On 12 February, US Deputy Secretary of Defense Elbridge Colby stated at a meeting of NATO defence ministers that the Alliance requires deep reform.

Ukraine improved its score in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) by one point in 2025. This index reflects not the actual volume of corruption, but how corruption is perceived by society.

The Georgian government is facing yet another serious challenge – the country could be subjected to European Union sanctions.

The materials published in early 2026 in the case of convicted sex offender and American financier Jeffrey Epstein have triggered a wave of political upheaval across different parts of the world.

Developments surrounding Greenland even forced European capitals to abandon their silence and publicly oppose Donald Trump.

Poland has unexpectedly found itself in the spotlight amid a serious diplomatic incident with the United States – a country whose ties with Warsaw have long been regarded as strategically vital.

The United Kingdom is facing a scandal over the appearance of Lord Peter Mandelson in the Epstein files.

In America today, journalism still exists, but the chain that once ran from reporting to shared reality to institutional response has begun to break apart.

Ukraine is not receiving funds on time because of the slow work of the government and parliament.

The rift within the EU between a camp of liberal, free-trading countries and a group of "economic populists" may deepen soon.

It is already clear that Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico’s promise to punish members of the previous government for transferring weapons to Ukraine will not be fulfilled.

France’s far left is not the favourite for the Élysée in 2027. But it can shape parliamentary majorities and coalition red lines.

The economic and financial crisis of 2008 prompted the European Union to introduce an early diagnosis system – the Macroeconomic Imbalances Procedure.

A recent Financial Times investigation has uncovered a series of secret contacts between Donald Trump’s team and representatives of the separatist movement in Canada’s Alberta province.

National Rally's Jordan Bardella has emerged as the frontrunner in France's presidential race, confronting the European Union with the prospect of a far-right Euroskeptic in the Elysée.