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After the vote of no-confidence against the government, the political terrain is taking shape like waters receding after a flood: there is huge damage, the home is a mess, and most  good things have disappeared. What was bad before is worse now. Some roll up their sleeves to clean up the mess, but it’s unclear where to start. Others...

Zootopia 2 proves a massive success at the box office and in streaming Experiences segment (parks, cruises and consumer goods) hits $9.5 billion Streaming poised to become a central hub for the company’s new One Disney concept The magic is in the air again at Disney, the ”House of Mouse” finally entering a “thriving era” - driven by the...

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb has initiated an investigation against 21 Croatian citizens, including one public official and a former public official, who were arrested yesterday in a probe into possible corruption and subsidy fraud involving subsidies from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF). The arrests have been...

A pilot has died after a firefighting aircraft crashed while battling a massive forest fire in southeastern Poland that has already burned through hundreds of hectares of protected woodland near the Ukrainian border. The blaze erupted on Tuesday afternoon in Solska Forest, near the village of Kozaki in Biłgoraj County, Lublin province, and spread rapidly due to severe drought conditions,...

"I believe that President Nicușor Dan understood his position, his constitutional position, that of being a mediator very well. He was a political opponent of the PSD – in the local elections, in the presidential elections (and) we do not have a common political history. But this does not mean that I don’t observe that he understood and expressed...

MIDEAST BRIEFING: A possible deal, Iranian attacks on the UAE, and the US trying to call two Iranian bluffs at once. Also, promising elections in the West Bank amid an ongoing disaster in Gaza. Amid the confusion and mounting tensions over a possible renewal of the war comes a report suggesting the United States and Iran may be moving toward...

t the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb (Croatia), evidence-gathering activities are being carried out today in several counties, in an investigation into possible corruption and fraud involving EU agricultural funds. The investigative measures concern several Croatian nationals suspected of committing the criminal offences of abuse of office and authority, receiving and offering bribes, subsidy fraud,...

The fall of the Bolojan Government is a living example of how a relatively simple state of affairs – the fear of a clan of hyenas of running out of food- can create a serious problem- an attack on the country's economic stability and its future democracy, plus potentially endangering Romania's strategic orientation. Because, where the overthrow of Ilie Bolojan’s...

Germany recently unveiled its first-ever national military strategy, identifying Russia as the primary threat to European security. Within this frame, Berlin has also announced plans to transform the Bundeswehr into the strongest conventional military force in Europe. Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger said Germany has significantly expanded its capacity to manufacture conventional ammunition. He added that the defence sector, once seen as...

Romania's President Nicusor Dan insisted that his country would keep on its pro-Western path on Tuesday after the pro-European government was toppled in a no-confidence vote on Tuesday. President Dan said that his informal consultations with parties after the collapse of the government will focus on forming a new administration, stressing that Romania will have a pro-western government. He also excluded...