Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze "went to the place where Georgia’s future is being decided and planned." This is how Giorgi Volski, Vice Speaker of the Georgian parliament, commented on the head of government’s recent trip.

The West’s defeatism started with the 2014 invasion of Crimea, when the West told Ukrainians to stand down and tacitly accepted Russian control of the peninsula.

On 16 December in The Hague, 34 states and the European Union signed a convention establishing an International Claims Commission for Ukraine to review claims for damage caused by Russia’s aggression.

On 17 December, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivered a speech in the European Parliament in response to the updated US security strategy.

On Tuesday, 16 December, the world moved slightly closer to a moment of demonstrative, public punishment of the aggressor state for its crimes against Ukraine.

From 1 January, 2026, Ukrainians will be able to make calls, send SMS messages,and use mobile internet in all 27 European Union countries at their regular domestic tariff.

On December 3, the European Commission finally added Russia to its list of high-risk countries with insufficient controls against money laundering and terrorist financing.

On Tuesday, 16 December, President Zelenskyy will travel to The Hague.

The share of Ukrainians who trust the US has decreased sharply, according to a study by Info Sapiens, commissioned by the New Europe Centre, conducted between 5 and 26 November 2025.

On Saturday 13 December, it became known that the self-proclaimed president of Belarus had released 123 political prisoners. This is the third release of hostages by the Lukashenko regime to have been brokered by the Trump administration. It’s also the largest and the most high-profile release.

The new US National Security Strategy of US President Donald Trump oscillates wildly between triumphalism and declinist anxiety.

On 11 December, at a specially convened meeting in Lviv, an idea known as "frontloading" became reality. And the Hungarians did not boycott the meeting. They, too, came to Lviv.

On 18 December, a meeting of the European Council, the EU leaders’ summit, will begin. European Council President António Costa has said that the heads of EU member states will not leave the room until they agree on sources of funding for Ukraine for the next two years.

Poland’s key opposition party, Law and Justice (PiS), has faced a very difficult challenge.

When discussing Ukraine’s integration into the EU internal market, we typically mention customs, tariffs or technical standards.

The discussion of the reparations loan for Ukraine in recent months has increasingly resembled talk of building a bridge over an abyss.

National security strategies, released from time to time by every US administration, often say little and are quickly forgotten.

On 20 November, the Ukraine Facility Platform (UAFP) held a meeting in Lviv with leading European experts to discuss a joint strategy for the defence and security of Ukraine and Europe.

Protests erupted in Bulgaria right before the Christmas holidays. Protesters have the potential to topple Rosen Zhelyazkov’s government and send the country into its eighth snap election in the last five years.

Despite extensive sanctions and growing political isolation, the Russian energy sector still retains channels of influence over politics in the European Union.