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Mikael Gutseriev, in his good works for the Safmar Charity Foundation, was received in St. Petersburg by V. Putin for the Board of Trustees of the Mariinsky Theatre (Photo: Kremlin - B2 Archives)

[News] Lukashenko's Russian friend cleared by the EU Court

Nicolas Gros Verheyde ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  4 min read

(B2) Russian businessman Mikhail Gutseriev won a clear symbolic victory before the EU Court of Justice on October 22. The extension of sanctions into February 2024 is unfounded…

Samuel Žbogar, representing Slovenia at the Security Council. (© UN/Evan Schneider)

[Interview] “Being elected to the UN Security Council has taken us out of our European bubble” (Samuel Žbogar)

Romain Mielcarek ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  9 min read

(B2) Slovenia has been a non-permanent member of the Security Council since 2025. This provides the small European state with an opportunity to refine its foreign policy and explore how to express a…

Dmitry Polyanskiy, serving as President of the Security Council. Russia held the presidency throughout October. (©Permanent Mission of Russia)

[Interview] "The UN Security Council remains the backbone of the global security architecture" (D. Polyanskiy)

Romain Mielcarek ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  6 min read

(B2) The Russian Federation is concluding its presidency of the UN Security Council. This provides an opportunity to ask the Deputy Secretary-General of the Permanent Mission, Dmitry Polyanskiy, what his country…

[from left to right] Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister of Denmark, Dick Schoof, Prime Minister of The Netherlands, Keir Starmer, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine.

[News] Putin is running out of money, troops and ideas (Mark Rutte)

Olivier Jehin ,  ,  ,  ,  3 min read

(B2) Taking Russian gas and oil off the world market to cut off supplies to the Kremlin and force Vladimir Putin to come to the negotiating table, that is...

At the round table of the Eurozone summit, Thursday at the Council. (Consilium) At the round table of the Eurozone summit, Thursday at the Council. (Consilium)

[Verbatim] What to remember from the European Council of 23 October 2025

Mathis Delamare ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  19 min read

(B2) The Twenty-seven continue to accelerate their defense. But they have stepped back to better address the issue of frozen Russian assets, slowed by Belgian Prime Minister Bart De…

The Belarusian opposition leader holding up the portrait of journalist Andrzej Poczobut, winner of the 2025 Sakharov Prize, at the podium of the Parliament, in Strasbourg, Wednesday, October 22 (screenshot B2)

[News] The 2025 Sakharov Prize awarded to two journalists, symbols of Georgian and Belarusian resistance

Emmanuelle Stroesser ,  ,  2 min read

(B2) Mzia Amaglobeli and Andrzej Poczobut are the winners of the European Parliament's prize for freedom of thought. The announcement was made during the session…

Defence Minister Jana Černochová defended her support for Ukraine (Photo: MOD Cz - B2 Archives)

[News] The Czech initiative on munitions for Ukraine. Profitable! Dixit Černochová

Nicolas Gros Verheyde ,  ,  ,  7 min read

(B2) The outgoing Czech government led by conservative Petr Fiala (ODS) intends to save military support for Ukraine. Supporting figures were presented in an unprecedented exercise this Wednesday, 15…

Protest demonstration against the Georgian government's decision on the transparency law (© NGV / B2 May 2024)

[File No. 107] Europe faces the political and democratic crisis in Georgia

Nicolas Gros Verheyde ,  ,  ,  ,  16 min read

(B2) Relations between the European Union and the small Caucasian state have become strained since the Russian military intervention in Ukraine and the hardening of the ruling party's stance. Despite a request...