Politico - Archives from 2025/07/30/73107

Former Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi was enjoying his retirement when his phone rang. It was September 2023, and Ursula von der Leyen's offi ...

The changing tactics of Russian attacks are forcing Ukraine to adapt, building shorter defensive lines and lower fortifications that are harder to det ...

European leaders have quickly learned to work with the U.S. president who is actually in power — Donald Trump — rather than the one they w ...

US President Donald Trump wants a pay increase for troops and more high-tech missiles and drones in next year's defense budget. This is clear from ...

The Chief of Staff of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak is causing growing discontent among American officials and congressmen, claims Politico, ...

Benjamin Netanyahu chose the moment to strike Iran with extreme precision. At the height of the week, his right-wing ruling coalition was on the verge ...

"Probably the worst day in the history of the Russian Air Force". That's how the Ukrainian military described the series of drone attack ...

Microwaves, GPS, drones, duct tape, the personal computer - these are just a short list of everyday items that have their origins in military research ...

Don't be fooled by Sunday's triple election: Europe's far right is stronger than ever, Politico notes. Centrists breathed a sigh of rel ...

A series of deadly drug-related shootings in the heart of Brussels, home to the European Union institutions, reveals how bad the city is: bankrupt, pl ...

The European Union has strategically bet on Serbia's lithium deposits to support its ambitious transition to electric vehicles. Instead, however, ...

"In his quest to broker a historic peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, President Donald Trump has cast himself as an agnostic arbiter focused ...

Russia and the United States discussed opportunities for cooperation on energy projects in the Arctic during a meeting held in Saudi Arabia, a senior ...

The speech of US Vice President J.D. Vance caused concern in Munich, where attendees hoped for clarity on the recent confusing statements of the US ad ...

When EU leaders gather in Brussels on Monday to discuss the future of European defense, France will be pitted against (almost) everyone else. Paris ...

While US voters choose a new president, Europeans are anxiously waiting to see whether the winner will be Donald Trump - a nightmare for many - or Kam ...

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky is running into trouble with his expectations of an invitation to join NATO as some of the alliance's key mem ...

Russia's Shadow Tanker Fleet is Polluting World ocean with oil spill. The West practically ignores environmental damage, writes Politico. A joint ...

The US and Israel are discussing the possibility of an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) strike against pro-Iranian formations and Islamic Revolutionary Gua ...

Politico published an article based on the accounts of two anonymous high-ranking Ukrainian military personnel, according to which Ukrainian President ...

The American publication Politico cautiously assumes that the outcome of the meeting in Washington between US President Joe Biden and British Prime Mi ...

The scandal with the issuance of Bulgarian passports for money six years ago may call into question Ekaterina Zaharieva's candidacy for European Comm ...

Macron's risky move to trigger snap parliamentary election in France , after nationalists won the country's European elections, opens the door ...

Ukrainian officials are urging the US and other countries to increase training F-16 pilots, arguing that the current plan does not prepare enough airm ...

US popularity as a global power is falling globally, especially in Muslim-majority countries, according to the 2024 Democracy Perceptions Index report ...