian Dream party can still force the controversial legislation through parliament....
Intimidation is becoming a feature of daily life, even before a controversial new Kremlin-style law takes effect....
Brussels warns new curbs on civil society flout “European values” as protests grow in Tbilisi....
European Public Prosecutor’s Office says budget move means it may no longer be able to focus on its investigative operations....
Israel’s war in Gaza stokes European tensions, after clashes erupt between students and cops at American colleges....
European Commission warns BYD, SAIC and Geely that their lack of cooperation frees its hands to impose higher penalties, letters seen by POLITICO show....
Injured soldiers face social stigma … and their numbers have soared....