The global nightmare scenario: Russia emerges as the hegemonic power in Eurasia after the capitulation of Ukraine; China, transformed into its silent (and superior) partner; the US, normalizing digital referendums on guns and abortion, its population manipulated by algorithmic disinformation; and the EU reduced to a soulless, technocratic bloc. In a work of political fiction, Spain’s former foreign minister Arancha González Laya paints a picture of the world that awaits us if Europe fails to react
Kyiv is intensifying its offensive in the occupied east to cut off the Moscow-annexed tongue of land north of the Sea of Azov
As the war in Ukraine continues, Russia is intensifying a covert pressure campaign on NATO’s eastern flank that is unnerving European governments and intelligence services
The British historian, who has announced a work on the Battle of Britain and predicts a war in the Baltic, devotes his new book to the role of the Siberian holy man in the collapse of the Romanov Russian empire
The Navy is increasing its capabilities to protect submarine cables and pipes amid growing fear of sabotage
The impact of a drone strike in Galați, which left two people wounded, has raised alarm among neighbors who fear a Russian escalation
Problems with online payments and ATMs have pushed citizens to withdraw record amounts over the past three months
The banning of Memorial, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate organization, is a qualitative step by the Kremlin to monopolize the interpretation of history
A social majority rejects an idea that authorities are not officially considering, although an increasing number of female voices raise the issue
Both countries have become major suppliers of weapons to Ukraine since the Russian invasion began four years ago
The maritime route between Sweden and Denmark has become a key point for Moscow, which uses it to move oil from the Baltic to the North Sea
Russia and China are moving closer to linking the Arctic Circle to Shanghai but the urgency is on Moscow’s side
Around a dozen attack aircraft have crossed into or struck territory in the eastern European region in the past two months. Kyiv blames Moscow for diverting the craft through signal seizure, which the Kremlin denies
Brussels seeks to solidify political and commercial ties with Nuuk, a key point in its new strategy for the Arctic region, amid rivalry from China, Russia, and the US
The Russian capital’s air defense systems are failing to stem the tide of Ukrainian strikes. The Kremlin is wondering what a nuclear power can do against conventional attacks
In just a few days, authorities opened an exhibition targeting Poles at the Katyn mass graves, criminalized the Memorial association, and restructured the Gulag museum
The cargo ship’s crew heard several explosions on December 23, 2024, before it sank in the presence of a warship sent by Russia
The leader of the local Al Qaeda branch is the architect of the strategic alliance between Tuareg rebels and radical Islamists threatening to overthrow the government
The airfield, 55 miles from the border, has become the main point of arrival for military and humanitarian aid
Official and independent polls agree on the decline of the Russian leader’s approval ratings as economic problems worsened from 2025 onwards
Gulf countries are loading crude onto ships at sea as their onshore storage facilities reach capacity. Normally these vessels are a marginal part of the market, but now they’ve taken on a crucial role
After more than a dozen failures, the ‘Luna 9’ achieved the first controlled landing on the satellite in 1966 and sent the first images from the surface
Forty years after the accident, some residents still refuse to leave, even after Vladimir Putin’s army occupied the area in 2022. EL PAÍS visited the exclusion zone and heard the stories of those who resist there
The officer, considered a hero in his country, accuses the United States of having succumbed to ‘Russian disinformation’ due to its affinity with Vladimir Putin
Celebrities with millions of followers criticize the authorities for not informing the president about the country’s problems, although they avoid attacking him directly
Washington’s military bases in Europe are key to its security. Several laws significantly restrict the Republican’s room for maneuver to withdraw from the Alliance
The scholar has published a book about mounted soldiers in conflicts between 1860 and 1945, from Custer to the Waffen-SS