Lithuania's leaders have agreed to remove a constitutional ban on nuclear weapons as the country presses to join NATO's nuclear-deterrence posture against Russia, hardening a debate that reaches across the EU.
Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have deposited formal notifications of withdrawal from the International Criminal Court with the UN Secretary-General, turning their September 2025 announcement into a binding legal process that takes effect in June 2027.
Russia's central bank, growth, budget and banking data all show a war economy under real pressure in mid-2026, yet most analysts read the picture as erosion rather than collapse — a distinction that matters for how long Moscow can fund the war and for the EU sanctions strategy Luxembourg helps shape.
Occupied Crimea is rationing or running short of fuel, water and electricity as Ukraine's long-range drone campaign degrades Russia's rear, a sign of how attrition is shaping the war and keeping Europe on alert.
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola has referred Luxembourgish MEP Fernand Kartheiser to the institution's ethics watchdog over his dealings with Russia, an unusual step that puts the Grand Duchy at the centre of an EU foreign-influence debate.
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola has triggered a formal conduct inquiry into Luxembourg MEP Fernand Kartheiser over his attendance at a Russian economic forum and his dealings with the State Duma. One of the Grand Duchy's six MEPs, Kartheiser was already expelled from a parliamentary group last year over a Moscow trip and has dismissed the latest scrutiny as 'surreal.'