With 2026 seemingly settled, attention shifts to 2027, which looks much direr.
Kyiv has flagged a staggering $78 billion shortfall for next year: $32.6 billion for the budget and $45 billion for the military. Can Brussels keep up?
Frankly, I'm not surprised the one-month saga has ended so abruptly. The Commission always kept its distance from the $27 billion deficit and refused to be drawn into a (contentious) debate over fresh money.
Message to Kyiv: focus on the reforms needed to unlock the €90bn loan.
A Russian bombing attack on a European weapons factory should trigger NATO's Article 5 mutual defense clause, the EU's top defense official said today.
https://t.co/PBP0gefH2U
A Russian bombing attack on a European weapons factory should trigger NATO's Article 5 mutual defense clause, the EU's top defense official said today.
https://t.co/PBP0gefH2U
NEW. Phillips O'Brien explains the problem isn't merely Trump and Hegseth.
"The military didn’t prepare for this war. So the military bears [some] responsibility for failures...And I don’t know now whether they are capable of speaking truth to power."
https://t.co/5PNLEXx5xs
⚡ Intense Ukrainian strikes targeting Russian missile launchers have forced Moscow to pull its launch systems back 100 km from the front line.
https://t.co/Ug2C4WVxEy
Keď do pekla, tak na bielom koni - bude aj platový automat🤷♂️
Nič tak nepoteší rozvrátené a neudržateľné verejné financie, ako zvyšovanie miezd vo verejnej správe a platové automaty.
Tu zasnežujeme už v októbri, aby sa nám rýchlejšie kĺzalo dolu kopcom...
The Chinese are not distracted by AI doomsday scenarios. They are staking out markets to push us out of while we’re worried about extremes. This is another example of significant Chinese intellectual property theft.
https://t.co/pfpNrXmMJz
Finnish MPs report suspected intrusions into their homes. Nothing was stolen or damaged, but signs were left, possibly to signal that someone had been inside.
Wanna guess which country's intelligence agencies carry out these kinds of operations?
Ceny „riešime“ dotáciami. Nič z tohto nie je energetická politika. Je to kupovanie času, ktorý nevyužívame na nič – ani na diverzifikáciu zdrojov, ani na nové kapacity, ani na to, aby sme prestali byť závislí od dodávateľa, ktorý vedie vojnu proti nášmu... https://t.co/5Iz3tijNGb
Ukraine is offering allies access to new interceptors for jet-powered Russian drones. The price is funding to expand production before winter.
Budanov says Ukraine already fields the new systems in combat and must now raise output — United24. 1/