On 20 May, the European Union adopted its 17th sanctions package against the Russian Federation. This package significantly expands the list of entities subject to EU sanctions. It includes 189 ...

In the second round of Romania’s repeat presidential election on 18 May, Nicușor Dan emerged victorious. The independent, pro-European, centre-right politician who advocates continued support for ...

Russian forces have threatened the eastern flank of the Ukrainian grouping near Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad, striking west along ...

He also described Vladimir Putin’s absence from the talks in Istanbul as an obstacle to progress and proof of Russia’s lack of intent to end the war. Following the meeting, Umerov stated that the ...

On 6 May, a 205/205 exchange of prisoners of war took place, the terms of which were agreed with the mediation of the United ...

High-level analysis of the European Union’s response to the embargo on dual-use item exports to Russia. Dual-Use Sanctions to ...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s participation in the Kremlin’s commemorations of the 80th anniversary of victory in World War II (the Moscow Victory Day Parade) was combined with a four-day official state ...

On 9 May, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced the exposure of two agents – former soldiers of the Ukrainian army who had allegedly been recruited by Hungarian military intelligence. They ...

On 11 May, parliamentary elections were held in Albania, resulting in a sweeping victory for the ruling Socialist Party (PS), led by Prime Minister Edi Rama, who has been in power since 2013.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, French President Emmanuel Macron, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met in Kyiv with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

On 30 April, the Russian government approved a draft law to revise the 2025 budget parameters. The government’s new macroeconomic projection assumes, among other things, an average annual oil export ...

On 9 May in Lviv, the foreign ministers of the so-called Core Group – a coalition of around 40 states working towards the establishment of a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against ...