Shrinking Arctic ice redraws the map for internet cable connections (www.politico.eu)
A new 14,500-km subsea cable in the Arctic could reroute data traffic away from vulnerable choke points....
The EU compromise machine is breaking — and everyone’s blaming Germany (www.politico.eu)
Berlin’s domestic spats are gumming up the EU’s delicate policymaking process....
Europe’s boomtowns warn that far-right anti-immigration policies will stunt growth (www.politico.eu)
With immigration hawks on the rise, the bloc’s tech champions sound the alarm when it comes to recruiting expat workers....
Turkey’s Erdoğan suffers blow in crucial mayoral elections as secular opposition surges (www.politico.eu)
Opposition’s triumph in Istanbul, where the president had invested significant electoral resources, boosts a party that was left reeling by a general election defeat last year....
European prosecutors take over Belgian probe into Pfizergate (www.politico.eu)
European Public Prosecutor’s Office looking into texts between Ursula von der Leyen and boss of Pfizer....
Anti-deforestation law will deepen Europe’s cocaine problem, warn ambassadors (www.politico.eu)
Ban on imports linked to deforestation might push South American farmers to grow more illegal coca....
Taiwan’s Indigenous tribes could hold the key to its independence (www.politico.eu)
By calling for conquest, Xi has made an enemy of the Taiwan’s tribes, which rightfully say their ancestors inhabited the island long before the dawn of the Chinese era....
Belgium still struggling with its colonial ghosts (www.politico.eu)
By failing to publish a report on the nation’s colonial history, Belgium signals it is not yet ready to shake off its past....
Netanyahu faces Israel coalition crisis over drafting ultra-Orthodox Jews (www.politico.eu)
Ukrainian porn star raises funds for war amputees (www.politico.eu)
The adult celebrity is a “patriot of her country,” said one of the amputees who took part in a flirty photo shoot....
Putin links Ukraine to Moscow massacre without evidence (www.politico.eu)
The suspected gunmen “tried to hide and moved toward Ukraine,” Russian president says in televised address. Kyiv denies any involvement....
Orbán faces new enemy brandishing a leaked tape (www.politico.eu)
On Tuesday, after weeks of attacking Orbán online and in public, Magyar released a tape of his ex-wife Varga apparently incriminating members of Orbán’s inner circle in a corruption scandal....
Britain’s Conservatives go full Trump in London (www.politico.eu)
Macron rattled as EU election defeat looms (www.politico.eu)
French President Emmanuel Macron is turning up the heat on his lieutenants ahead of the European election as the far-right National Rally continues to build on its seemingly unstoppable momentum....
Draft-dodging plagues Ukraine as Kyiv faces acute soldier shortage (www.politico.eu)
An early burst of patriotic fervor saw draft centers swamped with volunteers, but that has waned with Vladimir Putin’s war in its third year....
Serious security breach hits EU police agency (www.politico.eu)
Disappearance of sensitive files of top law enforcement officials has sparked a crisis at Europol....
Draft-dodging plagues Ukraine as Kyiv faces acute soldier shortage (www.politico.eu)
We’re kept being told that Ukrainians want to fight, but the reality is that the Ukrainian regime is forcing people to fight against their will. This is what the west is supporting in Ukraine.
Moscow targets Kyiv, western Ukraine with massive missile barrage; Russian ships hit in Crimea (www.politico.eu)
One Russian cruise missile violated Polish airspace....
Russia ‘ready’ for nuclear war, Putin claims (www.politico.eu)
EU agrees US deal to launch satellites with Elon Musk’s SpaceX (www.politico.eu)
EU agrees US deal to launch satellites with Elon Musk’s SpaceX...
Putin ‘wins’ rigged Russian election with 88% of the vote, early results show (www.politico.eu)
Russian election: Alexei Navalny’s final plan to cause Vladimir Putin ‘maximum damage’ (www.politico.eu)
Before his death, the opposition leader laid out a strategy to challenge the Russian president....
Netanyahu vows to defy Biden’s ‘red line’ on Rafah (www.politico.eu)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he intends to press ahead with an invasion of the city of Rafah on the southern border of the Gaza Strip in defiance of United States President Joe Biden, who has warned such an offensive would be a “red line.”...