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Another huge protest against Orban tonight in Hungary after yesterday's over a child abuse scandal.

The Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs clashed again with his Hungarian counterpart.

Merz compares Putin to Hitler: ‘He won’t stop’

Poland demolishes another Soviet monument

‘The frontline is everywhere’: new MI6 head to warn of growing Russian threat

Merz: The time of Pax Americana is over

Japan Applies to Participate in EU's €150 Billion SAFE Defense Procurement Program

Slovenian Alps seen from Croatia 130km away

Cut off by their banks and even iced out by Alexa, sanctioned ICC staffers remain resolute. International Criminal Court judges and prosecutors are trying to live and work under the same financial and travel restrictions brought against Russian President Vladimir Putin and Osama bin Laden

Five arrested over plot to attack German Christmas market

Hungarian protesters demand PM Viktor Orban quit over child abuse scandals

European views of Putin vary by support for right-wing populist parties

The Spanish government will disconnect 700,000 children under 16 from the internet to protect them from cyberbullying and pornography: companies oppose the measure.

Zelensky ready to drop NATO ambitions in exchange for firm security guarantees

Russia sentences Italian ICC judge Aitala, who issued the arrest warrant for Putin, to 15 years in prison. The Italian National Magistrates Association: “The Meloni government must intervene.” Eight other ICC judges have also been placed on Russia’s wanted list.

Pistol of the Spanish president in 1930s Niceto Alcalá Zamora.

‘Outright evil:’ anguish and anger over South Africans tricked into fighting for Russia

Estonia erects first of 600-strong Baltic bunker wall on Russia border

Massive protest tonight in Hungary against the Orban government

Ukraine's integration into EU by 2027 deemed unlikely by diplomats

Germany investing in military amid concerns over Putin, uncertainty about U.S. support for European defense

Hungary: Thousands march demanding Orban's ouster – DW

US blocks European diplomats from coordination centre at lsrael’s request