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A Danish shipyard is giving the Arctic liquefied natural gas carriers that generate crucial cash for Vladimir Putin’s war effort one last round of maintenance before EU sanctions take effect next year.

In March, the European Parliament adopted its first report on the housing crisis in the EU and possible ways to address it. Polls show that housing has become one of Europeans’ most pressing concerns, rivaling national security in importance.

Researchers say Stelios Kouloglou’s device was compromised after he joined European parliamentary committee

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has argued that the company’s Android system has created "more choice, not less".

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bologna (Italy), the Judge for Preliminary Investigations in Prato has issued a freezing order covering over 7.8 million metres of fabric and more than 237 000 garments, as part of an ongoing investigation into a VAT and customs fraud involving the smuggling of textile products from China.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Hamburg (Germany) has carried out searches and asset seizure measures in an investigation into suspected organised subsidy fraud involving funding from the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) 2021–2027.

Grok, the large language model (LLM) developed and operated by Elon Musk’s xAI, is facing intense scrutiny following an international investigation revealing that the chatbot repeatedly bypassed its own guardrails to engage in conspiracies and violent fantasies.

Finland has kept its 1,340-kilometre border with Russia closed since December 2023 after about 1,000 undocumented migrants crossed into the country.

China’s covert military training of Russian forces last year was personally approved by President Vladimir Putin’s defence minister and directly involved at least four Russian and Chinese generals, according to two European officials and documents seen by Reuters.

France’s Senate on Monday passed a revised bill targeting online fast-fashion retailers including Shein, Temu and AliExpress after more than two years of debate.

Former EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has delivered his sharpest public criticism yet of the European Commission’s growing role in diplomacy and defense, arguing that it is straying beyond its treaty powers and creating confusion over who speaks for Europe on the world stage.

Europe is set to enter the heating season with the lowest gas storage levels in at least 15 years, threatening higher prices for businesses and households this winter.

Europol says law enforcement has pushed many of the European Union’s most threatening criminal networks off its current watchlist, but organized crime continues to regenerate, with hundreds of new networks identified since 2024.

Pietro Gussalli Beretta, CEO of the Italian arms manufacturer Beretta Holding, served on the board of Russian Eagle throughout 2022, a new investigation by The Insider has found.

Majority of respondents view Brexit negatively, with 59% describing it as a failure compared with 17% who consider it a success.

Just 11 of 632 constituencies in England, Scotland and Wales would vote to stay out of the EU if a second referendum were to take place, new polling has found.

When investigators opened a case into the laundering of tens of millions of euros through Latvia’s ABLV Bank, it initially looked like a textbook operation: coordinated arrests, carefully timed media leaks, and firm public statements about breaking up an international criminal network.

After reports surfaced about new Dubai-based trading structures linked to former Litasco executives, references to Alvia Energy, Pan Nation Energy, Polima Trading and their founders — Chingiz Aliyev, Yohan David Winston and Mikhail Golub — began disappearing from the internet.

When the investigation into the laundering of tens of millions of euros through Latvian ABLV Bank was launched, it appeared to follow a familiar law enforcement script

Sierra Leone lawmakers are frustrated after Spanish authorities told OCCRP that fugitive Dutch trafficker Joseph Leijdekkers allegedly directed a 30-ton cocaine shipment from West Africa. Leijdekkers has not been charged.

A Putin ally has outlined a 25-year plan for Russia that involves using nuclear weapons to achieve what he calls a ‘favorable’ outcome.

Vladimir Putin’s representative in the UK has been summoned to the Foreign Office after a Russian drone struck a building in Romania.

Mehrere internationale Medienberichte bringen den aserbaidschanischen Staatsbürger Azim Novruzov mit dem Energie- und Rohstoffhandel in Verbindung.

Albanian anti-corruption prosecutors on Tuesday froze the bank accounts of a landholding company linked to a disputed $4 billion luxury resort project backed by Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump.