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EU steps up NATO engagement as it looks to its own defence

After decades sheltering under the US security umbrella, European leaders are beginning to take defence seriously, increasing military spending and strengthening NATO ties.

https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/eu-steps-up-nato-engagement-as-it-looks-to-its-own-defence

Greek PM Mitsotakis announces pension boosts and wage hike in 2024 economic plan

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis outlined his economic agenda at the Thessaloniki International Fair, focusing on wage growth, employment, and climate challenges.

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/09/07/greek-pm-mitsotakis-announces-pension-boosts-and-wage-hike-in-2024-economic-plan

British PM Keir Starmer meets Ireland's Taoiseach as part of 'wider EU reset'

Relations between the two countries have been strained since the UK voted to leave the European Union, complicating some political structures of Northern Ireland, which is part of the UK.

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/09/08/british-pm-keir-starmer-meets-irelands-taoiseach-as-part-of-wider-eu-reset

Venezuela opposition candidate González leaves for Spain as diplomatic tensions rise

Venezuela’s former presidential opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia has left for Spain in the wake of the South American country’s contested election, Venezuelan and Spanish officials said on Saturday night (7 September) after a day of rising diplomatic tensions.

https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/venezuela-opposition-candidate-gonzalez-leaves-for-spain-as-diplomatic-tensions-rise/

Greece and Germany: From anger to economic potential

Germany is the official guest country at the 2024 Thessaloniki International Fair this weekend. It's a major change from a few years back when the two countries were at loggerheads during Greece's sovereign debt crisis.

https://www.dw.com/en/greece-and-germany-improved-economic-relations-and-bouyant-trade/a-70154970

According to the latest dataset from the Kiel Institute the following aid has been delivered to Ukraine so far:

Sorry not sorry, says Mongolia after failure to arrest Putin

Energy dependence puts Mongolia — sandwiched between Russia and China — in a tough spot.

https://www.politico.eu/article/mongolia-failure-arrest-vladimir-putin-international-warrant-international-criminal-court/

Brussels urges Mongolia to comply with ICC request and arrest Putin during official visit

Vladimir Putin has been accused of engineering the unlawful deportation and transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia.

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/09/02/brussels-urges-mongolia-to-comply-with-icc-request-and-arrest-putin-during-official-visit

Peace can never mean surrender, Ursula von der Leyen says in fresh rebuke to Orbán

In her first wide-ranging speech since being re-elected to office, Ursula von der Leyen scolded politicians who blame the war "not on Putin's lust for power but on Ukraine's thirst for freedom."

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/08/30/peace-can-never-mean-surrender-ursula-von-der-leyen-says-in-fresh-rebuke-to-orban

Circles of Hungarian national arrested in the U.S. likely received hundreds of thousands of euros from Hungarian state in Russia

Between 2019 and March 2023, a Moscow-based company named Torgoviy Dom Venrus Trade had a contract with the Hungarian Export Promotion Agency, which operates under the auspices of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry. The Russian company is linked to the circles of the Hungarian national recently arrested in the US on charges of smuggling.

https://telex.hu/english/2024/08/29/circles-of-hungarian-national-arrested-in-the-u-s-likely-received-hundreds-of-thousands-of-euros-from-hungarian-state-in-russia

Spain blocks Hungarian rail bid over possible Russia ties

Spain says the bid by the Hungarian company — formerly a Russian subsidiary — poses a risk to national security.

https://www.politico.eu/article/spain-veto-hungarian-takeover-bid-train-russia-ties/

Ukrainian MP thanks France following arrest of Telegram CEO Durov, ‘benefits everyone, except criminals’

Yaroslav Yurchyshyn, liberal Ukrainian MP (Holos, ALDE/Renew Europe) welcomed Pavel Durov’s detention as it disrupts the communication networks of the Russian leadership, and wishes that the Telegram CEO will “provide information about the terrorist activities of the Russian authorities,” in Ukraine.

https://www.euractiv.com/section/platforms/news/ukrainian-mp-thanks-france-following-arrest-of-telegram-ceo-durov-benefits-everyone-except-criminals/

"Active information warfare". Orban's propaganda targeting our consortium

Hungary's pro-government media machine has recently launched a massive smear campaign against 444.hu and Bellingcat (NL), while also targeting their international partners, PressOne (RO), Gazeta Wyborcza (PL), and SME (SK). These outlets cooperate in a cross-border journalistic project, The Eastern Frontier Initiative (TEFI) covering regional security, co-financed by the European Commission.

https://insighthungary.444.hu/2024/08/26/active-information-warfare-orbans-propaganda-targeting-our-consortium

Hungary urges Ukraine to OK Russian oil loophole

Kyiv’s sanctions on Lukoil have riled Budapest, which has refused to divest from Moscow’s cheap crude.

https://www.politico.eu/article/hungary-ukraine-kyiv-oil-lukoil-products-shipments-shortage/

Hungary reveals plan to send asylum-seekers to Brussels

The unorthodox idea comes from the U.S. Republican Party’s playbook.

https://www.politico.eu/article/hungary-asylum-plan-brussels-migration-refugees-gergely-gulyas/

Poland's records EU's fastest GDP growth

Poland recorded the EU’s largest annual and quarterly GDP growth in the second quarter of 2024, new Eurostat figures show.

https://notesfrompoland.com/2024/08/14/polands-records-eus-fastest-gdp-growth/

Russian blame game heats up as Ukraine’s special military operation riles Putin

Local authorities admit Kyiv’s forces now control dozens of settlements inside Russia.

https://www.politico.eu/article/vladimir-putin-blame-game-ukraine-war-special-military-operation/

Irish privacy watchdog takes X to court over data processing for AI training

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) initiated court proceedings against the social media platform X on Tuesday (6 August), according to Ireland’s High Court website.

https://www.euractiv.com/section/data-privacy/news/irish-privacy-watchdog-takes-x-to-court-over-data-processing-for-ai-training/

A Far-Right Elite Stirred Britain’s Race Riots

A wave of violence can be traced back to social media lies.

https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/08/06/far-right-elite-stirred-britain-race-riots/

British MPs want to haul Elon Musk before parliament over riots

Musk has spent days beefing with politicians over the far-right unrest sweeping the UK.

https://www.politico.eu/article/united-kingdom-mps-elon-musk-parliament-riots/