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Anti-landmine advocates ask Canada to try keeping Ukraine, others in Ottawa Treaty
Canada's National Observer
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July 3, 2025
Canadian advocates are urging Ottawa to protect the 1997 treaty Canada brokered to stop the use of landmines, as six countries on Europe's eastern flank move toward using the explosive weapons. "I'm deeply concerned about this," said Sen. Marilou...
Ottawa Treaty: why are Russia's neighbours leaving anti-landmine agreement?
The Week Magazine
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July 4, 2025
"The war ends. The landmine goes on killing," said Jody Williams, who led the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, in her 1997 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech. The Ottawa Treaty signed that year banned the use of anti-personnel landmines...
Signet Bank grants €2.6 million in funding to AJ Power Corporate Group for energy storage technology development
The Baltic Times
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Signet Bank has provided €2.6 million in funding to AJ Power Corporate Group, one of the leading private capital groups in Latvia, operating in the energy and waste management sectors. The funding was used to invest in the development of two...
Finland To Exit Landmine Ban Treaty Amid Rising Security Concerns
Arise News
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July 11, 2025
Finland has formally notified the United Nations of its decision to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention, a landmark treaty banning the use of anti-personnel landmines, its foreign ministry announced on Thursday. The exit will take effect in...
‘We need more voices in the conversation’
Meduza
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For more than 60 years, the Finnish military has operated the National Defence Course, an invitation-only program where influential members of society spend several weeks learning about the military and defense issues. While most participants are...
Fantasia Fest Reveals Third Wave Of 2025 Films: Queens Of The Dead, Fixed, It Ends, More
411Mania
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Fantasia International Film Festival has announced a strong final wave of films for its 2025 edition including Tina Romero’s Queens Of the Dead and more. The biggest genre film festival in North America announced the third wave of titles on...
Italy joins EIF-led EU initiative to bolster trade with Ukraine by offering export guarantees
European Investment Fund
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July 9, 2025
Italy will become one of ten EU countries participating in European push to support trade with Ukraine. The InvestEU-supported Ukraine Export Credit Guarantee Facility is providing a total of €300 million in EIF guarantees, with SACE receiving €24...
Canada Should Withdraw from the Conventions on Land Mines and Cluster Munitions
Geopolitical Monitor
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June 30, 2025
Canada ratified the conventions on land mines and cluster munitions in pursuit of worthy objectives grounded in the liberal values that define our country. Unfortunately, we failed to account for the logic of state behavior and the reality of...
Poland detains gang accused of kidnapping African migrants for ransom
Notes from Poland
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July 2, 2025
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Lithuania shines at Karlovy Vary with world premieres and new projects
Cineuropa
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04/07/2025 - Vytautas Katkus’ Crystal Globe contender The Visitor leads the Baltic country’s contingent at the Czech festival The Visitor by Vytautas Katkus The 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Central and Eastern Europe’s premier...
Friday 4th July 2025 Football Match Fixtures
The Nigerian Voice
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FIFA Club World Cup Fluminense vs Al-Hilal SFC International Friendlies SFC Opava vs Chrudim Farul Constanța vs Radnicki Nis Teplice vs Viagem Ústí nad Labem Universitatea Craiova vs MTK Budapest Miedz Legnica vs Wisła Płock Standard de Liège vs...
After watching Ukraine, Russia's NATO neighbors are betting big on US-made HIMARS rocket artillery
Business Insider
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NATO allies sharing a border with Russia are turning to the US-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket System as they arm themselves for the possibility of Russian aggression. The HIMARS, made by US defense giant Lockheed Martin, is a multiple rocket...
Eurozone Fast Facts
KESQ-TV - California
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July 2, 2025
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the eurozone. Twenty countries in the European Union use the euro as their currency and comprise the eurozone. Facts The countries in the eurozone are: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia,...
FP Live at the NATO Summit
Foreign Policy
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The big news out of the recent NATO summit was that alliance members agreed to spend more on their defense industries. Live from The Hague, host Ravi Agrawal sat down with the defense ministers of Belgium, Latvia, and the Netherlands, as well as...
‘Harbin’: Somber historical drama sees act of mercy lead to bloodshed
Japan Times
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July 11, 2025
Ahn Jung-geun, a Korean independence fighter, shot and killed Japanese statesman Hirobumi Ito at the train station in Harbin — a northeastern Chinese city then under Russian control — on Oct. 26, 1909. Generations of Koreans have since revered him...
Anti-landmine advocates urge Canada to try keeping Ukraine, others in Ottawa Treaty
Lethbridge Herald
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July 3, 2025
By Canadian Press on July 3, 2025. OTTAWA — Canadian advocates are urging Ottawa to protect the 1997 treaty Canada brokered to stop the use of landmines, as six countries on Europe’s eastern flank move toward using the explosive weapons. “I’m...
Finnish MPs approve withdrawal from anti-mine treaty
Space War
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Finnish MPs approve withdrawal from anti-mine treaty by AFP Staff Writers Helsinki (AFP) June 19, 2025 Finnish lawmakers on Thursday voted to leave a treaty banning anti-personnel mines, which four other countries in the region also plan to...
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...
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...
New Zealand Announces Further Aid For Ukraine
Scoop
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Rt Hon Christopher Luxon Prime Minister Rt Hon Winston Peters Minister of Foreign Affairs Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Foreign Minister Winston Peters have announced a new $16 million package of support for Ukraine ahead of this week’s...