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UK appoints first female MI6 spy chief

UK appoints first female MI6 spy chief

Blaise Metreweli becomes Britain’s top spook as the country faces “threats on an unprecedented scale,” Prime Minister Keir Starmer says.

June 15, 2025 11:31 pm CET
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French equality minister launches war with Big Tech, flabbergasting digital ministry
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Meloni’s controversial anti-protest bill becomes Italian law

Security decree gives greater powers to agents of the state and greater protections to police officers.

June 4, 2025 6:30 pm CET

How AI and copyright turned into a political nightmare for Labour

How an initially uncontroversial data bill became a political football — and radicalized Elton John.

June 4, 2025 7:00 am CET

The game plan of Zelenskyy’s powerful chief of staff

Zelenskyy’s chief of staff is accused of being a ruthless political operator. What are his ambitions?

June 3, 2025 4:01 am CET

UK has fingers in its ears over Trump’s defense threat

Britain’s political leaders are refusing to engage with suggestions that the country’s security calculation might be changing.

June 2, 2025 4:24 am CET
Beyond the Bubble

Gig model of Russian subversion is a nightmare for Western intelligence services

The model works well for the Kremlin because it allows it to easily recruit freelancers, or “disposable agents” as they’re sometimes called.

June 2, 2025 4:01 am CET

Merz to meet Trump in Washington next week

The two leaders are expected to discuss the war in Ukraine, the Middle East and trade policy at meeting on Thursday.

May 31, 2025 5:53 pm CET

Dutch defense minister warns of Chinese spying threat

Beijing’s espionage on Dutch semiconductors and other high-tech areas is “intensifying,” Ruben Brekelmans tells Reuters at Shangri-La Dialogue security forum.

May 31, 2025 2:55 pm CET

Artificial intelligence threatens to raid the water reserves of Europe’s driest regions

The EU wants to compete with the U.S. and China on artificial intelligence. But critics say policymakers haven’t planned for the sector’s extreme water demand.

May 28, 2025 6:00 am CET

EU farm ministers vow to fight Brussels’ budget shakeup

“The single fund would be the end,” Portugal warns, as EU agriculture ministers resist a Commission push to overhaul farm and regional funding.

May 26, 2025 10:42 pm CET

Muslim Brotherhood-linked groups tried to influence EU: Report

French authorities allege the Islamist group has gone to great lengths to push its fundamentalist agenda in France and throughout Europe.

May 21, 2025 7:39 pm CET

Western countries reveal major Russian cyber-espionage campaign

Attacks ramped up after Moscow invaded Ukraine in February 2022.

May 21, 2025 5:14 pm CET

Brussels wants AI chips made in Europe, tech chief says

Europe is now heavily reliant on supply from U.S.-based manufacturers such as Nvidia.

May 20, 2025 3:17 pm CET
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Macron announces €20B of fresh foreign investment amid economic turmoil

The French president is gathering CEOs from all over the world in Versailles.

May 19, 2025 2:16 pm CET

Israel launches new operation in Gaza after Trump leaves Middle East

The new military operation follows reported differences between Israel and Trump.

May 17, 2025 12:17 pm CET

Greenland dangles rare earths partnership with EU as Trump looms

“We want to expand our cooperation on our critical minerals and energy,” Vivian Motzfeldt says.

May 15, 2025 6:41 pm CET

Germany arrests 3 over suspected Russian bomb plot and espionage

Officials say the group planned explosive parcel attacks to spread fear and destabilize the country.

May 14, 2025 12:48 pm CET

Berlin bans secessionist ‘Kingdom of Germany’

The group, which opposes Germany’s constitutional order, is headed by a self-appointed monarch calling himself “King Peter.”

May 13, 2025 1:08 pm CET

‘Time to sober up’: Europe should be realistic on tech sovereignty, lawmaker says

The EU should “identify the few big ideas that can propel our economic and industrial base,” says Bulgaria’s Eva Maydell.

May 13, 2025 1:01 pm CET

The Vatican’s cyber crusaders

A group of volunteers is working to fend off hackers attempting to hit the Holy See.

May 12, 2025 4:00 pm CET

Putin must agree Ukraine ceasefire before talks, major EU powers demand

EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas accuses Vladimir Putin of ‘playing games’ with bid for Ukraine talks this Thursday.

May 12, 2025 11:56 am CET

Trump has sat for only 12 ‘daily’ intelligence briefings since taking office

The scarcity of the President’s Daily Briefings comes as he pursues high-stakes diplomacy with America’s friends and foes.

May 10, 2025 10:58 am CET

Germany’s spy agency walks back extremist label for AfD

The domestic intelligence agency steps back from labeling the AfD a confirmed extremist group — just days after making the explosive claim.

May 8, 2025 1:52 pm CET

Catalonia reignites its court fight with Spain over spyware

Former Catalan president among those seeking retribution for political hacking scandal revealed in 2022.

May 8, 2025 11:14 am CET

Chinese cyber menace exceeds threat from Russia, Dutch spy chief warns

Top intel director tells POLITICO that Moscow’s new military buildup is concerning — and Donald Trump’s election has been a wake-up call for European spies.

May 8, 2025 4:25 am CET
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