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I started the year by fulfilling a big wish: visiting Ukraine. So, I visited Lviv. It was a good choice. It gave me a clue what 2026 is about.
Strength is better than resilience – my lessons from Lviv
I started the year by fulfilling a big wish: visiting Ukraine. So, I visited Lviv. It was a good choice. It gave me a clue what 2026 is about.
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January 13, 2026 at 3:16 PM
I started the year by fulfilling a big wish: visiting Ukraine. So, I visited Lviv. It was a good choice. It gave me a clue what 2026 is about.
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Pressure on the EU builds, as regulators crack down on Grok
Pressure on the EU builds, as regulators crack down on Grok
World regulators, including Malaysia, Indonesia and the UK have taken action against AI Grok, with calls for the European Commission to intervene via its Digital Services Act, in response to users producing sexualised deepfakes with the chatbot.
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January 13, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Pressure on the EU builds, as regulators crack down on Grok
Massive EU 'competitiveness' fund too vague, auditors warn
Massive EU 'competitiveness' fund too vague, auditors warn
The European Court of Auditors says the EU's proposed €409 bn competitiveness fund is too vague to guarantee transparency and traceability of funds. Auditors warn the proposal could repeat mistakes made with the pandemic recovery fund.
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January 13, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Massive EU 'competitiveness' fund too vague, auditors warn
EU failing to cover US health-funding gap in DR Congo, as rape cases soar
EU failing to cover US health-funding gap in DR Congo, as rape cases soar
The EU and other international donors are struggling to replace scrapped US funding for healthcare for victims of rape, as well as broader sexual and reproductive health rights, according to new research.
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January 13, 2026 at 2:43 AM
EU failing to cover US health-funding gap in DR Congo, as rape cases soar
Hungary's EU commissioner dismisses spy-ring report
Hungary's EU commissioner dismisses spy-ring report
Olivér Várhelyi, the European health commissioner, repeatedly brushed off allegations he had headed a spy-ring during his team as Hungary's ambassador to the European Union.
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January 13, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Hungary's EU commissioner dismisses spy-ring report
Why the Iran uprising is Europe's strategic blind spot
Why the Iran uprising is Europe's strategic blind spot
The protests that began in December 2025 are not about prices alone. They represent a sustained challenge to a political system widely perceived as irreparable. Recognising that reality is not radicalism. For Europe, it is strategic realism, writes Babak Rezaeedaryakenari from the University of Leiden in the Netherlands.
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January 13, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Why the Iran uprising is Europe's strategic blind spot
EU against Iran regime change, drafts mini-sanctions
EU against Iran regime change, drafts mini-sanctions
The EU is against regime change in Iran, while condemning violence and drafting new sanctions, with a foreign policy largely unchanged since before the protests turned deadly.
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January 13, 2026 at 12:39 AM
EU against Iran regime change, drafts mini-sanctions
Listen: Why Europe’s young people can’t afford a home
Listen: Why Europe’s young people can’t afford a home
In this episode of Europe Talks Back, Evi Kiorri speaks with Ina Delić, youth engagement officer at Caritas Europe, and part of the very generation she’s advocating for, about the lived reality of Europe’s housing crisis, and what it means for young lives and futures.
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January 12, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Listen: Why Europe’s young people can’t afford a home
World regulators, including Malaysia, Indonesia and the UK have taken action against AI Grok, with calls for the European Commission to intervene via its Digital Services Act, in response to users producing sexualised deepfakes with the chatbot.
Pressure on the EU builds, as regulators crack down on Grok
World regulators, including Malaysia, Indonesia and the UK have taken action against AI Grok, with calls for the European Commission to intervene via its Digital Services Act, in response to users producing sexualised deepfakes with the chatbot.
euobserver.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:18 PM
World regulators, including Malaysia, Indonesia and the UK have taken action against AI Grok, with calls for the European Commission to intervene via its Digital Services Act, in response to users producing sexualised deepfakes with the chatbot.
The European Court of Auditors says the EU's proposed €409 bn competitiveness fund is too vague to guarantee transparency and traceability of funds. Auditors warn the proposal could repeat mistakes made with the pandemic recovery fund.
Massive EU 'competitiveness' fund too vague, auditors warn
The European Court of Auditors says the EU's proposed €409 bn competitiveness fund is too vague to guarantee transparency and traceability of funds. Auditors warn the proposal could repeat mistakes made with the pandemic recovery fund.
euobserver.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:49 PM
The European Court of Auditors says the EU's proposed €409 bn competitiveness fund is too vague to guarantee transparency and traceability of funds. Auditors warn the proposal could repeat mistakes made with the pandemic recovery fund.
The EU and other international donors are struggling to replace scrapped US funding for healthcare for victims of rape, as well as broader sexual and reproductive health rights, according to new research.
EU failing to cover US health-funding gap in DR Congo, as rape cases soar
The EU and other international donors are struggling to replace scrapped US funding for healthcare for victims of rape, as well as broader sexual and reproductive health rights, according to new research.
euobserver.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:43 PM
The EU and other international donors are struggling to replace scrapped US funding for healthcare for victims of rape, as well as broader sexual and reproductive health rights, according to new research.
Europe turns it back on refugees as resettlement quotas plunge
Europe turns it back on refugees as resettlement quotas plunge
Eighteen EU member states, including Germany, have refused to commit to any resettlement quotas for primarily UN-recognised refugees, as the bloc collectively spurns those with legitimate claims to international protection.
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January 12, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Europe turns it back on refugees as resettlement quotas plunge
Olivér Várhelyi, the European health commissioner, repeatedly brushed off allegations he had headed a spy-ring during his team as Hungary's ambassador to the European Union.
Hungary's EU commissioner dismisses spy-ring report
Olivér Várhelyi, the European health commissioner, repeatedly brushed off allegations he had headed a spy-ring during his team as Hungary's ambassador to the European Union.
euobserver.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Olivér Várhelyi, the European health commissioner, repeatedly brushed off allegations he had headed a spy-ring during his team as Hungary's ambassador to the European Union.
Cyprus presidency, Mercosur signing and cybersecurity update This WEEK
Cyprus presidency, Mercosur signing and cybersecurity update This WEEK
This week, the European Commission visits Nicosia to help launch Cyprus' EU Council presidency, signs the Mercosur deal, and updates cybersecurity and anti-racism strategies. While transatlantic tensions over Greenland continue, housing plans and budget scrutiny will also dominate Brussels meetings with commissioners.
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January 12, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Cyprus presidency, Mercosur signing and cybersecurity update This WEEK
The EU is against regime change in Iran, while condemning violence and drafting new sanctions, with a foreign policy largely unchanged since before the protests turned deadly.
EU against Iran regime change, drafts mini-sanctions
The EU is against regime change in Iran, while condemning violence and drafting new sanctions, with a foreign policy largely unchanged since before the protests turned deadly.
euobserver.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:39 PM
The EU is against regime change in Iran, while condemning violence and drafting new sanctions, with a foreign policy largely unchanged since before the protests turned deadly.
In this episode of Europe Talks Back, Evi Kiorri speaks with Ina Delić, youth engagement officer at Caritas Europe, and part of the very generation she’s advocating for, about the lived reality of Europe’s housing crisis, and what it means for young lives and futures.
Listen: Why Europe’s young people can’t afford a home
In this episode of Europe Talks Back, Evi Kiorri speaks with Ina Delić, youth engagement officer at Caritas Europe, and part of the very generation she’s advocating for, about the lived reality of Europe’s housing crisis, and what it means for young lives and futures.
euobserver.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:04 AM
In this episode of Europe Talks Back, Evi Kiorri speaks with Ina Delić, youth engagement officer at Caritas Europe, and part of the very generation she’s advocating for, about the lived reality of Europe’s housing crisis, and what it means for young lives and futures.
Eighteen EU member states, including Germany, have refused to commit to any resettlement quotas for primarily UN-recognised refugees, as the bloc collectively spurns those with legitimate claims to international protection.
Europe turns it back on refugees as resettlement quotas plunge
Eighteen EU member states, including Germany, have refused to commit to any resettlement quotas for primarily UN-recognised refugees, as the bloc collectively spurns those with legitimate claims to international protection.
euobserver.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:33 AM
Eighteen EU member states, including Germany, have refused to commit to any resettlement quotas for primarily UN-recognised refugees, as the bloc collectively spurns those with legitimate claims to international protection.
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January 12, 2026 at 6:30 AM
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Oreshnik missile was Putin 'warning' against EU action in Ukraine
Oreshnik missile was Putin 'warning' against EU action in Ukraine
Russia's Oreshnik missile strike near to Poland was a "warning" amid plans for European troops in Ukraine, but Emmanuel Macron and Giorgia Meloni still want to talk to Vladimir Putin.
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January 10, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Oreshnik missile was Putin 'warning' against EU action in Ukraine
Musk’s Grok now restricts X's image generation bot — to users paying €9.39
Musk’s Grok now restricts X's image generation bot — to users paying €9.39
The ability to use xAI’s chatbot, Grok, to edit images on X has now been restricted to only paying users of the social media platform. The change happens as regulators around the world have turned their fire on the chatbot, which has generated thousands of sexualised non-consensual deepfakes over recent weeks.
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January 10, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Musk’s Grok now restricts X's image generation bot — to users paying €9.39
EU-Mercosur trade deal gets green light despite French opposition
EU-Mercosur trade deal gets green light despite French opposition
The EU’s trade agreement with Mercosur, a bloc of six South American countries, was finally given the green light following a vote by ambassadors in Brussels on Friday — despite continued opposition from France.
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January 10, 2026 at 12:15 AM
EU-Mercosur trade deal gets green light despite French opposition
EU housing costs kept climbing in late 2025
EU housing costs kept climbing in late 2025
Housing costs across the EU kept climbing in late 2025, new Eurostat figures show, with prices up 63 percent over the past decade, and rents 21 percent higher.
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January 9, 2026 at 11:37 PM
EU housing costs kept climbing in late 2025
What's behind US attacks on EU tech rules? National security and AI weapons
What's behind US attacks on EU tech rules? National security and AI weapons
The Trump administration has gone to war against the EU’s tech regulations, deriding them as censorship and free-speech infringements. But Michael Keary, an International relations and EU policy scholar, explains to EUobserver how the US actually sees this conflict as a national security issue.
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January 9, 2026 at 9:34 PM
What's behind US attacks on EU tech rules? National security and AI weapons
The case for putting a European military presence in Greenland
The case for putting a European military presence in Greenland
A multinational European contingent, rotating and modest in size, would internationalise the security of Greenland. Any hostile act would no longer be a bilateral issue between Copenhagen and Washington, but an incident involving several European states. This would not be a force designed to fight the United States, nor a step towards militarising the Arctic.
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January 9, 2026 at 8:52 PM
The case for putting a European military presence in Greenland