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Russian hackers involved in the campaign have gone after government organizations and private companies in the defense, transport, maritime, air traffic management and IT sectors, they said.  Organizations from those industries based in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Moldova, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine and the U.S. were targeted, according to Wednesday’s statement.  The Western countries explicitly linked the cyber campaign to Russia’s war in Ukraine, saying the attacks ramped up after February 2022.  As Russian forces “failed to meet their military objectives and Western countries provided aid to support Ukraine’s territorial defense, Unit 26165 expanded…

“[France] will be contacting the European Commission to find out its position, and to ask about its intentions regarding a possible revision of the European directive defining original purity and the status of microfiltration, so that we can have harmonization at the European level,” Véronique Louwagie, France’s junior minister for trade, told the Senate during a question session on Wednesday. French health officials had determined that any filtration below a 0.8-micron threshold could risk changing the water’s natural state — yet Nestlé lobbied the French government to allow microfiltration at 0.2 microns through local executive orders. Past regulations were intended…

KYIV — Spanish police are investigating the death of Andrii Portnov, 51, a powerful Ukrainian former politician, who was living in Spain. Portnov was shot dead by several unknown attackers on a street in Pozuelo de Alarcón, a town in the Madrid province of Spain, the Spanish Interior Ministry confirmed to POLITICO. “Official sources confirm that the victim was shot several times as he was getting into a vehicle. Several people shot him in the back and head and then fled the scene into a wooded area,” the ministry’s press service said. Portnov was one of the key functionaries of…

France has in recent days gone to great lengths to protect its secular nature. Earlier this week, France’s Europe Minister Benjamin Haddad called for tighter checks on the way the EU allocates grants following allegations that Brussels funded campaigns that did not respect France’s secular values, and purportedly entities linked to Islamist movements. France’s Europe Minister Benjamin Haddad called for tighter checks on the way the EU allocates grants. | Pool Photo by Neil Hall via EPA Macron has tasked his government with proposing measures to fight the Muslim Brotherhood’s influence, which are expected to be discussed next month, the…

Officials in Thailand have said they plan to tighten regulations on cannabis sales after cases of tourists attempting to smuggle the drug out of the country soared in recent months.Thailand became the first country in Asia to decriminalise cannabis in 2022, which has boosted Thailand’s tourism and farming and spawned thousands of shops.But it’s also facing a public backlash over allegations that under-regulation has made the drug available to children and caused addiction.The ruling Pheu Thai Party has promised to criminalise cannabis again but has faced strong resistance from its partner in the coalition government which supported the decriminalisation.Thailand’s Health Minister Somsak…

Alexander Dobrindt musste heute in der Regierungsbefragung den Abgeordneten Rede und Antwort stehen. Dabei waren die verschärften Grenzkontrollen und die Migrationspolitik die Schwerpunkte. Rasmus Buchsteiner hat die Befragung verfolgt und analysiert zusammen mit Gordon Repinski, wie sich Dobrindt geschlagen hat.  Hans von der Burchard berichtet davon, wie die EU plant ein Abkommen mit Israel zu überprüfen und wie Deutschland damit in eine Zwickmühle gerät. Das Berlin Playbook als Podcast gibt es morgens um 5 Uhr. Gordon Repinski und das POLITICO-Team bringen euch jeden Morgen auf den neuesten Stand in Sachen Politik — kompakt, europäisch, hintergründig. Und für alle Hauptstadt-Profis:Unser Berlin…

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The creative, cobblestoned Dutch city of Breda has officially become the first National Park City in the European Union.Officially designated by the National Park City Foundation in May, Breda joins London, Adelaide and Chattanooga as the fourth member of a growing global movement to make urban areas greener, healthier and more connected to nature.This new status recognises more than a decade of work to restore wetlands, green its streets and bring residents into the process.  It also signals a shift in how cities across Europe redefine their relationship with nature.What is a National Park City?The National Park City initiative was launched…

Published on 21/05/2025 – 16:33 GMT+2Gorillaz, the famous virtual band created by Blur frontman Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett, are marking their 25th anniversary with a new exhibition at London’s Copper Box later this year.The immersive showcase, titled House Of Kong, takes place for a limited run from 8 August to 3 September, and will allow fans to peek behind the curtain of the virtual band’s creation – all the way back to the release of their 2000 debut single ‘Tomorrow Comes Today’.A press release states: “Visitors to House of Kong will take a jaunt behind the curtain of Gorillaz’ extraordinary…

“The IDF regrets the inconvenience caused,” the Israel Defense Forces said, adding there would be an inquiry and the countries involved would be updated about its findings. The diplomats included delegates from the EU, France, the U.K., Italy, Canada, Russia, China and elsewhere, according to the Palestinian Authority, which organized the visit. A spokesperson for the Palestinian Authority’s foreign ministry slammed the incident as a “heinous crime committed by the Israeli occupation forces, which deliberately targeted by live fire an accredited diplomatic delegation.” Footage of the incident shared by the Palestinian Authority on social media shows members of the delegation…