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“We are seeing more and more clearly that Russia’s aggression was and is part of a plan targeted against the whole of Europe,” the German chancellor said in his New Year’s address

Amid the war in Ukraine and its own political fractures, the EU has managed a modest strengthening of its geopolitical toolkit. Whether that will be enough for the storms ahead is another question

Inside a farmer’s journey from beet grower to ‘Pistachio King’

The summit will be preceded by a meeting of security advisers from countries allied to Kyiv on 3 January, the Ukrainian president said on social media

At the European level, the idea of a sugar tax has faced heavy backlash from industry

South Korea has become an important defence partner for Poland in recent years

US vice-president JD Vance criticised the ban on stage at the 2025 edition of the Munich Security Conference

The report concluded that pay-outs for the reviewed period are “consistent, closed, and verifiable,” though it noted “striking” minor expenses related to restaurant and hotel payments

“Our ultimate goal is to create the most modern border protection on the eastern border of the EU,” Interior Minister Rihards Kozlovski said

While Washington and Kyiv trade optimism about a possible deal, Russia’s president is signalling to his own people that the war will grind on – and that they should brace for it