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Disruptive digital attacks, many linked to Russian-backed groups, have doubled in the European Union in recent months and are also targeting election-related services, according to the EU’s top cybersecurity official. Juhan Lepassaar, head of the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity, or ENISA, told The Associated Press in an interview that attacks with geopolitical motives have steadily risen since Russia’s full-scale …

Voters in the 27 countries of the European Union will elect 720 lawmakers to the European Parliament for the next five years on June 6-9 and are expected to deliver a shift to the right. The parliament has for the past five years been governed by a three-group majority of the center-right European People’s Party, center-left Socialists and Democrats and …

The Georgian parliament on Tuesday overrode a presidential veto of the “foreign agents” legislation that has fueled Western concerns and sparked massive protests for weeks. The legislature, controlled by the ruling Georgian Dream party, dismissed President Salome Zourabichvili’s veto of the legislation that she and other critics say will restrict media freedom and obstruct Georgia’s chances of joining the European …

Former Dutch intelligence chief Dick Schoof will be presented on Tuesday as the proposed prime minister of the Netherlands’ incoming right-wing government. The four parties that will form the new government, led by Geert Wilders’ nationalist PVV, announced a press conference with Schoof for 1500 GMT on Tuesday. Election winner Wilders this month reached an agreement on forming the government …

A Georgian parliament committee on Monday rejected the president’s veto of the “foreign agents” legislation that has sparked massive protests for weeks. The move by the parliament’s judiciary committee sets up the possibility of a vote of the full legislature on Tuesday to override President Salome Zourabichvili’s veto of the measure, which she and other critics say will restrict media …

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Friday called the removal of Estonian buoys by Russian border guards on a river separating the Baltic country from Russia “unacceptable,” and demanded an explanation from Moscow and the immediate return of the orange floating devices. Early Thursday, Estonian border guards noticed that their Russian counterpart had removed 25 of the 50 …

Hungary will seek to opt out of any NATO operations aimed at supporting Ukraine, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said Friday, suggesting that the military alliance and the European Union were moving toward a more direct conflict with Russia. Orbán told state radio that Hungary opposes a plan NATO is weighing to provide more predictable military support to Ukraine in coming …

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said Wednesday the country will recognize an independent Palestinian state amid the ongoing war between Israeli forces and Hamas terrorists in Gaza, in hopes that the recognition will help bring peace between the two sides. “In the middle of a war, with tens of thousands of dead and injured, we must keep alive the …

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned Ireland, Spain and Norway’s decision to recognize Palestinian statehood as a “reward for terrorism” following the Oct. 7 attacks. “The intention of several European countries to recognize a Palestinian state is a reward for terrorism,” Netanyahu said in Hebrew via a video message, according to the official translation from his office. The prime minister …

Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., on Wednesday blasted Ireland, Spain and Norway’s decision to recognize Palestinian statehood, arguing the move sent a “message to terrorists” that “abhorrent tactics work.””I’ve long advocated for Palestinian self-determination and statehood, and will continue to do so,” Phillips, who sits on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, wrote on X. “But Spain, Norway, and Ireland’s premature recognition …