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Sunday, January 4, 2026
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Topic: EUROPE

Measles outbreak surges in Europe, surpassing 2023 totals

56,634 cases reported in first 3 months of 2024, according to a WHO press release.

Europe tour got more expensive, Schengen visa fees hiked by 12%

The cost for adult applicants will be Euro 90, up from the current Euro 80, children between 6 and 12 have to pay Euro 45.

Ukraine foreign minister’s visit to India opens door for Delhi to shape post-war Europe

Ukraine’s outreach to India is about constructive engagement of a rising power that has bridged the broken links between East and West and North and South on many occasions.

Denmark announces plans to conscript women for military service

Denmark will increase its defence spending by 40.5 billion Danish crowns, equivalent to around USD 5.9 billion, over the next five years.

EU’s real problem isn’t war fatigue. It lacks a grand strategy

Can Europe convert its geoeconomic heft into geopolitical traction? Its sovereign stature today is incomplete without its role as a security actor, an unfinished project for many decades.

Trade talks with EFTA conclude after 17 years, agreement to be signed ‘in next 10 days’

India and 4 member countries of European Free Trade Association have held 13 rounds of negotiations between 2008 & 2013. Negotiations were placed on hold before resuming in October 2016.

Why Trump’s threat to NATO can force Europe to rethink its nuclear defence

The world that emerges from the Second Cold War will have little resemblance to the one we inherited from its first iteration.

Is Europe’s pursuit of security delusional? West must fix its internal maladies first

There has to be a collective pursuit of finding a new equilibrium for the world.

Europe does not take part in US-UK strikes against Houthi group in Yemen

US-UK warplanes, ships and submarines launched dozens of air strikes across Yemen overnight in retaliation for repeated Houthi attacks on the Red Sea.

24-year-old Czech student kills father, then guns down 14 people at Prague university

Day of mourning declared tomorrow to remember victims of country’s worst-ever mass shooting in which 25 people were also wounded. Shooter may have killed himself, according to police.

On Camera

What women want—a man who cooks and doesn’t seek a standing ovation for it

An average Lajpat Nagar playboy knows that women will reply to his Instagram story of the chicken curry he cooked for lunch. And he is proven right, every single time.

Wall Street carries big expectations this year after best run since 2009

The concern is not that 2025’s rally was irrational, but that it may be difficult to repeat. Outlooks remain anchored to AI investment and growth without reigniting inflation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.