Cyber attacks are happening every day across Europe — often thousands of times per minute. But how serious is the threat? And how prepared is Europe to deal with it?

In this episode of Eastern Frontline, Latvian MEP Reinis Pozņaks and Estonian MEP Jaak Madison are joined by Juhan Lepassaar, Executive Director of the EU Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA).

They discuss how cyber threats are evolving, why artificial intelligence is making attacks more sophisticated, and why Europe’s digital economy was never designed with security in mind.

The conversation explores the growing role of state-backed cyber actors, the vulnerabilities in global technology supply chains, and the challenge of building resilience across Europe’s critical infrastructure, from energy networks to hospitals.

They also examine what governments, businesses and citizens can do to protect themselves in an era where cyber attacks are no longer exceptional events, but part of everyday geopolitical competition.

Hybrid attacks are no longer isolated incidents. They are constant, deliberate and designed to test the limits of European security.

In this episode of the Eastern Frontline Podcast, MEPs Reinis Pozņaks and Merja Kyllönen speak with Jamie Shea, former Deputy Assistant Secretary General at NATO, about how hybrid warfare is reshaping the strategic landscape in Europe.

From cyberattacks and sabotage to disinformation, drones and attacks on critical infrastructure, these operations operate below the threshold of traditional war — but their cumulative impact is profound.

Together, they explore:

· What hybrid warfare really means, and why it has become a central tool of modern conflict
· Why these attacks are becoming more frequent, coordinated and sophisticated
· The strategic goal of undermining trust, solidarity and political cohesion in Europe
· The dilemma of escalation: when does a hybrid attack trigger a collective response?
· Why Europe must move from reactive crisis management to long-term containment

The conversation offers a clear, practical and timely look at the “grey zone” between peace and war — and what it means for European resilience and deterrence.

In today’s conflicts, some of the fiercest battles are not fought with weapons, but with information.

In this episode, MEP Reinis Pozņaks and MEP Petras Auštrevičius are joined by Sarah Wheaton, Chief Policy Correspondent at Politico Europe, to explore the role of journalism in times of crisis and the growing pressure on independent media.

Together, they discuss:

• How disinformation and polarisation are reshaping public debate in Europe
• The challenge of verifying truth in an era of AI, deepfakes and viral content
• Why trust in traditional media is eroding, and what that means for democracy
• How foreign influence operations fuel division
• Whether governments should regulate information in wartime
• The uncomfortable reality that journalists themselves are now targets

It is a candid, timely conversation about power, perception and the line between information and manipulation.