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Balkanik Festival: Bucharest event announces lineup of this year's edition
Romania Insider
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June 20, 2025
Balkanik Festival – Home of World Music, set to take place at Uranus Garden between September 5 and September 7, lines up this year artists who "celebrate that form of joy that does not ignore reality, but faces it with beauty, energy, and...
How Post-Brexit Business Growth is Shifting to Central Europe
International Business Times - United Kingdom
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June 20, 2025
In the wake of Brexit, many businesses are rethinking their strategies for expansion and trade within the European Union. As companies face new barriers to the UK market, Central Europe has emerged as a key destination for post-Brexit business...
Baltic defense zone anti-tank ditch construction underway in southeast Estonia
ERR
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June 20, 2025
Work has begun on anti-tank ditches in southeastern Estonia which will form part of the Baltic defense zone. The project is set to cost €4.4 million this year alone, and by year's end the hope is to have up to 28 bunkers and 10 storage areas set...
Baltic Operations 2025
DVIDS - Georgia
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June 20, 2025
Maintenance window scheduled to begin at February 14th 2200 est. until 0400 est. February 15th DVIDS Hub works best with JavaScript enabled BALTOPS 25, the premiere maritime-focused exercise in the Baltic Region, provides a unique training...
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,...
Visa Appoints Tareq Muhmood as Regional President for Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa
Financial IT
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June 20, 2025
Visa today announced the appointment of Tareq Muhmood as Regional President for Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEMEA). In his new role, the established Visa leader will be responsible for leading operations across more than 86...
Baltic Exchange introduces monthly audits for physical panellists to further improve Baltic index quality
Hellenic Shipping News
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June 20, 2025
Baltic Exchange has launched a new quality control mechanism to support its ongoing audit policies for its global portfolio of panellists across the dry, tanker and gas sectors. The newly launched monthly audit, known as ‘Operational Benching’, is...
Design contract signed to connect Muuga freight terminal to Rail Baltica line
The Baltic Times
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Rail Baltic Estonia, the project’s national implementing body, has signed a design contract with the Estonian company AllSpark OÜ to connect the Port of Muuga to the future Rail Baltica line. The approximately 16-kilometre Soodevahe–Muuga section...
Serum Mamie enters the Baltics
The Spirit Business
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June 20, 2025
Panamanian rum brand Serum has partnered with distributor 3B Solutions to launch its Mamie expression in the Baltic market. Serum Mamie is making its way into the Baltics region Darius Augaitis, director of 3B Solutions, will place ‘a strong...
Field-Tested Readiness: Navy Preventive Medicine Proves Expeditionary Capability in the Baltics
DVIDS - Georgia
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June 20, 2025
While BALTOPS 25 brought the noise, jets roaring overhead, ships maneuvering through the Baltic Sea, a quieter mission unfolded behind the scenes. Navy preventive medicine teams, deployed across Latvia and Sweden, focused on something less visible...
Top German diplomat warns about risks of armed confrontation in Baltic region
TASS
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June 20, 2025
BERLIN, June 20. /TASS/. German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has warned about a looming threat of an armed confrontation in the Baltic Sea region. "This is a zone where a threat of a military confrontation is quite real," he told a security...
Russia redraws territorial waters baseline in Baltic Sea
Lloyd's List
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June 20, 2025
RUSSIA intends to redraw the baseline it uses to measure its 12 nautical miles of territorial waters, claiming the maps drawn in 1985 are outdated. Resolution 918, dated June 18, redraws the baseline to include an arc around the islands of...
Parliament speaker urges stronger NATO role in Western Balkans
Gazeta Tema
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June 20, 2025
Albania has called on Iran to stop its nuclear and missile programs and reaffirmed support for Israel amid escalating tensions, Parliamentary Speaker Elisa Spiropali said Friday at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Brussels. Spiropali said the...
Baltics, Nordics, Poland propose Schengen ban for Russians who fought in Ukraine
The Kyiv Independent
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June 20, 2025
A coalition of European Union countries is pushing to bar Russian citizens who participated in the war against Ukraine from entering the Schengen Area, citing serious security concerns, Estonian broadcaster ERR reported on June 19. The call comes...
Why is Southern Europe up in arms against mass tourism?
NewsMeter
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June 20, 2025
Europe: Protests have swept across southern Europe against uncontrolled, high-volume tourism that overwhelms urban infrastructure, drives up housing costs, and disrupts daily life. Protesters have taken to the streets chanting, “Your holidays, my...
Nordics, Baltics and partners to 'compile guidelines' on Russia's shadow fleet
LSM
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June 20, 2025
In the NB8++ format, the Baltic states and Nordic countries Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, and Sweden are joined by France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, and the United Kingdom. According to a release from the...
Modi's Balkan Masterstroke: How Bharat Redefined Europe’s Power Map In Zagreb
News18
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June 20, 2025
Last Updated:June 20, 2025, 11:47 IST The warm reception in Zagreb, as Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković welcomed Modi as the leader of a resurgent global power, set the tone for the visit Prime Minister Narendra Modi being welcomed in...
Russia Adjusts Baltic Sea Borders Amid NATO War Prep on its Doorstep
Sputnik News
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June 20, 2025
https://sputnikglobe.com/20250620/russia-adjusts-baltic-sea-borders-amid-nato-war-prep-on-its-doorstep--1122295418.html Russia Adjusts Baltic Sea Borders Amid NATO War Prep on its Doorstep Russia Adjusts Baltic Sea Borders Amid NATO War Prep on...
Russia redraws maritime boundaries in Baltic Sea tinderbox
Tradewinds
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June 20, 2025
The Kremlin adopted new legislation adjusting Russia’s territorial sea borders in the Baltic, the country’s state-run Tass news agency reported early on Friday. According to a news item on the Tass Telegram channel, it approved “an updated list of...
Baltic Index Drops To One-Week Low As Larger Vessel Rates Dip
Hellenic Shipping News
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June 19, 2025
The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index, which tracks rates for vessels transporting dry commodities, fell for the third consecutive session to a one-week low on Thursday as rates declined across larger vessel segments. The main index,...