SSyria Read More THIS WEEK: Syria and Iran, plus national strikes in Belgium and Hungary’s new PM – EUobserverMay 11, 2026 While the EU celebrated the roots of its inception some 76 years ago over the weekend, tricky questions…
IIsrael Read More The unthinkable is becoming reality. The United States and Israel are heading for divorce – EUobserverMay 9, 2026 First published in Deník N. The United States and Israel are bound by history, security interests and billions…
SStrait of Hormuz Read More What would European military help safeguarding Hormuz actually look like? – EUobserverApril 28, 2026 Few waterways matter more to the global economy than the Strait of Hormuz — and few are as…
IIsrael Read More EU sanctions back on agenda amid Israel’s ‘carnage’ in Lebanon – EUobserverApril 9, 2026 Israel’s “horrific carnage” in Lebanon has revived a threat of EU sanctions, while also seeing Iran re-close the…
SStrait of Hormuz Read More Hormuz and the Druzhba pipeline. One of them is manufactured. – EUobserverMarch 30, 2026 Four weeks after the US-Israeli strikes on Iran, the Strait of Hormuz remains commercially dead. Shipping intelligence firm…
IIsrael Read More No EU appetite for Trump demand on Hormuz help, as Israel pounds Lebanon – EUobserverMarch 16, 2026 Erratic US leadership means no EU navies will be rushing to the Strait of Hormuz, as Spain also…
SStrait of Hormuz Read More France to lead EU naval mission to protect Strait of Hormuz tankers after ‘hot phase’ of Iran war – EUobserverMarch 9, 2026 France is to lead an EU mission to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, as Europe also urges Israel…
IIsrael Read More Iran war shifts EU attention from ‘extreme’ Israeli actions in Gaza – EUobserverMarch 4, 2026 The Iran war risks distracting the EU from “intensifying” harm in Gaza and West Bank, on top of…