Moscow says the initiative requires consent from all parties, including Iran, and its prospects remain unclear.
A reported US peace proposal would restore Russian pipeline gas to Europe, challenging the EU’s 2027 phaseout and reopening the debate over cost and dependency.
Russian strikes killed two people, disrupted electricity supplies and halted work at an automotive wiring plant, widening the war’s economic costs.
The attack disrupted energy, digital, power and transport infrastructure, exposing the economic risks created by concentrated urban networks.
The suspected arson attack near Warsaw shows how limited physical sabotage can generate wider costs for infrastructure security, insurers and European governments.
Russia’s designation of two StopTime musicians as “foreign agents” shows how political enforcement can reshape cultural work and accelerate creative migration.
Five drone incursions in one day highlight the mounting security, fiscal and investment risks Moldova faces as Russia’s war against Ukraine spills across borders.
Russian attacks disrupted electricity and water services in Kyiv and Lutsk, exposing the economic vulnerability of Ukraine’s interconnected urban infrastructure.
ECB approval gives UniCredit a route to control Commerzbank, testing Europe’s banking integration against German concerns over jobs and business lending.
EU leaders remain divided over a nearly €2 trillion seven-year budget as fiscal restraint, proposed bloc-wide levies and election risks complicate a compromise.
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators says Trump’s Russian diesel deal would aid Moscow while offering little relief to American fuel consumers.
Yury Dmitriev was returned to a Russian penal colony without a diagnosis after suspected stroke symptoms, rights advocates said.
Finland’s foreign minister is pressing the EU to halt Russian tourist visas, framing mobility as part of Europe’s sanctions response.
EU states agreed to open internal market and competitiveness accession clusters for Ukraine and Moldova, deepening reform and economic integration talks.
Trump said Putin is more interested than Zelensky in a Ukraine peace deal, while Kyiv urged U.S. pressure over Russia’s energy ceasefire violations.
Reported U.S. pressure over Ukraine’s PURL weapons pipeline turns refinery strikes and an energy truce into a test of economic leverage.
The EU is preparing new funding for Ukrainian drones and missiles as Brussels links wartime defense needs with long-term financing and reforms.
Germany’s long-term welfare rolls have reignited debate over Bürgergeld, work requirements and the structural barriers keeping people out of work.
Palestinian elections have been delayed until September 2027, extending political uncertainty around Gaza’s governance and reconstruction.
