The European Commission appears to have been snubbed in a statement from several member states in defence of Greenland, following renewed threats by US president Donald Trump to seize the autonomous Danish island.

Journalist Veronika Munk reviews Hungary’s political developments on the road to the April election, from campaign infighting and Viktor Orbán’s press limits to new Budapest candidates, the Beneš decrees row with Slovakia, the government's U-turn on Venezuela, and the death of Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr.

The Trump administration ordered a US withdrawal from over 60 international organisations, including the UN climate summits, drawing sharp EU criticism over weakened global cooperation.

Across Europe, mayors and local councillors are facing a disturbing rise in harassment, threats, disinformation, and even physical violence. These aren’t isolated incidents — they are a growing pattern. And they’re not 'just politics'. They are deliberate attempts to silence, intimidate, and push people out of public life, warns the Council of European Municipalities and Regions.

A French banker inside Euroclear, who flew to Russia 155 times for "private" reasons, allegedly tried to connect the company's CEO, Valérie Urbain, with Russian spies and threatened her when she declined, according to an investigation by EUobserver, Humo, De Morgen, and Dossier Center.

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