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  • ‘An Existential Question for Europe’

    2026-02-15

    The final day of the Munich Security Conference was quiet at the Bayerischer Hof hotel. Ukraine was the biggest focus of the final day, with much of the discussion focusing on the path forward for ending its war with Russia.

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  • A relationship on the rocks: Europe and America need each other, but trust is gone

    2026-02-15

    Without naming him directly, Sen. Thom Tillis appeared to fire back at Sen. Lindsey Graham over his comments on Greenland’s sovereignty. The Munich Security Conference will serve as a gut check of the frayed relationship, and whether Europe can hold on to its emerging self-assurance.

  • The Munich Security Conference 2026 Backhanded Awards

    2026-02-16

    The Belgian capital has not had a regional administration since the June 2024 election. The Industrial Accelerator Act would include “trusted partners” in its Made in EU mandate, and further curb investment by China. “Mutual defense is not optional for the EU,” warns European Commission president.

  • The week the EU’s climate foundations started to shake

    2026-02-13

    The U.K. and four allies said their analyses showed that Russia poisoned the opposition figure with a toxin from a poison dart frog. The Industrial Accelerator Act would include ‘trusted partners’ in its Made in EU mandate, and further curb investment by China.

  • ICC judge sanctioned by US urges EU to fight back

    2026-02-13

    The Heritage Foundation identified European groups for U.S. backing. Nicolas Guillou said the Trump administration’s use of sanctions undermines European democracy. Paris is rolling out a confrontational online strategy to counter disinformation.

  • Italy’s Meloni doubles down on law and order

    2026-02-16

    Giorgia Meloni attacked Instagram influencers Chiara Ferragni and her ex-husband Fedez as the wrong kind of role model. The prime minister’s critics say she is stirring up a sense the nation is under threat to clamp down on left-wing dissent.

  • EU trade deal threatens to undermine Europe’s home-grown medicines ambition

    2026-02-13

    Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico’s national security adviser stepped down after his name appeared in newly released documents linked to Jeffrey Epstein. India and the EU have struck a long-awaited free-trade agreement.

  • Rubio calls report on Navalny poisoning ‘troubling’

    2026-02-15

    The Industrial Accelerator Act would include “trusted partners” in its Made in EU mandate, and further curb investment by China. The U.K. and four allies said their analyses showed that Russia poisoned the opposition figure with a toxin from a poison dart frog.

  • Poland should ‘begin work’ on nuclear defenses, Nawrocki says

    2026-02-15

    U.K. and four allies said their analyses showed that Russia poisoned the opposition figure with a toxin from a poison dart frog. With Russia’s fossil-fuel earnings funding its war on Ukraine, Kyiv views oil export sites as key targets.

  • Meloni says she disagrees with Merz on culture wars

    2026-02-15

    ‘Mutual defense is not optional for the EU,’ warns European Commission president. European countries rely on the the U.S. for intelligence, logistics, communications and command-and-control.

  • Ukrainian drones hit key Russian oil port, local governor says

    2026-02-15

    The U.K. and four allies said their analyses showed that Russia poisoned the opposition figure with a toxin from a poison dart frog. With Russia’s fossil-fuel earnings funding its war on Ukraine, Kyiv views oil export sites as key targets.

  • Nuke-talk is heating up among Europeans in Munich

    2026-02-14

    The Munich Security Conference will serve as a gut check of the frayed relationship, and whether Europe can hold on to its emerging self-assurance. ‘Nuclear deterrence can give us new opportunities. Why not?’ Latvian PM tells POLITICO.

  • European allies ‘frustrated’ by UK defense paralysis

    2026-02-13

    The U.K. rearmament efforts are hobbled by the country’s fiscal difficulties, which is angering the arms industry. London will contribute £150 million to the PURL program, as allies increasingly come under pressure to supply weapons to Ukraine.

  • No ‘business as usual’ with US, says Latvian PM

    2026-02-15

    The alliance’s Arctic Sentry is mostly a rebranding exercise aimed at appeasing the U.S. president. Evika Siliņa says a more decisive Europe may have some new moves.

  • Police ask UK government to hold back key Mandelson email exchange about Epstein

    2026-02-16

    Labour’s Angela Rayner is back to dealmaking in Westminster. Former No. 10 chief of staff Morgan McSweeney and the former ambassador to Washington could shed light on who knew what when. Keir Starmer faces the lingering threat of a Labour leadership challenge this year.

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  • The most national sound: Lithuania marks 2026 as Year of the Kanklės

    2026-02-15

    The kanklės is a plucked zither-like instrument central to Lithuanian folk music. It typically has between five and 12 strings in its traditional form. Organisers say the yearlong program aims to highlight the instrument's significance.

  • Two more songs clear for Lithuania’s national Eurovision final

    2026-02-15

    The winner of EUROVIZIJA.LT will be decided during the final at Twinsbet Arena on February 27. The winner will represent Lithuania at the international Eurovision Song Contest, scheduled for May 12–16 in Vienna, Austria.

  • Lithuanian Americans divided over Trump and US withdrawal from Europe

    2026-02-15

    Members of the Lithuanian American community gathered in Washington to mark Lithuania’s February 16 Independence Day in advance. Some attendees said they no longer recognise the America they grew up believing was the guarantor of freedom in Europe. Some expressed shock at what they described as Trump's treatment of allies.

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  • Who Is Paying the Trump Tariffs?

    2026-02-15

    Until recently the question of who pays tariffs wasn’t controversial among economists. Once tariffs became a centerpiece of Trump’s economic policy, views about their impact became politicized. Trump supporters were obliged to echo his claim that foreigners, not U.S. consumers, bear the tariff burden.

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