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Slovakia’s crackdown on NGOs
echoes Putin’s playbook

2 days ago
Russia’s infamous foreign agent law has prompted a wave of imitators in Eastern Europe – most recently in Slovakia.
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Turkey's 'Year of the Family'
— but not for women

10 hours ago
Turkey declared 2025 the “Year of Family” — despite the country's rising femicide rate. Rights groups say government policies prioritise family unity over women’s safety, while systemic failures and the withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention fuel a deadly pattern of violence.
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Trump's upturning of trade risks
five million European jobs

7 hours ago
As the EU adapts to Trump's new trade agenda — with five million jobs at stake — it must protect its social model through investment, fair trade deals, and full union involvement in shaping the bloc’s strategy.
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Rule 241: the EU’s hidden ‘bombshell’ against anti-democratic forces

6 months ago
Legal scholars have dubbed it a "sleeping beauty" — a potent yet practically unused EU Parliament instrument akin to the EU's own Article 7, designed to safeguard the rule of law and the integrity of its institutions.
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Dekonspiratsiya: Meet 20 of Putin's EU spies

1 month ago
Russian spies are still active in the EU capital and have a "higher risk appetite" than before the Ukraine war — despite Belgium's efforts to push back against their plots.
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As Trump sells out Europe’s security, ‘war is not over’ in Ukraine

2 months ago
The US and Russia have agreed to start negotiations “immediately" to end the war in Ukraine. But experts keep warning about the moral and strategic consequences of a bad deal — especially for Europe. Meanwhile, it is clear that Ukrainians have no trust in any peace deal with Moscow without strong security guarantees.
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