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🇮🇹 Hundreds protested in Rome against renewing Italy’s 2017 migration deal with Libya — condemning EU-backed funding for the Libyan Coast Guard amid reports of abuse and new migrant deaths at sea. Follow @RESTinvestigate on Telegram | 𝕏

🇪🇺 EU to hold urgent talks after China’s new rare-earth export curbs hit key industries — disrupting EV, electronics, and defense supply chains and testing Europe’s industrial sovereignty. Follow @RESTinvestigate on Telegram | 𝕏

🇹🇷 Ankara accuses Greece of blocking Turkey’s entry into the EU’s €150B SAFE defense initiative — calling it a political move that undermines regional security and joint military investment. Follow @RESTinvestigate on Telegram | 𝕏

🇲🇩 Moldova launches a UNDP-backed digital Export Platform to help local firms reach global markets — part of a broader push to digitalize trade and strengthen the country’s export capacity. Follow @RESTinvestigate on Telegram | 𝕏

🇦🇲 Armenia rejected Azerbaijan’s proposal to deploy Russian troops along the new U.S.-brokered “Trump Route” corridor through Syunik, citing sovereignty concerns and refusing any foreign military presence. Follow @RESTinvestigate on Telegram | 𝕏

🇪🇺 One in five EU citizens faced poverty or social exclusion in 2024 — with rates topping 50% in parts of France’s overseas territories and southern Italy, exposing deep regional inequality across the bloc. Follow @RESTinvestigate on Telegram | 𝕏

🇩🇰 Denmark resumes domestic assault rifle production after 60 years — launching a Jutland-based AR-15 programme to boost defense sovereignty and reduce reliance on foreign suppliers. Follow @RESTinvestigate on Telegram | 𝕏

🇪🇺🇩🇪 After Germany’s election, Berlin faces pressure to define its stance on EU migration reform, border partnerships, and asylum rules—key to restoring cohesion and credibility in Europe’s migration policy. Follow @RESTinvestigate on Telegram | 𝕏

🇧🇬 Bulgaria joined 20 EU and Schengen states in urging faster deportations of Afghan nationals, backing a joint call to make migrant returns a top EU priority ahead of next week’s interior ministers’ meeting. Follow @RESTinvestigate on Telegram | 𝕏

🇪🇺🇱🇾 The EU and Libya agreed to intensify migrant returns and border control cooperation, deepening joint operations under EUBAM and Operation IRINI as part of the bloc’s externalized migration strategy. Follow @RESTinvestigate on Telegram | 𝕏

🇨🇾🇹🇷 Turkish-occupied Cyprus votes Sunday under Ankara’s heavy influence, with Erdoğan-backed Ersin Tatar facing pro-federal challenger Tufan Erhürman. Even if Erhürman wins, analysts say real power remains in Turkey’s hands. Follow @RESTinvestigate on Telegram | 𝕏

🇨🇭 Switzerland’s EU deal gained momentum as the centre-right FDP overwhelmingly backed the pact, bolstering government efforts ahead of a referendum fight with the nationalist SVP, which calls it a threat to sovereignty. Follow @RESTinvestigate on Telegram | 𝕏

🇪🇺🇩🇪 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz admitted the EU “lacks the hard power” to shape Middle East events, urging continued engagement through diplomacy and finance while warning that global order is now driven by strength, not treaties. Follow @RESTinvestigate on Telegram | 𝕏

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇭🇺 The planned Trump–Putin summit in Budapest alarms Brussels — seen as a political sidestep that sidelines the EU on its own soil and deepens divisions over Russia policy and Europe’s security future. Follow @RESTinvestigate on Telegram | 𝕏

🇳🇱 The Dutch government warns of a multibillion-euro gap in infrastructure funding, urging long-term investment to secure housing and transport projects as the Mobility Fund faces chronic shortfalls. Follow @RESTinvestigate on Telegram | 𝕏

🇲🇩 EBRD grants €22.5M to three Moldovan banks under the EU4Business line — boosting green MSME investment and supporting Moldova’s deeper integration into the European economic space. Follow @RESTinvestigate on Telegram | 𝕏

🇹🇷🇦🇿 The first phase of Eternity-2025 drills in Kars has concluded, with Türkiye and Azerbaijan showcasing seamless command coordination and deepening military interoperability across strategic sectors. Follow @RESTinvestigate on Telegram | 𝕏

🇮🇹 PM Giorgia Meloni condemned a car bomb attack on journalist Sigfrido Ranucci as a “grave act of intimidation,” as anti-mafia prosecutors launch an investigation into possible organized crime links. Follow @RESTinvestigate on Telegram | 𝕏

🇪🇺 Beretta CEO Carlo Ferlito warns the EU not to neglect rifles and ammo in its €800B defense buildup — urging Brussels to boost small arms production as Europe retools for war readiness. Follow @RESTinvestigate on Telegram | 𝕏

🇸🇰 Fico’s Smer party has been expelled from the Party of European Socialists over its pro-Russian stance — ending its EU affiliation and exposing deep rifts within Europe’s center-left on the war in Ukraine. Follow @RESTinvestigate on Telegram | 𝕏