Following weeks of internal government discussions and pressure from Brussels, the Commission has received ‘assurances’ regarding Italy’s participation. The amount of the loan has yet to be determined

From the Tallinn fire to cyber-attacks against Western infrastructure, there is a growing reliance on intermediaries, criminal groups and operations that are difficult to attribute. Striking without exposing oneself is becoming part of the strategy to destabilise the West’s enemies. This is also the case in our country 

The United States is attempting, through "Operation Economic Outcast", to sever every economic link that still supports the regime. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has called on international partners to join the US. The effectiveness of the sanctions, however, depends on one key player: China

Prime Minister Carney breaks with Trump over tariffs, whilst Beijing celebrates its ‘Chinese-style’ response

Aljaksandr Lukashenka is courting Kyiv, but his alliances tell a different story. The Afghan delegation and the Burmese ‘president’ in Minsk, and the Belarusian Foreign Minister’s summer holidays in Pyongyang

From the Ceuta affair to the war in Ukraine, right through to negotiations on the next EU budget, António Costa is trying to defuse tensions between governments. But the 2027 election is causing capitals to adopt a harder line and making any compromise more difficult

The “Phrygiens”, a circle of senior civil servants, are anonymously supporting the leader of France insoumise in his bid for the presidency, producing notes, reports and studies to bolster his credibility

The left risks getting bogged down in abstract proposals on public debt – proposals which, incidentally, have already been seen in Italy – that lend legitimacy to Le Pen’s right-wing movement