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.

Over the past week, the government in Chișinău, which rarely makes statements about restoring the country’s territorial integrity due to the topic’s unpopularity among the public, broke its silence and delivered several messages concerning the Transnistrian issue.

On 2 December, Georgian society was shaken by the publication of a BBC investigation revealing that banned chemical agents were used to disperse anti-government protests in 2024.

President of the Republic of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides has arrived in Ukraine on an official visit and has already met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The Slovak government led by Robert Fico wants to "gift" hundreds of millions of euros to the future prime minister of neighbouring Czechia, Andrej Babiš.

According to Politico, the European Union is already seriously considering offensive cyberattacks on targets critical to Russia’s defence economy.

On 28 November, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán once again traveled to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.

Corruption may simply be a way of life for US President Donald Trump, but it is the defining issue of his presidency.