Author: Euronews

German and foreign security services have reissued a warning for phishing attacks targeting lawmakers and senior government officials via the Signal messaging application, in what is believed to be the work of a “state-controlled cyber actor”. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The German government believes Russia is behind the phishing attacks. “The federal government is assuming that the phishing campaign targeting the Signal messaging service was presumably run from Russia,” a government source told press agency AFP. Victims are reportedly sent messages from Signal support, which asks them to enter a PIN, open a link or scan a QR code. If the scam…

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Romanian authorities said 200 people were evacuated while two British fighters jets scrambled after a drone landed in the southeastern city of Galati, near the country’s border with Ukraine. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT It is not the first time that Romania, which is a NATO as well as EU member, has seen it airspace violated and drone fragments fall on its territory after Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Romanian President Nicușor Dan said that this, however, “is the first incident where Romanian property has actually been damaged, a threshold we take very seriously.” The country’s foreign minster…

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Published on 24/04/2026 – 17:00 GMT+2•Updated 17:16 Cyprus, long seen as a stable country, is now emerging as a strategic frontline — caught between regional tensions, global powers and its own unresolved north-south division. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The British sovereign base areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia cover around 3% of the Republic of Cyprus, in the south of the island. They go well beyond the perimeter of the bases, overlapping on almost 60% of the municipality of Kourion, home to 40,000 people. In the village of Akrotiri, located just outside the base, residents are used to the constant presence of jets…

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