Ukraine's Third Army Corps announced that during Operation Vivaldi, 125 square kilometers of territory were brought back under Ukrainian control in the Lyman area, in the northern part of Donetsk region. One of the operation's most important innovations was that large flying drones carried explosive-laden ground combat robots more than ten kilometers behind Russian lines.

The regional water utility in Buzău County has reduced network water loss using AI-supported noise sensors. The system monitors the sounds and vibrations produced by water escaping from pressurized pipes, then uses the data to identify areas where a hidden pipe break or leak is likely located.

The maritime dimension of the Russia–Ukraine war has effectively paralyzed one of the world's most important grain export routes. In recent months, the Russian army has intensified its attacks on Ukrainian ports, grain terminals and transport hubs, while Ukraine has responded by targeting Russian ports, cargo ships and logistics facilities. The result: more than 97 percent of Russian and Ukrainian

More and more European intelligence services and political leaders are warning that Russia could extend its military and sabotage operations beyond Ukraine in the coming months. For now, the most likely scenario is not a full-scale invasion of a NATO member state, but a limited attack designed to test the alliance's unity and whether member states are truly willing to invoke Article 5 on collectiv

Information war, cyberwar, hybrid war, shadow war, sub-threshold operation: Europe is finding ever more linguistic ingenuity to describe what Russia is simply waging against it as war. Sylvie Kauffmann, foreign affairs columnist at Le Monde, argues that this verbal magic must end, because as long as the attacks are called "incidents", "provocations" and "hybrid threats", we never even get to the r

Finnish President Alexander Stubb has asked Elon Musk to extend Ukraine's use of the Starlink satellite internet service to Russian territory as well. This would allow the Ukrainian army to use drones controlled via satellite link to attack the mobile Russian missile launchers from which ballistic missiles are fired at Ukrainian cities and energy infrastructure.

The Italian governmenthas banned the wearing of the burqa and niqab, which fully cover the face, in schools by law, while also capping at thirty percent the proportion of students in any given class who lack adequate proficiency in Italian.

A Croatian court has approved the extradition to Germany of Ukrainian citizen Volodymyr Zhuravlyov, who is wanted there over his alleged role in the 2022 Nord Stream sabotage. The suspect's lawyer has three days to appeal the decision.

According to Emmanuel Macron, France could also be hit by a drone attack loaded with explosives, similar to the one Russia allegedly attempted against Leipzig Airport in August. Speaking on a joint program by France 2 and TF1, the French president said that no such action has occurred in France so far, but when asked whether it could happen, the answer is clearly yes.

Marine Le Pen has reassured Europe: for now, she would not withdraw France from NATO's integrated military command, at least not as long as Russia's war against Ukraine continues. At first hearing, this may sound like a responsible stance, but the wolf has only donned sheep's clothing without turning vegetarian: in the very same sentence, Le Pen confirmed that withdrawal remains her goal—she would

Donald Trump would help his allies with yet another brilliant idea: the American president supports a 90-day ban on U.S. diesel exports. The move could lower American fuel prices in the short term ahead of the November midterm elections, but it could trigger a historic price surge in Europe. According to a French analyst, quoted the price of diesel per liter could rise to as much as 3.90 euros, or

Ella Pamfilova, chairwoman of the Russian Central Election Commission, received a 237-square-meter apartment in Moscow free of charge from the state, less than three months after Vladimir Putin, according to official results, won the 2024 presidential election with 87.28 percent of the vote. The apartment's value is estimated at 200 million rubles, or about $2.35 million.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has admitted that his government has considered the extreme risk of U.S. military action, after Donald Trump repeatedly spoke of annexing Canada and turning it into the 51st American state. The U.S. president's seemingly outlandish threats are thus no longer confined to social media, but have now appeared in the official risk assessment of a country that is supp

Russian state news agency RIA Novosti published an opinion pieceon its front page on Friday morning outlining a “brief special military operation” against Lithuania, including a missile strike with nuclear warheads. The article remained accessible for about three hours before the state news agency first removed it without explanation, and later stated that the outside author's piece did not reflec

While Viktor Orbán and Andrej Babiš campaigned against Ukrainian agricultural imports, companies linked to their business circles bought tens of millions of dollars' worth of Ukrainian grain and oilseeds. Two investigative articles by the Romanian RISE Project show how this trade intertwined Agrofert, founded by Babiš, the Hungarian Hodler Group, UBM and several Romanian companies, and how firms n

Nicușor Dan has indeed practically ruled out early elections. In legal terms, of course, he could not declare that they will never happen under any circumstances, but politically he could hardly have sent a clearer message to the parliamentary survival class: relax, nobody needs to go back to the voters, just go ahead and quietly bring down Siegfried Mureșan.

She lay naked on the couch, raped, her neck broken, a noose around it; beside her hung her three-year-old son. When they took him down from the rope, the child's body had already turned blue and he was not breathing, yet he was brought back to life — and a year later he said three words that make one's heart clench.

According to El Mundo, American intelligence has warned several European governments that Russia could launch an attack on Spain, France or Italy using drones deployed from commercial ships. So far, however, neither the CIA nor the states involved have officially confirmed the report, and Italy's defense minister has stated that Rome has not received any such warning.

Dear readers, Hungarians in Transylvania, beyond the border and around the world: a miracle has happened that no one expected. While all over the world the sovereigntist-vaccinated, nationalism-condensed, malice-spiced stupidity and idiocy is raging, Romania has taken a step forward on the European path — such a big one that we couldn't catch up even with seven-league boots. What happened is somet

If anyone thought that the UN would manage to convince Putin of even a temporary ceasefire, they were dead wrong. Though it's also true: if there's still anyone on Earth who believes the Russian president, diplomacy or the press, they truly deserve the disappointment.