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The European Union's defense spending is expected to reach 326 billion euros in 2024, or around 1.9% of EU GDP. This is the tenth consecutive year of growth, with a substantial increase of over 30% compared to 2021. The United States has renewed its call for allies to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP by 2024.


European Defence: Tensions
rise, budgets follow
—
but public
support is uneven

#L'Enquête wanted to know if puffs were still available on the market. The answer is yes. More than 300 inspections since January 2025.

Trafficking, illegal trade: despite the ban, "puffs" are still around in Belgium

Fifty years after the death of General Francisco Franco, thousands of monuments, plaques and street names honouring the dictator remain in place across Spain -- a legacy some believe has lingered far too long.

Franco symbols remain in place in Spanish streets 50 years after dictator's death

Several nations that have backed Israel voiced outrage Wednesday after Israeli troops fired what they called "warning shots" as foreign diplomats visited the occupied West Bank.

Outrage at Israeli shots as diplomats tour West Bank

Spain and Portugal have sent on Wednesday two joint letters to the European Commission and France in which they demand a political and financial boost to electricity interconnections.

Spain and Portugal lobby Brussels and France to boost and finance electricity interconnections

Refugees from Ukraine working in the Czech Republic paid CZK 6.9 billion in taxes last year, while the number of workers is increasing, according to data from the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.

Czech state revenue from Ukrainian refugees continues to grow

Children are being "prepared for war with Ukraine" by training them in the so-called junior army. The occupiers are engaged in propaganda with children in kindergartens, schools, universities and specially created patriotic associations. This was reported on Suspilne. Studio on May 21.

How Russians are trying to raise a new generation of soldiers from Ukrainian children in the occupied territories

Israel's plan to privatise aid delivery in Gaza could signal the end of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in the besieged enclave.

A Geneva-based NGO is Israel’s answer to aid in Gaza

Lithuania has a moral burden from the Holocaust. It supports Israel, but has not publicly condemned the atrocities in Gaza. The only major exception came in 2017, when Lithuania voted in favour of a resolution rejecting US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

Why Lithuania stays silent on Israel’s actions in Gaza?

The phrase "artificial intelligence" has been used intensively in a wide range of contexts, from computer science to medicine, from military industry to arts and culture. What is the relationship between the artist and AI today?

Latvian experts: What is the current relationship between the artist and AI?

Europe's military spending is on the rise again, and Donald Trump's return to the White House is forcing European allies to assume a greater share of their own security.

In Europe, more money for guns, less for pensions?

How Lithuania opened doors to labour immigration – LRT Investigation

Russia has sent a warplane to escort a shadow fleet tanker in the Baltic Sea, a move that calls for swift conclusions and responses from coastal states, the EU and other relevant parties.

Experts: Russia playing a whole new game in the Baltic Sea

The Romanians have lived through an election campaign marked by tension, with two sides clinging to the 'with me or against me'. At the center of the discussion, European values: some completely in favor, others radically against.

Stitching Romania together: the challenge for President Nicusor Dan after his victory

Olena Sologub's hometown of Kramatorsk lies less than 20 kilometres (12 miles) from advancing Russian troops, and is regularly hit by drones and missiles that have torn through buildings and left many dead and wounded.

Near Ukraine front, beauty offers escape from war

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban was so convinced that far-right eurosceptic candidate George Simion was going to win Romania's presidential elections that he gave him his tacit support.

Hungary's Orban: collateral damage in Romania's election?

The Russians have opened two branches of the Nakhimov naval school in Sevastopol, where they recruit Ukrainian children from the age of 12. In addition to teaching students to be Russian military and preparing them for entry into Russian military academies, children are also actively used in propaganda.

12-year-old military sailors: how Russians militarize Ukrainian children in naval schools

Scientists in Norway's Svalbard archipelago took fat tissue biopsies from polar bears to study the impact of pollutants on their health.

Polar bear biopsies to shed light on Arctic pollutants

Telegram, a messaging app for Romanians, has been accused by French authorities of trying to silence conservative voices in Romania ahead of today's presidential election.

Romanian elections: government and Telegram founder denounce "viral campaign of false information"

Estonia is seeking permission from the European Commission to sell seal products derived from culling within the European Union, joining Finland and Sweden in the appeal.

Estonia joins Finland, Sweden in seeking EU approval to commercially hunt seals

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