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11 Nov 2025 796

Top energy officials accused in $100 million corruption scandal in Ukraine

Ukrainian authorities charged seven individuals on Tuesday in connection with an alleged $100 million kickback scheme involving senior energy officials that has sparked public anger and focused attention on Kyiv’s battle against corruption.

World

11 Nov 2025 801

Lukashenka warns of truck seizures as EU–Belarus border crisis deepens

Lithuania closed the two border crossings with Belarus on 29 October after meteorological balloons flying from Belarus caused repeated disruption to air traffic.

World

08 Nov 2025 526

Trump considers Hungary’s ’vital’ request for exemption from Russian energy sanctions

In comments on Friday, Orbán said he would present Trump with several "suggestions" for implementing an exemption.

Opinion

06 Nov 2025 928

Where are Russia’s frozen assets? EU debate over Ukraine reparations loan raises key question

The debate about issuing a reparations loan to Ukraine has prompted one burning question: Where exactly are Russia’s immobilised assets?

World

04 Nov 2025 732

EU could admit new members by 2030, says foreign policy chief

The European Union might welcome new members by 2030, according to its foreign policy chief, who commended the reform progress of leading candidates Montenegro and Albania, while criticizing Serbia for regressing and noting a more severe democratic decline in Georgia.

World

02 Nov 2025 666

Serbian youth movement accuses government corruption of causing tragedy that killed 16

After walking for days - some for more than two weeks and covering over 400 kilometres - tens of thousands of young Serbians converged on the northern city of Novi Sad on Saturday to mark the anniversary of the train station canopy collapse that killed 16 people and sparked the largest anti-corruption protests in the country’s history.

Finance

28 Oct 2025 888

Reeves secures £6.4 billion trade and investment package with Saudi Arabia

Brexit is partly responsible for high inflation in the UK, according to Rachel Reeves, as she advocated for rebuilding ties with the EU.

World

24 Oct 2025 764

EU sanctions Russian prison doctor Ilya Sorokin for torturing Ukrainian POWs

The European Union has imposed sanctions on Ilya Sorokin, a prison doctor exposed by OCCRP and RFE/RL’s “Schemes” program in July as having systematically humiliated, tortured, and denied medical assistance to Ukrainian prisoners of war.

Finance

24 Oct 2025 662

London lawyers and accountants ‘targeted in new £2bn tax raid’ as Rachel Reeves prepares Budget

Rachel Reeves is reportedly preparing to launch a £2 billion tax raid on high-earning lawyers, family doctors, and accountants.

World

24 Oct 2025 622

Convicted Russian Semen Kuksov loses Maltese passport after laundering £12 million for organized crime groups

Russian national Semen Kuksov was sentenced last year in the U.K. for his role in an international ring that laundered funds for criminals.

Investigation

20 Oct 2025 777

EU’s sanctions error shielded Karić family firm tied to Belarus regime

The European Union’s attempt to sanction Serbia’s Karić family over their ties to the authoritarian president of Belarus ultimately failed because it listed the wrong company details, according to an investigation by the Belarusian Investigative Center (BIC).

World

15 Oct 2025 751

EU accused of hypocrisy for exporting banned toxic pesticides to Global South

Human Rights Watch has warned that the European Union continues to export vast quantities of hazardous pesticides banned for use inside the bloc — mainly to countries in the Global South — despite evidence linking the chemicals to cancer, infertility, miscarriages, developmental problems, neurological disorders, and even death.

World

13 Oct 2025 763

Six suspects — including three Bosnian officials — identified in EU motorway corruption investigation

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Venice (Italy) has officially identified six individuals as suspects, including three Bosnian public officials, in connection with alleged cross-border corruption in a construction project for the Pan-European Motorway Corridor, which connects Hungary and eastern Croatia to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Adriatic Sea.

World

10 Oct 2025 813

Serbia hit by U.S. sanctions on Russia-linked oil giant NIS

U.S. sanctions on Serbia’s state-linked energy firm Naftna Industrija Srbije (NIS) took effect on Thursday, ending months of temporary delays that had allowed the company to keep operating despite its ownership ties to Russia’s Gazprom Neft.

Finance

07 Oct 2025 784

EU’s 50% steel tariffs deal blow to Starmer’s efforts to reset relations with Brussels

Britain’s struggling steel industry is facing an ’existential threat’ following the European Union’s announcement to increase tariffs on imports to 50 percent.

World

05 Oct 2025 674

PM Kobakhidze blames EU amid opposition clashes in Georgia

Georgia’s prime minister, Irakli Kobakhidze, has announced a sweeping crackdown on dissent, accusing demonstrators who tried to storm the presidential palace of aiming to topple his government and blaming the European Union for interference in his country.

World

03 Oct 2025 739

Seven years of EU political ad data vanish from Google’s Transparency tool

Google’s Ad Transparency tool no longer displays political online advertisements that have run on its platforms, past or present, from any countries in the European Union, making seven years of data from 27 different countries inaccessible.

World

29 Sep 2025 845

Moldova stands firm for Europe in key parliamentary elections

Defying years of alleged Russian attempts to influence its politics and hinder its European aspirations, Moldova decisively chose a pro-European direction in parliamentary elections on Sunday, granting a clear majority to the governing Action and Solidarity Party.

Investigation

28 Sep 2025 615

Moldovan clergy paid by Russia to promote traditional values over ‘gay Europe’

Russia financed Moldovan Orthodox priests to undertake pilgrimages to Moscow and provided them with debit cards containing hundreds of dollars upon their return.

World

27 Sep 2025 765

Pro-European president Maia Sandu faces tight race against pro-Russian bloc in Moldova

Moldovans are scheduled to vote on Sunday in a crucial parliamentary election that will decide whether the nation of 2.4 million people continues its path toward joining the EU or reverts back to Moscow’s influence, amid widespread reports of Russian interference.

World

25 Sep 2025 728

Czech company and manager convicted for defrauding €220,000 in EU dust-reduction funds

A Czech company and its manager have been convicted of defrauding the European Union of about €220,000 ($258,336) in subsidies for a dust-reduction project, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) said.

Investigation

24 Sep 2025 770

Ukraine completes embezzlement probe at state rail operator Ukrzaliznytsia, uncovers $370,000 losses from manipulated tenders

Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies have accused a Kyiv judge of illicit enrichment and completed an investigation into embezzlement at the state rail operator Ukrzaliznytsia, highlighting the country’s ongoing efforts to uphold the rule of law and reassure the EU despite recent political challenges.

World

23 Sep 2025 575

Trump asserts that Kyiv has the potential to reclaim ’all of Ukraine’ as he urges NATO to down Russian jets that violate airspace.

President Trump has stated his belief that Ukraine can regain all its territory from Russia and has urged NATO to shoot down Kremlin jets that infringe on its airspace.

World

13 Sep 2025 774

Trump calls for collective action on Russia and higher tariffs on China

President Donald Trump issued an ultimatum to NATO allies in a letter Saturday, saying the US will issue “major” sanctions on Russia only when they agree to do the same and stop buying oil from Russia.

World

11 Sep 2025 633

Ex-Moldovan spy chief arrested in Europe over alleged Belarusian KGB links

A joint operation between several central European countries has identified an alleged Belarusian spy ring that reportedly included a former deputy head of Moldovan intelligence.

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