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Budapest claims alternative supplies from Croatia are expensive and incapable of meeting its needs — which experts and Zagreb dispute.

Intelligence notes seen by POLITICO point to organized nature of stunt targeting Holocaust memorial.

European companies might breathe a sigh of relief but sticking points with Beijing over trade, resources and Ukraine will be hard to resolve.

From the army to pensions to the fate of the car, every major reform in Berlin has become a political battlefield.

Lawmakers voted to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention just a year after it came into force, with the move awaiting approval from Latvia’s president.

Kyiv had hoped Donald Trump would persuade China’s Xi Jinping to stop buying Russian oil to hasten the conflict’s end.

The buyer, energy trading firm Gunvor, was co-founded by Russian billionaire and Putin ally Gennady Timchenko.

Theo Francken wants Kremlin loudmouth Dmitry Medvedev to calm down, as duo spar over atomic arsenals.

Hungary’s prime minister says a probe is ongoing but hints at sabotage.

Author of EU preparedness report Sauli Niinistö says “enough trust” will mean Europe can share more intelligence.

The AfD’s internal fights over defense policy show just how far it is from acting like a governing force.

Ursula von der Leyen has announced an action plan to secure supplies, but without serious money it risks becoming a relabeling exercise.

The announcement came moments before his meeting with Xi Jinping in South Korea.

4 Bulgarian men are on trial in Paris for their alleged roles in defacing the Holocaust Memorial last year.

Political group leaders voiced concern the move could set a precedent for restricting media in the European Parliament.

Budapest’s reluctance to point the finger has delayed the bloc’s response for days.

It’s the first official acknowledgment from a NATO ally that Washington is scaling back forces on the continent.

Paris has emerged as a top target of Moscow’s hybrid war.

Ukraine’s president also wants the EU to step up by unlocking Moscow’s frozen assets to help Kyiv.

Vilnius is just being “petty,” Belarusian leader says.

Greenhouse gas pollution in 2035 would be only 6 percent lower than levels that countries have previously promised to hit by 2030, according to a U.N. report based on skimpy submissions from governments around the world.

While Budapest received the worst marks for justice in the bloc, Russia and the U.S. led a broader global retreat from the rule of law in 2025.

The idea of joint European borrowing is rejected by most of the bloc’s governments. That’s why the Commission is using it as leverage to get them to approve the use of Moscow’s assets for Ukraine.