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in EuropeUkraine doubles down on Kursk with new offensive into Russia
At the identical time, Andriy Kovalenko, the top of Kyiv’s Center for Countering Disinformation, confirmed that the counteroffensive had begun. However, the Ukrainian Armed Forces declined to remark instantly following a request from POLITICO. Ukraine launched a shock cross-border raid in August 2024, overwhelming Russian border guards and capturing cities and villages within the Kursk […] More
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in EuropeHundreds of North Korean troops dead in Kursk, Ukraine estimates
As many as 10,000 North Korean troopers are believed to have been despatched to the realm as a part of an settlement between Moscow and Pyongyang, amid warnings of dwindling Russian manpower. While Zelenskyy gave no additional particulars, a battalion is often made up of as many as 1,000 personnel. In December, Kyiv warned the […] More
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in EuropeWorld’s cartoonists on this week’s occasions
First printed on PoliticalCartoons.com, Dec. 25, 2024 | By Plop and KanKr First printed on Cagle.com, Austria, Dec. 29, 2024 | By Marian Kamensky First printed in The Salt Lake Tribune, USA, Jan. 2, 2025 | By Pat Bagley First printed on FloridaPolitics.com, Dec. 27, 2024 | By Bill Day First printed on Cagle.com, Bulgaria, […] More
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in EuropeAlways look on the intense aspect of life — why 2025 could be higher
OK, Europe should endure once more presidential histrionics and needling all-caps tweets, together with threats to withdraw from NATO and impose tariffs, however doesn’t that current a chance? Might now European leaders screw up their braveness and loosen the apron strings? For years they’ve waffled on about strategic autonomy and sharing the burden extra of […] More
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in EuropeThe largest battles headed for Brussels
One of probably the most politically delicate subjects in Brussels, the €1.2 trillion funds governs spending on something from help to Ukraine to movie subsidies. Hawkish Eastern European and Nordic international locations together with Poland and Sweden are eager to spice up EU spending on protection, whereas Southern ones similar to Italy and Greece would […] More
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in Europe2024 by the numbers ― from victims of struggle to a warming planet
At the opposite finish of Europe, Russia’s struggle in Ukraine continues. Ukrainians chalked up some successes in 2024, turning into a dominant pressure within the Black Sea regardless of the nation’s tiny navy, and mounting a counteroffensive into Russia’s Kursk area in August. But they’re ending this 12 months on the again foot, having misplaced […] More
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in Europe37 phrases that sum up a wild 2024 in British politics
As the mud settles on one other wild one, let POLITICO enable you reminisce by rattling via, in no explicit order, the 37 phrases on each extremely-online political kind’s lips this 12 months. TWO-TIER JUSTICE: A giant speaking level of comeback child Nigel Farage and his followers. They argued that the British justice system handled […] More
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in EuropePOLITICO’s most-read tales of 2024
Elections, conflict and porn: The tales that captured your consideration over the previous 12 months. Listen AI generated Text-to-speech Share More
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in EuropeTrump needs Greenland (and its 55,000 EU residents). EU says ‘no remark’.
Are you a Greenlander worrying about U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s newest declare that American “possession and management” of your homeland is a “necessity”? If so, your anxiousness could also be well-founded. Even although the overwhelming majority of Greenlanders are EU residents, the EU’s diplomatic service, often known as the European External Action Service (EEAS), isn’t […] More
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in EuropeMagdeburg assault fuels disinformation and distrust in German leaders
“Federal authorities are turning over each stone,” stated German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). But it’s removed from clear that can reassure voters, significantly as revelations about safety missteps proceed to floor. Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) was warned by regional authorities of the suspect’s doable violent intentions as […] More
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in EuropeSlovakia benefiting from conflict with Russian fuel transit gambit, Kyiv fees
“We consistently ask for sanctions in opposition to the Russian nuclear trade,” the official mentioned, granted anonymity to talk frankly concerning the delicate row. Slovakian Prime Minister Robert “Fico is amongst those that block these sanctions … and is among the key blockers of [Ukraine’s] bid to hitch NATO, too.” Fico, who together with Hungarian […] More
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in EuropeItalian court docket acquits Matteo Salvini in migrant ‘kidnapping’ case
In September, the prosecutor requested for a six-year jail time period for Salvini in addition to compensation of greater than €1 million for damages if the court docket had discovered him responsible. The appeals course of following the decision may nonetheless take years. Salvini repeatedly defended himself, saying he “merely protected the nation’s borders,” by […] More
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