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The Olympics have always been political

Efforts to keep politics out of sports will never be successful.

July 18, 2024 9:43 am CET

Making the Olympics cheap again

The IOC says hosting the Games no longer has to be an expensive nightmare.

July 18, 2024 9:43 am CET

Putin fears crypto mining could cause energy shortages in Russia

Russia has the world’s third-largest crypto mining capability. Cryptocurrencies are used to finance the war effort.

July 17, 2024 7:44 pm CET

European Parliament condemns Orbán’s meeting with Putin

Reprisal of Hungarian prime minister was included in a resolution to reaffirm strong support for Ukraine.

July 17, 2024 4:31 pm CET

How Alexander Lukashenko’s tyranny ends

As the Belarusian dictator marks three decades in power, his enabling of Russia’s war in Ukraine and reliance on Kremlin money make him vulnerable, say regime insiders.

July 17, 2024 6:00 am CET

Fact-checking J.D. Vance’s statements on Ukraine

Donald Trump’s vice presidential pick is very critical of supporting Ukraine; POLITICO took a look at how his claims stack up.

July 16, 2024 9:39 pm CET

Trump adviser Fiona Hill to lead UK defense review 

Former NATO boss George Robertson will head the project to consider how and when to boost military spending.

July 16, 2024 4:54 pm CET

Hungary’s gatherings get cold shoulder after Putin visit

At least four countries sent lower-ranking officials in protest to a Tuesday meeting in Budapest, a day after the EU executive told its commissioners to stay home.

July 16, 2024 1:41 pm CET
From Across the Pond

Security and defense will have to rest more on Europe — and less on the US

After decades of underinvestment and spending cuts to NATO, there remains much more to be done. But virtually all members now understand the urgency of the task at hand.

July 16, 2024 4:01 am CET

Trump’s VP pick spells ‘disaster’ for Europe and Ukraine

Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance champions U.S. isolationism and opposes aid for Ukraine.

July 15, 2024 11:04 pm CET

Russia blames Trump shooting on his political opponents

“The atmosphere around candidate Trump provoked what America is confronting today,” Moscow said.

July 15, 2024 9:41 am CET

EU to boycott Hungary’s foreign affairs summit

Increasingly exasperated by Viktor Orbán’s obstruction of EU foreign policy, Brussels is contemplating an unprecedented step to boycott Hungary’s foreign affairs summit next month.

July 15, 2024 12:51 am CET
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Zelenskyy addresses Biden’s ‘President Putin’ gaffe on Europe tour

The Ukrainian president praised Washington for providing support to help defend his country against Russian aggression.

July 13, 2024 3:44 pm CET

Russian army had 70,000 casualties in past 2 months, UK reports

The increase is connected to Russia opening its new front in the Kharkiv region while maintaining the same pressure rate over the entire 1,000-kilometer front line in the east and south of Ukraine, the ministry said.

July 12, 2024 5:08 pm CET

The never-ending job of depriving Putin of the means to kill Ukrainians

Vietnam and Malaysia are the next destinations on EU envoy David O’Sullivan’s mission to stop Russia from beating EU sanctions.

July 12, 2024 3:11 pm CET

Here’s President Putin! The 5 weirdest political mix-ups ever.

Don’t worry, Joe, you’re not the only one.

July 12, 2024 2:13 pm CET

Trump’s ‘going to solve’ Russia-Ukraine war, says Orbán

Peaceniks unite at Mar-a-Lago summit in Florida.

July 12, 2024 10:28 am CET

Habsburg empire strikes back

Viktor Orbán’s new hard-right group, Patriots for Europe, is a Habsburg coalition that gives the Hungarian leader the European platform he craves.

July 12, 2024 4:00 am CET

NATO’s bad boys: Turkey and Hungary play their own game

Turkey and Hungary are preparing for a Trump presidency and charting their own course in the alliance.

July 11, 2024 6:13 pm CET

Ukraine seizes cargo ship, alleging grain shipments via Crimea

The vessel under flag of Cameroon is suspected of visiting Sevastopol in November 2023 and May of this year.

July 11, 2024 5:43 pm CET

Germany’s ‘Don’ Habeck girds for chancellor battle

After Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock took herself out of the running, Economy Minister Robert Habeck is the likely chancellor candidate for the struggling Greens.

July 11, 2024 5:27 pm CET

Trump to meet with Orbán in Florida after NATO summit

The conservative allies will sit down at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort.

July 11, 2024 4:41 pm CET

Attacking hospitals is part of Putin’s plan

Russia’s “total war” tactics are aimed at forcing local populations to press the government to capitulate, experts say.

July 11, 2024 11:35 am CET
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