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DECODING: Warsaw's top court blocks recognition of EU same-sex marriages
One regulation , one ruling , zero immediate recourse : on July 28, 2026 , Poland 's Constitutional Tribunal blocked a regulation issued by…

COMMENTARY: Tusk names Russia while condemning hate crimes against Ukrainians
One hundred eighty reports of hate crimes : that is the figure the daily Rzeczpospolita attributes to a wave of attacks against Ukrainian nationals…

OPINION: Washington walked out of the UN over a sentence about human rights
American deputy ambassador Dan Negrea walked out of the UN Security Council on July 27, 2026 , in the middle of remarks by French…

REPORT: Macron calls the Bordeaux fire the worst since World War II
French president Emmanuel Macron declared, on July 27, 2026 , that the wildfire ravaging the Gironde region near Bordeaux represents "the most serious situation…

COMMENTARY: Berlin rejects the EU's multiyear budget, leaves Brussels exposed
German chancellor Friedrich Merz met, on July 28, 2026 , Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin in Dublin, where Ireland holds the EU's rotating presidency, to…

DECODING: Brussels summons Moscow over drones and a consulate strike
The European External Action Service (EEAS) summoned the Russian chargé d'affaires in Brussels on July 28, 2026 , following two separate incidents: repeated violations…

INVESTIGATION: The EU readies the largest sanctions package in its history
A Bloomberg report published on July 28, 2026 reveals that the European Union is preparing a plan to sanction more than 1,600 companies tied…

ANALYSIS: The Pentagon reopens the file on its military footprint in Europe
U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Elbridge Colby announced, on July 28, 2026 , via X, the launch of a review of the American…

NARRATIVE: Canadian intern stays jailed in Belgium on NATO espionage charges
Belgium's federal prosecutor's office extended , on July 28, 2026 , the pretrial detention of a Canadian woman of Chinese descent , an intern…