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Brussels Tightens the Gate on Strategic Investment

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Brussels Tightens the Gate on Strategic Investment

26 June 2026 · 4 min read

Economy

Brussels Tightens the Gate on Strategic Investment

New EU rules make foreign investment screening mandatory across the bloc while keeping final decisions in national hands The European Union has published updated rules for screening foreign investments, marking…

26 June 2026 · 4 min read

Europe

Ukraine Protection Plan Moves Past Emergency Mode

Brussels seeks another year of legal certainty for displaced Ukrainians, while tying some new arrivals to Ukraine’s wartime exit rules The European Commission has proposed extending temporary protection for people…

26 June 2026 · 4 min read

News

Swiss Talks Put Iran Deal Under Pressure

US and Iranian delegations meet at Buergenstock as Europe watches Hormuz, Lebanon and nuclear safeguards High-level US-Iran talks were back on track in Switzerland on Sunday, but the renewed diplomacy...

21 June 2026 · 5 min read

International

EU imposes sanctions on Simferopol Metropolitan Tikhon Shevkunov

Simferopol and Crimean Metropolitan Tikhon (Shevkunov), who has been called “Putin’s spiritual father,” has been included in the sanctions list for his “active role in spreading Russian propaganda and disinformation...

18 June 2026 · 2 min read

Europe

Drone Incursions Push EU Border Security Up the Agenda

Parliament’s eastern-flank vote turns airspace violations into a wider question of civilian protection and European readiness European lawmakers are moving to sharpen the EU’s response to drone incursions and security...

18 June 2026 · 4 min read

Health

G7 Ports Plan Targets Drug Networks

Évian leaders back a new maritime security network as Europe pushes organised crime higher on its political agenda G7 leaders meeting in Évian have agreed to create a new port-security...

17 June 2026 · 4 min read

Europe

EU Tightens Russia Sanctions After Kyiv Strikes

New listings target oil networks, propaganda actors and officials linked to Alexei Navalny’s persecution The European Union adopted new restrictive measures against Russia on Monday, adding 34 individuals and 47...

15 June 2026 · 4 min read

News

Kyiv Lavra Strike Puts Ukraine on G7 Agenda

Russia’s overnight assault damaged a UNESCO-listed religious site as leaders gathered in France A major Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine has killed civilians and emergency workers, damaged residential...

15 June 2026 · 3 min read

Fashion

Isak Andic was the richest man in Catalonia

Catalan police have arrested Jonathan Andic as a suspect in the alleged murder of his father Isak Andic, owner of the Mango fashion empire, who died after falling on a...

26 May 2026 · 3 min read