Cyprus is one of the bloc's smallest and most remote members. It takes over the rotating EU presidency in January for a continent mired in the Ukraine war, migrant deportations and economic insecurity.

The European Commission appears to have been snubbed in a statement from several member states in defence of Greenland, following renewed threats by US president Donald Trump to seize the autonomous Danish island.

In ousting and arresting Nicolás Maduro, US president Donald Trump wants the political gains of fighting a war — without actually having to fight one. Whereas fascists and imperialists know that war requires real combat, Trump seems unwilling or unable to go that far, not least because he is weak at home, writes historian and author Timothy Snyder.

Across Europe, mayors and local councillors are facing a disturbing rise in harassment, threats, disinformation, and even physical violence. These aren’t isolated incidents — they are a growing pattern. And they’re not 'just politics'. They are deliberate attempts to silence, intimidate, and push people out of public life, warns the Council of European Municipalities and Regions.

A French banker inside Euroclear, who flew to Russia 155 times for "private" reasons, allegedly tried to connect the company's CEO, Valérie Urbain, with Russian spies and threatened her when she declined, according to an investigation by EUobserver, Humo, De Morgen, and Dossier Center.

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