Category: Europe
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Ukraine has criticised “ultimatums and blackmail” by Hungary and Slovakia after the governments threatened to halt electricity supplies unless Ukraine restarts flows of Russian oil. Shipments through the Druzhba pipeline have been suspended since 27 January following damage from a Russian drone strike. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán have…
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Greece is positioning itself as Europe’s southern gateway for liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports, primarily from the United States, as the European Union prepares to ban Russian gas by 2027. Before the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Russia supplied around 40% of EU gas. By 2024, this fell to 11%, with US LNG now accounting for…
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukraine is “definitely not losing” its war with Russia, ahead of the four-year anniversary of the conflict. Speaking to AFP, Zelenskyy said: “You can’t say that we’re losing the war… The question is whether we will win. That is the question — but it’s a very costly question.” He…
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Police in Tirana used tear gas and water cannon on Friday (20 February) after opposition protesters clashed with officers near the office of Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama. Demonstrators threw petrol bombs and fireworks, demanding the government’s resignation amid corruption allegations against Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku. The unrest follows a December indictment by Albania’s…
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Hungary has blocked a proposed €90bn EU loan for Ukraine, threatening efforts to stabilise Kyiv’s public finances ahead of the fourth anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine war. The veto was raised by Hungary’s EU ambassador, halting a December agreement by EU leaders to allow the European Commission to borrow against the EU budget and lend the…
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The UK and four European allies have launched a new joint air defence initiative aimed at strengthening NATO’s eastern flank and protecting European airspace. At a meeting of the European Group of Five (E5) in Krakow on Friday (20 February), the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Poland unveiled the Low-Cost Effectors & Autonomous Platforms (LEAP)…
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested at Sandringham as part of a Thames Valley Police investigation into alleged misconduct in public office, following renewed scrutiny over his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The arrest — the first of a member of the British royal family in modern times — prompted King Charles to issue…
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Hungary and Slovakia have suspended diesel exports to Ukraine amid an escalating energy dispute linked to disrupted Russian oil supplies via the Druzhba pipeline. Oil transfers to both EU states halted on 27 January 2026 after reported damage to the pipeline inside Ukraine. “Diesel fuel deliveries to Ukraine have been halted. And diesel fuel deliveries…
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Germany’s population is projected to decline by nearly 5% by 2050, a sharper contraction than previously forecast, according to research from the Ifo Institute. Updated data from Germany’s statistical office shows the population could fall to around 79 million — the lowest level since the early 1990s. Ifo economist Joachim Ragnitz warned that accelerating population…
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Officials from Ukraine, Russia, and the United States are set to reconvene in Geneva on Wednesday (18 February) for a second day of trilateral peace negotiations aimed at ending the ongoing war. Talks are centred on Moscow’s demand for control of Ukrainian-held territory in Donetsk, alongside debates over postwar Western security guarantees for Kyiv. Ukrainian…
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