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A new headquarters building for NATO's Multi-Corps Land Component Command North (MCLCC-N) will be constructed in the Karkialampi garrison area in Mikkeli.

On 21-23 July 2026, the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA), under the Support to Operations Directorate, successfully hosted the NATO/Ukraine Strategic Defence Procurement Review (SDPR) Consolidation Workshops in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the abolition of the death penalty in Lebanon.

The High Representative issued a statement on behalf of the European Union on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.

The Council adopted restrictive measures on a further five individuals supportingRussia’s military and industrial complex in the context of its ongoing war of aggression against Ukraine.

The High Representative issued a statement on behalf of the European Union on Gaza. 

Benjamin Netanyahu has said that he is against an Israeli military withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and rejected the 15-point plan proposed by the US, which provides for the withdrawal of troops and the simultaneous disarmament of Hamas. Europe's press examines potential outcomes.

András Baka was elected by the Hungarian parliament with the Tisza Party's two-thirds majority as the country's new president on Tuesday. Former prime minister Viktor Orbán's Fidesz party – which is now in the opposition – claims the election was illegal because Baka's predecessor, Tamás Sulyok, was removed from office by a constitutional amendment. The press focuses on the future and what a new constitutional system will bring.

A court in Damascus has sentenced Syria's former president, Bashar al-Assad, to death in absentia. He was charged with premeditated murder of multiple people, torture, arbitrary imprisonment, crimes against humanity and war crimes. Assad and his brother Mahir, who was also sentenced to death, fled to Russia in December 2024. At present there is no indication that they will be extradited.