Europe’s energy supply “must become more independent,” says EE
By Martin Banks The body representing civil society at EU level has called for a “comprehensive storage strategy
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July 28, 2026 “Europe is burning” – say MEPs
By Martin Banks MEPs have called on the EU to “urgently implement a European heatwave action plan.”
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July 19, 2026 Russia launches major ballistic missile attack on Ukrainian cities
Russia has carried out a wave of ballistic missile and drone strikes on Ukraine, killing at least eight people and injuring dozens, officials say. Four people were killed in the north-eastern city of Kharkiv, and an elderly woman died in the capital Kyiv. There were two more fatalities in Zaporizhzhia in the south and one […]
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GREEKS ABROAD
July 17, 2026 EU message to Ukraine: “We stand with you for as long as it takes”
By Martin Banks Modern wars are won “not only by military strength but by drones and cutting-edge technologies.” So says Andrius Kubilius, Commissioner for Defence and Space who was speaking after the European Commission and Ukraine signed a major new defence industrial partnership. The EU says the move marks a “major step forward” in the […]
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GREEKS ABROAD
July 1, 2026 Majority think EU is a “place of stability in a troubled world”
By Martin Banks While economic concerns grow, Europeans value the peaceful, protective and cooperative nature of the EU, and recognise the quality of life it enables, suggests a new poll.
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GREEKS ABROAD
June 15, 2026 Overlooking Roma communities is no longer “simply a minority rights issue”
By Martin Banks Democratic resilience must extend to the communities where democratic systems are most tested.
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EUROPE
May 18, 2026 Britain and Europe: The Long Road Back
By Edward McMillan-Scott, former British MEP* Wes Streeting’s call for Britain to rejoin the European Union, and Andy Burnham’s more cautious but still sympathetic noises, signal something important: the question of EU membership is no longer taboo in mainstream politics.
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EUROPE
May 4, 2026 European leaders converge on Armenia as Russia looks on
European leaders are descending on Armenia for two unprecedented summits in a country long considered Russia’s closest ally in the South Caucasus. The symbolism for this country of fewer than three million people is hard to overstate; Armenia is a member of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Eurasian Economic Union, and Moscow hosts a military base on […]
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WORLD
May 3, 2026 Germany says US troop withdrawal ‘foreseeable’ as Trump warns of more ‘cuts’
Germany’s defence minister has said the US decision to withdraw 5,000 troops from his country was “foreseeable”, as the Nato military alliance says it is seeking clarification from Washington. Speaking to the DPA news agency, Boris Pistorius also stressed “the presence of American soldiers in Europe, and particularly in Germany, is in our interest and […]
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April 13, 2026 Orbán era swept away by Péter Magyar’s Hungary election landslide
Viktor Orbán’s 16 years in power is over and a system condemned as an “electoral autocracy” lies in tatters, defeated by a 45-year-old former party insider who convinced a majority of Hungarians to bring it to an end. “We did it,” Péter Magyar told a crowd of cheering supporters beside the River Danube, overlooking Budapest’s […]
