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EU expands support for Ukraine with new financing of almost €600 million for energy, transport and business resilience
European Investment Fund
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July 10, 2025
Unveiled by EIB Group and European Commission, package covers hydropower plants, district heating for communities, roads, bridges, border crossings and small companies. Ten Member States – Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Romania,...
BNN IN FOCUS | Is the state planning to sell off the “people’s wealth”? Stock market plans raise concerns
Baltic News Network
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July 11, 2025
Latvia’s most valuable state-owned enterprises – Latvenergo and Latvijas valsts meži (LVM) – are once again under the shadow of potential partial privatization. While the law currently forbids privatization of these companies, it seems this...
The Teutonic Cross Returns to the Baltics
theTrumpet
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For more than two centuries, knights wearing white surcoats embroidered with a black cross waged bloody crusades against the Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians on behalf of the Holy Roman Empire. Historians estimate that 50,000 to 150,000 people...
Three teenagers and woman, 20, arrested over crippling cyber-attack on Marks & Spencer, Co-op and Harrods
LBC
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10 July 2025, 12:07 | Updated: 10 July 2025, 12:58 Four people have been arrested after cyber-attacks on M&S, Co-op and Harrods. Picture: Alamy Three teenagers and a 20-year-old woman have been arrested as part of an investigation into...
Issue 4/2025: Rebalancing the Baltic Sea region
New Eastern Europe
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July 9, 2025
Now available: This issue of New Eastern Europe explores the changes taking place in the Baltic/Nordic region, from new defence strategies and alliances, to civil preparedness and social resilience. July 9, 2025 - New Eastern Europe - Issue 4...
Never before have we been so secure as today
New Eastern Europe
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July 8, 2025
“Two major developments have significantly strengthened Latvia’s security: its own accession to NATO and, more recently, the accession of Finland and Sweden to the Alliance.” This comparison was made by the former commander of the Latvian armed...
EU cuts ties with interpreter over Zelenskyy security fears
Politico Europe
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July 9, 2025
“The notes were immediately confiscated,” the EU executive said. “After careful consideration of the facts, the Commission took appropriate measures to prevent this incident from recurring. “In this particular case, it has been decided that the...
Poland records EU’s largest chocolate price rise
Notes from Poland
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July 11, 2025
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A lost World War II album was found in a Florida dumpster. It’s back now with a Lehigh Valley family member.
Morning Call - Pennsylvania
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July 11, 2025
Gayle Shanahan carefully slides a large, hardcover tome across the diner table. Around 4 inches thick, It is the last surviving album of the work of Milton Marder, World War II photojournalist and her deceased father-in-law. Though the binding no...
Defence or deficit?
International Politics and Society
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July 11, 2025
The recent NATO summit decision to invest 5 per cent of GDP annually in defence by 2035 was warmly welcomed by the countries on the alliance’s eastern flank, which feel most vulnerable to the Russian threat. The Baltic states were the first to...
A Baltic triangle
New Eastern Europe
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July 8, 2025
The dispute over where the geographical centre of Europe lies has been ongoing for centuries. Central European countries such as the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary – as well as Baltic Sea neighbours like Poland, Lithuania, Estonia and Sweden...
Finland formally withdraws from Ottawa landmine treaty
Yle Uutiset
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July 11, 2025
Finland signed the treaty in 2012, but heightened security concerns prompted the Finnish government to begin preparations to withdraw earlier this year. Open image viewer File photo from the Kharkiv region of Ukraine. Image: Viacheslav Madiievskyi...
Check out this spectacular FTSE 250 stock
The Motley Fool UK
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July 11, 2025
Image source: Getty Images Investors who haven’t tried to buy a car in Estonia or a house in Latvia might not have heard of Baltic Classifieds Group (LSE:BCG). But they might be missing out on a FTSE 250 gem. It has a strong competitive position,...
158 Human Traffickers Arrested and 1194 Victims Safeguarded in Global Operation
Albanian Daily News
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A major operation against human trafficking has resulted in the safeguarding of 1 194 potential victims and the arrest of 158 suspects. As part of ongoing investigations, an additional 205 human trafficking suspects have also been identified. The...
Estonia’s road to comprehensive security
New Eastern Europe
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July 8, 2025
Since regaining independence in 1991, Estonia has undergone a rapid and determined transformation, embracing modernization, democracy and western integration. Yet its path to NATO membership and security reform was anything but straightforward, as...
Brussels discusses today whether Portugal has approval to invest more in defense.
Portugal Pulse
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July 9, 2025
Meeting in Brussels today, European Union finance ministers are set to support the evaluation made in early June by the European Commission, which allowed Portugal to “diverge and exceed the maximum growth rates of net expenditure” from 2025 to...
Türkiye's air passenger traffic hits 108.8 mln in first half of 2025
Hurriyet Daily News
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ANKARA Türkiye's airports handled a record 108.8 million passengers in the first six months of 2025, marking a surge in both domestic and international travel, Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu announced on Thursday....
Opec+ and oil executives deliver optimism from Vienna
The National News
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The Opec International Seminar, held biennially, has brought together oil ministers and industry heavyweights from Saudi Aramco and Kuwait Petroleum Corporation to the chief executives of Shell, British Petroleum (BP) and TotalEnergies. This...
Baltic nation threatens to shut down main Russian border crossing
MENAFN
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July 10, 2025
(MENAFN) Estonia may shut down the Narva border crossing due to an overwhelming number of people attempting to enter Russia, Interior Minister Igor Taro has said. The statement comes amid growing concerns over long wait times and increased border...
My Enemy’s Enemy — Taiwan and Eastern Europe
CEPA
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July 10, 2025
My work has been rooted in Eastern European security — in Latvia, NATO, Ukraine, and digital and cyber defense. The Indo-Pacific felt like someone else’s front line. But as the discussions in Taipei unfolded, I was struck by how familiar it all...