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European Defense Commissioner Suggests Creating A Drone Army To Fight Back Against Putin
Charter 97
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Andrius Kubilius Photo: 15min.lt Andrius Kubilius referred to the example of Ukraine and Lithuania. Military intelligence predicts a Russian attack on NATO allies in the next five years. The EU could face millions of drones. EU Defense and Space...
European bourses gain on potential China stimulus, US stocks and USD lacklustre despite trade updates - Newsquawk US Market Open
Zero Hedge
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European bourses began with modest gains and have gradually increased, largely led by reports of Chinese housing support. US futures are contained as newsflow has been limited, ex-China, since the overnight tariff developments. DXY is marginally...
Notes from the Multipolar Global Front: Navigating Multinational Antitrust Merger Reviews
JD Supra - California
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July 8, 2025
Recent developments have made navigating multinational antitrust merger reviews even more complex and replete with traps for the unwary. We discuss below recent developments in several jurisdictions (emphasizing the United States, the European...
Romania’s New President Must Update His Black Sea Playbook
Geopolitical Monitor
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July 11, 2025
In the last decade, the Romanian government has centered its Black Sea security policy on the country’s strategic partnership with the United States. However, since President Trump was elected for a second term, US interest in Europe has...
Your guide to all the new direct flight routes launched across UAE airlines
What's On
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July 9, 2025
Airlines across the United Arab Emirates are doing the most this season – new flight routes launching left, right and centre, hot off the press for all your future travel plans. With all these announcements happening at varied times, at varied...
All NATO Members Must Commit to Deterring Russia
KKOB News Radio - New Mexico
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July 10, 2025
The recently concluded NATO summit in The Hague was a great success all around. First of all, it demonstrated unity and determination between the U.S., Canada, and European allies. It quickly reached the desired conclusion to increase the target...
Why do experts expect the Baltic gambling market to keep expanding?
The Baltic Review
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July 10, 2025
Just a few years ago, VIXIO Regulatory Intelligence noted an 84% year-on-year increase in the regulated gambling revenue in the Baltic region. Online gambling, once a niche sector, is clearly making waves across different areas, and the Baltic...
UK lags behind Kosovo and Kazakhstan in global women’s health table
The Times
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The UK has dropped down a worldwide women’s health league for the fourth consecutive year, as countries such as Lithuania, Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia perform better. Experts described the change as “alarming” and “unacceptable”, as it was also...
Is Europe going off the rails?
Eurozine
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According to Eurostat, as of 2023, the European Union had more than 8,556 kilometers of dedicated high-speed rail lines. However, the overall size of the European railway network has contracted by 1.3% between 2013 and 2023. This is hardly the...
The Last Truck
Charter 97
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4 Irina Khalip 11.07.2025, 10:42 9,820 Irina Khalip The museum in the prison and the park in Drozdá. There is a museum of testimony and memory in the Albanian city of Shkoder. At the entrance, where ticket prices are listed, it says: "For former...
Buenos Aires 2025 Publishers Fair to showcase over 300 participants
Buenos Aires Herald
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July 8, 2025
The 2025 Publishers’ Fair (FED) announced its line-up of activities, guests and participants, including more than 330 publishing houses from Latin America and Spain. Since its creation in 2013, the continuously-expanding Publishers’ Fair has...
Ron Matusalem master blender goes on tour
The Spirit Business
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July 10, 2025
Cuban rum Ron Matusalem has concluded the first part of its international tour, led by the brand’s master blender, Cynthia Vargas. Ron Matusalem’s master blender Cynthia Vargas will head to Asia for the second part of the tour Ron Matusalem’s The...
Parents in Europe push for limited access to social networks
Baltic News Network
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July 7, 2025
It is expected that it will soon be more difficult for European teenagers to access social media content, and the European Union institutions are considering new regulations that would restrict the use of social media by those under 15. Growing...
Experts dismiss NATO chief's claim that WW3 could start
Daily Mail
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July 7, 2025
Leading experts have dismissed NATO chief Mark Rutte's claim that World War III could begin with a simultaneous invasion of Taiwan by China and an assault on NATO 's eastern flank by Russia. In a chilling vision laid out to the New York Times this...
PPDS appoints Fredrik Lundqvist as Nordic and Baltic technical manager
EN
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July 10, 2025
PPDS has appointed Fredrik Lundqvist as technical manager for the Nordic and Baltic regions, bringing over 21 years of specialist AV experience from leading global display manufacturers to strengthen the company’s growing EMEA technical sales...
250-seat Italian restaurant LaBocca opens in downtown Tallinn at a cost of 1.3 million euros
The Baltic Times
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The Italian restaurant LaBocca opened its doors in the Golden Gate building in Tallinn’s Rotermann district on Friday. A total of 1.3 million euros has been invested in the new 250-seat eatery and its state-of-the-art technology by the...
Flanking tactics
Business World
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July 9, 2025
Don’t look now, but if we’re not careful, we could find ourselves legally outflanked over the West Philippine Sea. In a move widely reported abroad on May 30 but which merited just minor, bottom-page treatment in the “World” pages of two local...
Closing NATO’s Indo-Pacific Gap
Foreign Policy
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The much-anticipated NATO summit in The Hague in late June accomplished its core objectives: securing a 5 percent defense pledge, managing U.S. President Donald Trump, and reaffirming a commitment to collective security. But the summit also drew...
Tehran Regime Change: Lessons from Chernobyl
Daily Alert
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July 10, 2025
With the end of the 12 day war, the question of regime change in Iran remains central. There are many scenarios, highlighting different factors and views. Analysts contrast the sweeping 1979 revolution that deposed the Shah and brought the Islamic...
Why Ukraine must decriminalise certain drugs – a MEP op-ed
European Pravda
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One of the most important areas for Ukraine’s European integration is drug policy. A state’s drug policy is about more than just drug use. It’s a litmus test for evaluating crime and law enforcement, healthcare systems, human rights violations and...