Since the beginning of this year, Albania has faced mounting concerns from the EU over the state of the rule of law. Last February, a report by the European Parliament and a statement by the European ...

On 29 April, at Russia’s initiative, Vladimir Putin held a 90-minute phone call with Donald Trump. The US president said the conversation was “very good”, while Putin’s adviser Yuri Ushakov described ...

The Assembly of Kosovo failed to elect a president by the 28 April deadline set by the Constitutional Court. Prime Minister Albin Kurti (Self-Determination) was unable to persuade the opposition to ...

Russian forces have deepened and expanded the area under their control in the Vovchansk region of Kharkiv Oblast. They have ...

On 23 April, six ministers resigned from the Romanian government – those responsible for labour, health, energy, agriculture, transport, and justice – along with Deputy Prime Minister Marian Neacșu ...

Russian forces continued to expand their bridgeheads in the regions of the Kharkiv and Sumy oblasts bordering Russia, which ...

On 20 April, the Estonian government criticised Ukraine’s information policy, including public speculation about a possible Russian attack on the Baltic states. This followed a suggestion by President ...

Over the past year, pressure on the opposition, the media, and government critics in Turkey has reached levels unseen in the country’s recent history, with the Republican People’s Party (CHP) emerging ...

On 23 April, the Council of the European Union adopted its 20th package of sanctions against Russia. The measures tighten restrictions on Russian oil and LNG exports, including those targeting the ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan held talks with his counterparts from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Pakistan at the third consultative meeting this year. He stated that the aim of this format is “for ...

On 22 April, Slovak Deputy Prime Minister Denisa Saková and Hungary’s MOL oil company confirmed that Ukraine had resumed the transit of Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia via the southern branch of ...

According to data from Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Transport, over the past seven years the volume of cargo transported through the country via the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR), ...