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“It’s no secret: As a logistical hub for NATO troop movements and as an active NATO partner Germany is always on the radar for foreign intelligence services,” Rosenberg added, her words echoing those of Estonia’s spy chief from last year. Most recently, the German navy has seen sabotage operations aboard ships: broken cables, oil in the water supply, or metal shrapnel in a drive train. Already before Moscow’s February 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian covert operations were occurring in Germany. A German court expelled two Russian diplomats in 2021 over the murder of a Georgian citizen, for instance. Russia’s…
According to the SBU, Magamedrasulov helped his father, a Russian citizen, to conduct illegal industrial hemp trade with Russia. The SBU is also looking into Magamedrasulov’s alleged contacts with Russian spies and whether he passed secret information to them about planned corruption investigations. Magamedrasulov was allegedly in close contact with fugitive pro-Russian lawmaker Fedir Khrystenko, who is allegedly a suspected covert Russian spy in Ukraine, the SBU said. Khrystenko has “a significant influence” on the activities of Ukraine’s anti-corruption agency, the SBU claimed in a statement on Monday. NABU, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau, said the searches targeted at least 15…
L’enquête judiciaire, ouverte au début du mois, porte sur des infractions d’“altération du fonctionnement d’un système de traitement automatisé de données en bande organisée”, et d’“extraction frauduleuse de données d’un système de traitement automatisé de données en bande organisée”. Cette enquête intervient alors que X est déjà sous le feu des critiques des régulateurs européens. La Commission européenne enquête depuis près de deux ans sur la plateforme appartenant à Musk, qu’elle soupçonne d’avoir enfreint sa réglementation phare, le règlement sur les services numériques (DSA). L’enquête française se fonde sur plusieurs plaintes, dont une déposée par le député Ensemble pour la…
A town on the outskirts of London was rocked by protesters who descended on a hotel housing asylum seekers for the second time in four days on Sunday night, amid anger about a migrant accused of sexual assault. Essex Police said they arrested six people in Epping on Sunday, including four suspected of involvement in “violent disorder” during the previous demonstration on Thursday. Officers patrolled the area around the Bell Hotel throughout the night after issuing an order for the crowds to disperse. Chanting “Save our kids” and “Send them home,” more than 100 demonstrators, some waving England flags, gathered…
The Italian organizers announced Monday they are cancelling the concert of pro-Kremlin conductor Valery Gergiev after a political outcry. Gergiev, who is a staunch supporter of Russian ruler Vladimir Putin, was slated to perform at the major Un’Estate da Re festival at the vast 18th century Royal Palace of Caserta, near Naples, on July 27. It would have been his first concert in the European Union since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began three years ago. Putting Gergiev on the line-up drew plenty of criticism last week. The performance “risks sending the wrong message,” said Italy’s Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli. Yulia Navalnaya, the wife…
By Euronews Published on 21/07/2025 – 14:24 GMT+2 A scheduled live, open-air television interview with the co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, Alice Weidel, was drowned out on Sunday by boisterous protesters. The demonstrators, which positioned themselves across the River Spree from the televised set-up in Berlin’s government quarter, sang songs, blew whistles and shouted anti-AfD slogans. Weidel and her host, public broadcaster ARD’s Markus Preiß, had to lean forward multiple times to understand the questions posed by the other. Both Weidel and Preiß acknowledged the “difficult conditions,” saying that at times it was almost impossible to understand…
The criminal investigation, which was opened earlier this month, comes as X is increasingly under fire from regulators across Europe. The European Commission has separately been investigating the Musk-owned platform for almost two years now on suspicion of breaching its landmark regulation, the Digital Services Act. The French probe is based in part on complaints from centrist lawmaker, Eric Bothorel, who in January accused X of spreading “an enormous amount of hateful, racist, anti-LGBT+ and homophobic political content, which aims to skew the democratic debate in France.” Those comments sparked an initial inquiry which paved the way for this month’s criminal investigation.…
Sanseito, a far-right nationalist group founded just four years ago, walked away from Sunday’s upper house election with 14 seats, a surprising leap from the single seat it held since 2022. It became the fourth-largest opposition force in the 248-seat chamber, behind the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP), the Democratic Party for the People (DPP) and Nippon Ishin no Kai. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party suffered a major setback in October’s lower house election, as loyal voters voiced anger over corruption scandals and rising costs. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is struggling to restore trust, and his minority government has…
Hundreds of migrants arrived on the Greek island of Crete over the weekend, including 74 rescued on Monday, as traffickers increasingly use longer Mediterranean routes from North Africa. A Coast Guard boat reportedly spotted the ship carrying migrants, sparking a rescue effort. The people on board were rescued and transported to the port of Kali Limenes. Preliminary assessments indicate that the rescued people were in good health, according to local media reports. Greek officials say that almost 300 migrants arrived in Crete over the weekend. According to officials, these arrivals indicate that migrant smuggling from countries such as Libya continues…
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