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‘Golden age’: Rubio praises Orbán ahead of Hungary election

(Milena Wälde - Politico) U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in Budapest Monday and declared a “golden age”...

EU to send commissioner for Mediterranean to Trump’s Board of Peace meeting

(Gerardo Fortuna - Politico) The EU is sending Dubravka Šuica, the European commissioner for the Mediterranean, to Washington for the first formal meeting of...

Berlin urges Paris to boost defense spending by cutting other costs

(Nette Nöstlinger - Politico) Germany’s Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said France needs to spend more on defense even if it means cutting other kinds...

Starmer: UK needs to go faster on defense spending

(Esther Webber - Politico) Keir Starmer said Monday he will seek to accelerate defense spending as he tries to resolve a deadlock over budgets...

Cyber (In)Security and Surveillance (16 February 2026)

Dior, Louis Vuitton, Tiffany Fined $25 Million in South Korea After Data Breaches (Eduard Kovacs - Security Week) South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC)...

‘Air defense is a daily necessity’ — Zelensky says additional aid packages expected by Feb. 24 following return from Munich

(Dmytro Basmat - The Kyiv Independent) President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening address on Feb. 15 that Kyiv expects to receive additional aid...

From Central Europe, Rubio Rejects NATO Exit Talk, Calls For Stronger European Role

(Alex Raufoglu - RFE/RL) Just one day after addressing the Munich Security Conference, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio used a brief stop in...

A relationship on the rocks: Europe and America need each other, but trust is gone

(Paul McLeary and Laura Kayali - Politico) European and American leaders spent three days pledging cooperation and offering to slap a new coat of...

The Munich Security Conference 2026 Backhanded Awards

(Sebastian Starcevic - Politico) After three days of serious politics, POLITICO is here to lighten the mood. The 2026 Munich Security Conference saw Europeans...

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