Switzerland’s voters turned out to defend governmental flexibility on sanctions and NATO cooperation, handing the SVP-backed neutrality initiative its sharpest defeat in decades.
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Russia’s Patrushev Warns Warsaw Would Cease to Exist if Poland Enters the War
Kremlin aide Nikolai Patrushev threatened that Warsaw would be destroyed within two to three days if Poland entered military action against Russia, escalating Europe’s sharpest rhetorical confrontation of 2026.
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Helsing Raises $1.8 Billion at $18 Billion Valuation in Europe’s Largest Defense-AI Round
Munich-based defense-AI startup Helsing closed a $1.8 billion Series E on July 13, reaching an $18 billion valuation with backing from JPMorganChase and Goldman Sachs in the largest European defense-startup round on record.
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Ukraine signs deal for 16 Gripen E jets from Sweden as Denmark pledges $670m in defence aid
Kyiv signed a procurement agreement with Stockholm for 16 Gripen E multirole fighters on June 30, financed through an EU loan, as Denmark simultaneously announced a $670 million defence package.
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Hegseth declares NATO’s era of freeriding over in Brussels troop review
Hegseth ordered a six-month review of US troops in Europe on June 18, saying allies who denied base access during Iran operations had been ‘shameful.’
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France opens nuclear umbrella talks with Eastern Europe as NATO fractures
Paris has entered preliminary discussions with Poland, the Baltic states, and Germany about extending French nuclear deterrence to cover Eastern European allies — the first concrete move toward a European nuclear guarantee since de Gaulle built the force de frappe in the 1960s.