Sorin Moldovan, Romania’s deputy defense minister, said last week at the POLITICO Speakeasy at the GLOBSEC Forum in Prague that if there is a risk to civilians “you don’t give the [order] to fire.”
The full list of kit Romania is asking for remains classified, but the country’s…
Magyar’s predecessor, right-wing prime minister Viktor Orbán, was known for his government’s crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights. In early 2025, Hungary’s parliament passed legislation that eventually led to the banning of the Budapest Pride parade.
Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony, a…
For Rome, “the Italian proposal is part of a broader effort to promote the country’s scientific heritage and Italy’s role in major international technological innovation initiatives.”
The diplomatic push intensified on Thursday, with junior digital minister Alessio Butti discussing the…
Though much of this early progress has been made possible without breaking new ground or installing significant new hardware, the next phase of the plan will challenge us more. This is predominantly due to the planning permission we require to get started. Despite 96% of our planned sites…
Back-to-back crises have limited the power of the public purse, so policymakers are hoping professional financiers and savers can do the heavy lifting by putting their money to work in the right places. EU citizens alone have €11 trillion of cash savings sitting in their bank…
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Today’s world leaders should heed the “mistakes” of the past or face the consequences, warns Count Henri d’Oultremont, who will celebrate his 101st birthday on Sunday (31 May).
As one of only three known Belgian survivors of the…
Belgium and Uzbekistan have steadily expanded their diplomatic, political, and economic relationship over the past decades, transforming what was once a relatively limited bilateral partnership into an increasingly strategic dialogue between Brussels and Tashkent. The decision by…
On 5 and 6 May, 100 participants drawn from an array of law enforcement entities, customs, forensics, academia, civil society, Horizon Europe projects, EU agencies and institutions came together in Brussels for a CERIS workshop on illicit drugs. The event was organized by the…
The international humanitarian system is under severe pressure, following the outbreak of conflicts in Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan. Humanitarian needs are at an all-time high in 2026 with 239 million people in need of assistance. Disastrous humanitarian…