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Russia’s election interference playbook targets Armenia

The rise of ‘drone studies’

European Commission and EIB Group announce new financing package of over €600 million to support Ukraine’s recovery

Xi Jinping’s forever war on corruption

Russia’s FSB tortured 9 Kherson residents for months, fabricated terrorism case against them; 1 died in custody

EU and EIB to boost businesses in partner countries through €1.3 billion financing

How the Russian Federation is "taking away" apartments from Ukrainians in the occupied territories

‘Living on borrowed time’: Russia manipulating data to make its economy look better

Attacks on Infrastructure and the Iran War Weigh on Ukraine’s Economic Outlook 

Wagner-Africa Corps Transition in the Central African Republic: A Three-Body Problem

EU approves €90 billion loan for Ukraine after Hungary lifts controversial veto

EU delivers extra €189 million under Reform and Growth Facility for Moldova

China’s hacking of Russia reveals the boundaries of their partnership

Putin’s Financial Pact: From Business Elites to Ordinary Russians

Russian hybrid threats: EU lists two entities over information manipulation activities

Russia keeps arresting Crimeans. The count just hit 520

BusinessEurope Presents Position Paper on European Competitiveness Fund

Security Guarantees for Russia: Why This Means the Disappearance of Ukraine

Another Chinese Politburo Member Falls

EU Enlargement: Ukraine as a Special Case – the Western Balkans as the Norm

Russia targets elections in Hungary and Bulgaria

Bullying in the Russian army. Torture, beating, rape in the so-called "Putin's brigade"

The Disastrous Paradox of Russian Fear

Transnistria: Pain-Free Reintegration?

Surviving the Russian 'human safari' in Kherson 

5,000 patients medically evacuated from Ukraine for urgent treatment

Three conclusions for Ukraine after Magyar's victory in Hungary

€90 billion for Ukraine and a "kiss of death" for populists. How the Hungarian elections will affect Brussels and Kyiv

Ukraine seizes Russian position without using soldiers in a battlefield first

‘We were never friends’: Kremlin plays down loss of ally following Orbán’s election defeat

The “Crimean” Architecture of Enforced Disappearances. Who and How Are Abducting Residents of the Occupied Territories of Ukraine?

Knives Out 2.0. What's Going On At Russia's Defense Ministry?

A Deal with the Devil: Lukashenko Navigates Domestic and External Vulnerabilities in Managing Relations with Russia

OPINION: A New Battle in the Kremlin

Path to EU market: Georgian businesses tap into Estonian expertise with EU and UNDP support

When Loyalty Becomes Liability: The Fall of Zhang Youxia and Xi’s Grip on the PLA

Russia suffers ‘record’ soldier casualties as Ukraine ups drone production

The Impact of Candidate Status in Georgia and Moldova

Why are we being "washed" by Putin's propaganda? Media in Serbia quoted 67% of news from Russia's Sputnik

Easter prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia. Who was returned

Argentina revokes press credentials amid probe into alleged Russian disinformation network

Orbán Falls: A Political Earthquake That Shakes Moscow, Washington and the Global Right

Russia has shifted to a year-round conscription system. Here’s what that means for the country’s young men.

Congress Leads New EU Programme for Western Balkans

Greece and France charge suspects in separate China-linked espionage cases

The Cold Reality of April 2026: Five Parameters of a War of Attrition Between Ukraine and Russia

Russia to Armenia: Do as We Say

'Drunk? Sign Here': Russia Recruits Intoxicated Men As Military Manpower Crisis Peaks

Military Drones, Incendiary Devices: How Russian Trainers Taught Subversion at Balkan Camps

Ukrainian civilians in Russian captivity and their stories

Manufacturing contempt

How the four layers of Russia’s propaganda machine have responded to the war in Iran

Europe’s coastal states tighten enforcement on Russia’s shadow fleet

“A Gift to Russia’s Enemies”: How Russian Propaganda Is Reacting to a Possible Telegram Ban

EU to deliver €1.4 billion in revenue from immobilised Russian assets to be used for support to Ukraine

Russia and China in the Arctic

‘Rapists and murderers’ in Russian army rampage while home from front

EU4Business General Assembly 2026 brings together partners to discuss future of SME support in the Eastern Partnership

Russians will strike at water resources. What scenarios are possible and what should Ukrainians prepare for?

False Promises: How Russia Traffics Africans Into Its War Machine – Analysis

Pollution and Power Cuts: Russia Targets Moldova

From ongoing war to stable truce

Armenia advances its energy resilience with additional €135 million in European Commission and the German Government support

A Coordinated Trans-Eurasian Threat: The Deepening China-Russia Strategic Partnership

Putin’s war calculus keeps oscillating as spring offensive stumbles

Russia’s foreign intelligence put Belgium under pressure

Russians’ trust in Putin falls to lowest level since Ukraine invasion

Ukrainian grain was stolen, relabeled Russian, and sold to a UN food program supplier—the paperwork said nothing about Mariupol

Putin digs into oligarchs' pockets, seeks funds for war in Ukraine

Echoes of Empire: Russia’s Post-Soviet Threats, Propaganda, and the Reality of Power

How Russia attempts to legalize the occupation of Crimea

BeeEffect Programme Successfully Concludes, Welcoming a New Generation into the EFB Community

Xi’s Purges Target China’s Rocket Force

"They Killed My Brother Themselves": How Russia Is Luring Cuban Citizens into War Against Ukraine

Putin facing another war closer to home

Putin’s misguided war on Ukraine reveals epic impotence

Russian FIMI and the war in Iran

Who and how organizes terrorist attacks and can they be prevented?

€22 million from the EU to strengthen Kyiv’s heating system

Why China, not Russia, could be the real winner of the Iran war

How Telegram became a death sentence for Russian soldiers

How close are candidate states to EU membership?

Rethinking evidence in war crimes investigations: covertly obtained material

Moldova: a two-month energy emergency due to Russian strikes on key Ukrainian power line

Putin Demands More Efficient Military Corruption

Russia's small businesses losing ground as shadow economy grows

Suspicions about the new head of the Russian Office in Pristina, REL: Ilia Uvarov appears on the list of people connected to the Russian secret service

Ukraine’s energy decentralization is a race against time—opinion

Azerbaijan: EIB Global increases support for MSMEs with additional financing for Bank Respublika

Belt and Road Becomes Key Tool in China’s Push to Enforce One-China Policy

From trench to grave

Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine: EU extends individual listings over Ukraine's territorial integrity for a further six months

Hungary’s Election Campaign: From Russia with Love

Why the Russian offensive in Ukraine has slowed down sharply

Lukoil has become unprofitable for the first time in the company's 30-year history (for fiscal 2025).

Belarus-Russia Relations After 2020: Subordination Through Integration

Security guarantees without NATO: Are they worth the paper they’re written on?

Beneath the Adriatic waves: The EU supports advancement of marine technology in Western Balkans

Xi Jinping’s Rectification Campaign And Power Consolidation In China – Analysis

Russia’s Information Grip on Ukraine’s Occupied Territories

Cold War: Moscow Targets Europe’s Communal Heating

OPINION: Russia the Arsonist Wants to Play Firefighter