Bulgarian Prime Minister Rossen Jeliazkov said the EU’s green light on Wednesday for the Balkan country to adopt the euro next year confirmed its progress.

The Dutch government has collapsed after Geert Wilders withdrew his far-right Freedom Party (PVV) from the coalition over a row on asylum policy.

Kyiv faces economic blow as EU tariffs set to return As the EU’s tariff-free trade…

Conservative historian Karol Nawrocki has won the Polish presidential election with 50.89% of the vote, defeating pro-EU candidate Rafal Trzaskowski, who secured 49.11%.

Karol Nawrocki, a conservative historian backed by the opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party, has narrowly won Poland’s presidential election, defeating liberal Warsaw mayor Rafal Trzaskowski.

A leaked wiretap has exposed Israeli firm Paragon and its spyware ‘Graphite’ for hacking journalists critical of Israel’s policies. The software, linked to ex-military chiefs and tested on Palestinians, allows full access to phones without user interaction.

This underreported story raises urgent questions about state surveillance, media suppression, and the demise of free speech.