Europe lays foundation for Eastern Flank Watch

Together with our host, Defence Minister Antti Häkkänen, we presented the outcomes of the VTC with EU frontline Member State ministers in Helsinki, Finland 🇫🇮 to the media & the public. #EasternFlankWatch #DroneWall Watch the press conference and Q&A⬇️ 🔗 audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/media/vid...

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🔜 At 9.00 CEST, MEPs on the European Parliament's Security and Defence Committee will discuss the state of play and next steps for the Security Action for Europe (SAFE) instrument. Agenda 👉 tinyurl.com/43u6dfpj 🔴 📽️ Follow live: tinyurl.com/he67dbuh 👇

🇩🇰 🇳🇴 Pretty nuts to wake up in the middle of the night to learn Copenhagen and Oslo airports had been shut down by drones!

I am a big fan of car free Sunday, and think it should happen more often. But every time, I am left totally unclear on which rules of the road still apply (surely some should?!), and shocked by how reckless fellow cyclists are given that there’s total anarchy. www.bruzz.be/actua/veilig...

Great primer on the madness of US trade policy right now - can recommend !

An episode of Chris Hemsworth’s docuseries Limitless says there’s health benefits to doing daunting things. For me today that was doing my first triathlon! I’ve no benchmark, but happy with the result! Overall: 3:02:35 🏃‍♂️ 1:36:16 - 17.66 km 🏊‍♂️ 0:24:44 - 1km 🚲 1:01:35 - 20km & changeovers

From Nazi Germany to Trump’s America: why fascist strongmen rely on women at home

Trying to suss if the triathlete wearing this hat is genuine or trolling or both 🧐

New Deutsche Bahn boss. And her to-do list will be a long one! www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/d...

More US restrictions on journalists. Let’s see if they try to pull that stunt at NATO…

Can Zelenskyy get Trump to commit to security guarantees? That’s one question for next week! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Jimmy Kimmel’s show has been cancelled - The New Disney #Trump #JimmyKimmel #Disney #LUBACH

Dutch late night TV has its take

Surely the Cinquantenaire is still part of the EU quarter @politico.eu ?!

A story perfectly marrying my current editing job and my previous editing job: 🇦🇹 Austrian army is ditching Microsoft Office for LibreOffice. It’s about security, and tech sovereignty Via @heise.de www.heise.de/news/Oesterr...

Zelenskyy: Ukraine expects $3.5 billion in NATO PURL pledges by October

Say what you will about Trump but it’s completely insane that any EU country would be buying LNG from Russia in 2025. Yes, eyes on you Belgium www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Brenner tunnel breakthrough shows how Europe is preparing for future crises – and wars

Russia ties complicate EU-India defence cooperation

EU clears Commission talks on UK, Canada entry into SAFE defence loans scheme

Denmark to buy ‘long-range precision weapons’ amid Russia threat

FIREPOWER: Greenlighting SAFE access

Hungary sees no need for NATO backup in its airspace

🗾Seems it's one in, one out for Commissioners visiting Japan at the moment. Last week, Albuquerque was there, and this week, Séjourné

Von der Leyen: Economic boost just as urgent as defence spending

Brussels green-lights German spending spree

IEA: Halting investment in oil and gas would tip security balance towards Middle East and Russia

🇬🇱 Heute sind SEDE-Ausschussmitglieder in Greenland. Ich bin neugierig: Was lernen @masz.bsky.social und Team, und was als nächsten Schritt wollen die Mitglieder machen?

Sweden to boost defence spending to meet NATO target

FIREPOWER: Greece and Cyprus come out against Turkey joining SAFE

Violation of Romania’s airspace by Russian drones ‘unacceptable breach’, EU’s Kallas says

Kyiv puts defence needs for 2026 at $120 billion – even if Russia’s war ends

EU countries push France to accept UK and Canadian access to €150bn defence scheme

NATO launches ‘Eastern Sentry’ in response to Russia drone incursion

All eyes are on Spain’s US military bases as Madrid-Israel row grows

Denmark revamps air-defence in record €7.7 billion investment

Poland foreign minister in Kyiv for security talks after drone raid

FIREPOWER: EDIP technical talks begin as Russia starts military exercise

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This newsletter from @kyivindependent.com nicely explains Russia’s mastery of salami tactics, and why it is a concern for the Baltic States. mailchi.mp/kyivindepend...

Of course, to get to China, these trains are having to cross Russia.. notesfrompoland.com/2025/09/09/p...

Happy to be back in Kyiv! 🇺🇦 I am meeting Ukrainian counterparts to discuss 🇪🇺 European defence readiness, progress on SAFE and our plans with Ukraine regarding the EU capabilities for the Eastern defence shield and #DroneWall 🛡️

Violation of Romania’s airspace by Russian drones ‘unacceptable breach’, EU’s Kallas says

Apparently letting Russia use NATO airspace to attack Ukraine is just fine ^^

The EU's Executive Vice President expressed a desire to boost cooperation with Japan on Friday, prior to his first visit to Japan since taking office.

The future of European defence in a data-driven battle zone

Russia’s Zapad exercise beginning to deliver the provocations we expected. Allied jets in air over Romania and Poland to deter drones. Big EU policy question now is how to turn @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu’s drone wall dream into something real - and effective.

🔴 ÚLTIMA HORA | Rumania envía dos cazas a la frontera con Ucrania tras detectar la presencia de un dron ruso en su espacio aéreo. Polonia también moviliza la aviación ante una posible amenaza social.elpais.com/0vh5w5