Due to US pressure, Ukraine and Russia agreed to a ceasefire from 9 to 11 May. The decision to halt the fighting was ...

On 11 May, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) charged former head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak with money laundering. Investigators allege that 460 million hryvnias ...

Since mid-April 2026, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have attacked Russian energy infrastructure facilities in Tuapse, Krasnodar Krai, on at least four occasions: 16, 20 and 28 April, and 1 May. These ...

On 8 May, the government of Rumen Radev, the country’s former president and leader of the conservative-social Progressive Bulgaria (PB), survived a confidence vote in the Bulgarian parliament.

Amid the war in Ukraine and instability in the Middle East, the South Caucasus is gaining importance as a transit region ...

On 1 May, a spokesperson for the Pentagon announced that the Secretary of Defence (War) had decided to reduce the US military presence in Germany by around 5,000 troops over the next 6 to 12 months, ...

On 4 May, the Russian Ministry of Defence announced a two-day (8–9 May) ceasefire to mark Victory Day, citing a decision by ...

On 4–5 May, the first-ever EU–Armenia summit was held in Yerevan, preceded by the eighth summit of the European Political Community (EPC). The parties adopted a joint declaration confirming their ...

Federal Minister of the Interior Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) announced on 29 April that controls at the border with Luxembourg would be lifted at the beginning of May, with enforcement efforts instead ...

Although the war in the Persian Gulf has now entered its third month, EU member states have so far mainly experienced the ...

Analyst at the Security and Defence Department. At the OSW since 2015, first in the Security and Defence in Northern Europe Project, then in the Regional Security Programme. In 2022-2024 he worked in ...

7 kwietnia weszło w życie zawieszenie broni między USA i Izraelem a Iranem, zaś 5 maja sekretarz stanu USA Marco Rubio ogłosił zakończenie operacji Epic Fury. Choć zawieszono pełnoskalowe działania wo ...