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Information The European Commission has announced that Hungary will lose €1 billion ($1.03 billion) in European Union aid due to persistent rule of law breaches. This decision stems from Hungary’s failure to address EU concerns over corruption, conflicts of interest, and transparency in public procurement. The EU began “conditionality” proceedings against Hungary in 2022, which […]

Information Serbia’s capital, Belgrade, saw a massive protest on December 22, 2024, with approximately 29,000 people gathering to challenge President Aleksandar Vucic’s government. This demonstration followed seven weeks of sporadic protests across the nation, sparked by the Novi Sad railway station disaster in November, where a roof collapse killed 15 people. Protesters blamed the tragedy

Serbia monitors government critics with spyware A new report has found that Serbia’s intelligence agency installed spyware on the phones of journalists and activists. The news comes as protests are growing against the autocratic rule of President Aleksandar Vucic. Why the DRC sued Apple over ‘conflict minerals’ The Democratic Republic of Congo accuses Apple of

Information Elon Musk’s recent social media endorsement of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party sparked controversy among German politicians and public figures. Musk, on his platform X, asserted that “only the AfD can save Germany,” drawing support from Alice Weidel, the party’s co-leader and candidate for chancellor. Weidel praised Musk’s statement and pointed him

Information Swedish authorities joined Chinese investigators aboard the vessel Yi Peng 3 in the Baltic Sea to observe Beijing’s probe into two severed undersea telecom cables. These cables, connecting Finland to Germany and Sweden to Lithuania, were damaged in mid-November within Swedish territorial waters near Denmark. The Yi Peng 3, which had been tracked above

Information Russian authorities announced the arrest of a 29-year-old Uzbek national accused of assassinating Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, commander of Russia’s radiological, chemical, and biological defence forces, and his adjutant Ilya Polikarpov. The attack occurred in a Moscow suburb when a remotely detonated bomb hidden in or attached to an electric scooter killed both men

Information TikTok has petitioned the US Supreme Court to block a federal law that requires its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to sell the platform or face a ban, arguing it violates the First Amendment rights of its 170 million American users. The law, signed by President Joe Biden in April, is set to take effect

Information Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s new foreign policy chief, confirmed that the EU has sent an envoy to Damascus for talks with the interim government led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a group with roots in al-Qaeda. This move follows similar decisions by the US and the UK to engage with HTS as regional

Israel shuts Ireland embassy Israel says it will close its embassy in Dublin, blaming “the extreme anti-Israel policies of the Irish government.” Ireland has been critical of Israel’s military offensive in Gaza. Armed clashes close key oil refinery as fires erupt in Libya The second-largest oil refinery in Libya has suspended operations after gunfighting caused