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Which Airlines Offer the Fastest In-Flight Wi-Fi? Here’s The Full List
Business Traveler
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July 11, 2025
For travelers tired of buffering videos and failed uploads at 35,000 feet, relief is finally in sight—at least on a few lucky airlines. New global rankings from network analytics firm Ookla reveal that Hawaiian Airlines and Qatar Airways now offer...
NATO: Was There a Summit?
Valdai Discussion Club
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NATO’s modest 2025 summit does not indicate a deepening trend toward crises in the alliance, but reflects the desire of its leadership to use the effect of continuing external challenges and changes in the internal dynamics in NATO following...
Bulgaria to get final green light for euro
Oman Observer
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July 8, 2025
Brussels - EU ministers are set to give the final green light on Tuesday for Bulgaria to adopt the euro on January 1, 2026, when the country would become the single currency area's 21st member. The European Commission last month said. The EU's...
Ukraine’s Shadow Alliances: How Ihor Kolomoisky and Pavel Fuks Built a Power Bloc—and Why It’s Now Unraveling
American Greatness
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July 7, 2025
“Ukraine has long been plagued by oligarchic impunity. This time, the state struck back—with a net wide enough to catch the kingmaker and his closest partners.” – Matthew Kupfer In February 2025, Ukrainian law enforcement shocked the nation by...
Baltics, Nordics, Poland call for Russian soldier Schengen Zone visa ban
ERR
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June 19, 2025
Ministers from 7 northern European countries want to introduce a Schengen Zone visa ban for members of the Russian armed forces and "other armed groups" who have participated in the war against Ukraine. Ministers from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania,...
Bulgaria to get final green light to adopt euro next year
Times of Malta
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July 8, 2025
EU ministers are set to give the final green light on Tuesday for Bulgaria to adopt the euro on January 1, 2026, when the country would become the single currency area's 21st member. The European Commission last month said The EU's poorest country...
EU Population Grows by Over a Million, While Bulgaria Continues to Shrink
Novinite
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As of January 1, 2025, the population of the European Union reached 450.4 million people, marking an increase of over one million compared to the previous year, according to new estimates from Eurostat released on World Population Day. This marks...
EU gives green light for Bulgaria to join euro
RTE Ireland
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July 8, 2025
EU finance ministers have given the final green light for Bulgaria to adopt the euro on 1 January 2026. "This marks the culmination of a thorough process towards Bulgaria's accession, comprising rigorous analysis and intensive preparation," said...
Finland and Lithuania to begin anti-personnel mine production after treaty exit
Helsinki Times
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July 10, 2025
Finland and Lithuania are preparing to launch domestic production of anti-personnel landmines in 2026 after confirming plans to leave the Ottawa Convention, officials from both countries said. The decision marks a shift in defence policy for the...
Piotr Lukasiewicz, Charge d’Affairs a.i. of Poland in Ukraine
Ukrinform
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Shortly after the farewell visit to Ukraine of Polish President Andrzej Duda, Ukrinform sat down the Charge d'Affaires a.i. of Poland in Ukraine Piotr Lukasiewicz. It has been eight months since our last conversation, so it was interesting to hear...
Gardaí inspect brothels in every major town and city in Ireland as part of major probe into human trafficking
Irish Mirror
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July 11, 2025
Gardaí have inspected almost 100 brothels across every major town and city in Ireland, as well as interviewing hundreds of sex workers as part of a massive operation targeting human trafficking for sexual exploitation and forced criminality in...
Poland imposes controls on Germany, Lithuania borders to check migration
Al Jazeera
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July 8, 2025
Poland has reintroduced temporary checks on its borders with Germany and Lithuania, citing a growing influx of undocumented migrants and increasing public concern over security. Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced the move on Monday, arguing that...
Unacceptable: Germany accuses China of laser attack on its jet during EU mission
India Today
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July 8, 2025
Tensions flared between Berlin and Beijing after the German government on Tuesday accused the Chinese military of targeting a German reconnaissance aircraft with a laser during an EU-led mission in the Red Sea. The incident prompted the German...
“Poster children for choosing freedom”
Meduza
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Sheila Fitzpatrick is one of the worldʼs leading experts on the Soviet period, with more than 60 years of experience researching Stalinism and the history of the USSR and Eastern Europe. Most of her work focuses on everyday life under Communism,...
A closer look at EU sanctions enforcement following adoption of new directive
Global Investigations Review
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June 30, 2025
Introduction For sanctions to achieve their objectives, they must be effectively enforced. As Mairead McGuinness, European Commissioner for Financial Services, Financial Stability and Capital Markets Union, stated: The full force of our sanctions...
EU population hits record 450m on another migration boost
Breaking News from Ireland
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Migration into the European Union pushed its population to a record 450.4 million people last year, offsetting a natural population decline for the fourth straight year, data released on Friday showed. Ireland was the EU country with the second...
‘Dracula’ by Radu Jude, David Lynch-Exec Produced ‘Happy Worker’ Set for Locarno Lineup
The Hollywood Reporter - California
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July 8, 2025
Get ready for Dracula, a movie made with the participation of the late filmmaking legend David Lynch, Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, this year’s Cannes winner It Was Just an Accident, and much more, as the Locarno International Film Festival on...
EU population hits record 450 million on another migration boost
WKZO - Michigan
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By Gianluca Lo Nostro (Reuters) -Migration into the European Union pushed its population to a record 450.4 million people last year, offsetting a natural population decline for the fourth straight year, EU data released on Friday showed. WHY IT...
Sentence upheld against disgraced former Saeima deputy Zakatistovs
LSM
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July 11, 2025
Without mentioning the names of the two individuals, the Supreme Court said that each person was sentenced to two years of suspended imprisonment. According to the indictment, in 2016, Zakatistovs agreed with Tamuz, the chairman of the council of...
Over 40% of Irish people feel at risk of dangers posed by climate change
Breaking News from Ireland
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More than 4 in 10 Irish people feel they are directly at risk of dangers posed by climate change while 2 in 3 believe the Irish government is not doing enough to tackle the issue, according to research published by the European Commission. A new...