NATO Sends F-35 Jets to Eastern Europe to Guard Supply Lines

Beginning on September 1, the Royal Netherlands Air Force’s fifth-generation fighters will assume responsibility for monitoring NATO airspace over Eastern Europe. The air police mission will ensure that supply lines within Poland, which provide...

International Visegrad Fund turns 25

The International Visegrad Fund (IVF), headquartered in Bratislava, represents an institutionalized form of mutual cooperation between the Visegrad Group countries--Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia. It provides support across seven key...

Frontex accused of failing to prevent pushbacks and child rights violations in the Balkans

Home / News / 2025 / July / Frontex accused of failing to prevent pushbacks and child rights violations in the Balkans Topic Country/Region 09 July 2025 Frontex’s own fundamental rights watchdog has raised the alarm over pushbacks and serious...

Western Balkans urged to fast-track digital transformation

TIRANA, July 11 – The Western Balkans must accelerate digital transformation to close the gap with the EU’s Single Digital Market, a new report by the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) warned Wednesday. The report identifies broadband and 5G...

Estée Lauder Names Franck Besnard to Lead Northern and Western Europe Operations

Estée Lauder continues to restructure its top management, which has undergone several strategic changes this year in an attempt to mitigate the impact of weak consumer spending in the United States and China. The U.S.-based cosmetics company has...

Schedule Friday afternoon at Baltic Sea Darts Open including Menzies, Van Veen, Huybrechts v White

The northern German city of Kiel will host the ninth Euro Tour tournament of the season from July 11 to 13 as the Baltic Sea Darts Open begins. The Baltic Sea Darts Open is the last chance for the top players to get in shape for the World...

Lithuania bids to save Baltic seals as ice sheets recede

The grey seals slide out of their cages into the Baltic Sea near the Lithuanian coast, swimming off to new lives imperilled by climate change, pollution and shrinking fish stocks. The seals have been nurtured at a rehabilitation centre in the...

Report: Three in four SMEs in Romania, Central and Eastern Europe use AI but not at scale

A new report by AI Chamber, based on a survey conducted among over 3,200 small and medium-sized enterprises, or SMEs, from 11 countries in Central and Eastern Europe, shows that over 75% of SMEs in the region claim to already be using AI, but only...

Baltic Index Slips On Lower Capesize Vessel Rates

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, slipped on Wednesday, pressured by lower rates for capesize vessels. The main index, which tracks rates for capesize, panamax and supramax...

Violent storms strike central Europe following intense heatwave

In northern Italy, a 63-year-old woman was killed near Milan when a tree fell during severe weather. Two municipal workers were injured while clearing debris overnight. The storms follow a heatwave across the region, with scientists warning that...

Ramsay’s Cameron Blankenship wins Pyrenees Basketball Cup in Europe

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Ramsay High School rising senior Cameron Blankenship recently represented Alabama on the world stage. Blankenship and his teammates won the Pyrenees Basketball Cup, an international youth basketball competition that took...

Liquidnet Advances Emerging Markets Strategy With New Hire - Michael Fidance Appointed As Head Of CEEMEA Equities To Drive Growth Across Central And Eastern Europe, The Middle East And Africa

Liquidnet, a leading technology-driven agency execution specialist, today announced the appointment of Michael Fidance as Head of CEEMEA Equity Markets. Based in London and reporting to James Whitehead, Head of Trade Coverage, EMEA, Fidance will...

With pipes from India, Bulgaria accelerates construction of gas pipeline to Central Europe

Zhecho Stankov Photo: BTA A second ship carrying pipes for the Vertical Gas Corridor project, which will connect Greece and Romania, has arrived at the Port of Burgas. Energy Minister Zhecho Stankov oversaw the delivery. "These 2,526 pipes from...

Baltic Sea Darts Open 2025: Field, Draw, Schedule and Predictions

Nicolas Gayer, writer for DartsNews.DE sees a certain Northern Irishman over his compatriot. When it comes to players in form right now, there’s simply no getting around Josh Rock. The Northern Irishman – fresh off his World Cup triumph –...

Salvage operations progress on grounded MSC Baltic III

The Teutonic Cross Returns to the Baltics

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...

Michael van Gerwen, Peter Wright and Michael Smith withdraw from Baltic Sea Darts Open

Michael van Gerwen, Peter Wright and Michael Smith have withdrawn from the 2025 Baltic Sea Darts Open. The Dutchman has decided to miss out on the ninth Euro Tour tournament, which will be played from Friday, July 11 to Sunday, July 13. The...

Sts. Canute, Erik and Olaf: The 3 Kings of Catholic Scandinavia

For a long time, Scandinavia and the whole of Nordic Europe was not thought of as a particularly Catholic place. Lutheranism is the established church in many of its countries and dominates the population. I once visited Finland (Nordic, not...

Ukrzaliznytsia Updates Train Schedules Amid Storm Disruptions in Central Europe

The company reported this on Telegram Ukrzaliznytsia has announced changes to the passenger train schedule due to storm conditions observed in Zakarpattia, as well as in neighboring countries – Slovakia and Hungary. This information was published...

Europe’s First AI Fighter Jet Took Off Over the Baltic Sea and This Could Soon Change the Face of Warfare

A Swedish JAS 39 Gripen takes off from Bodö airport. Credit: Public Domain. This May, high above the Baltic Sea, a Swedish Gripen E fighter jet sliced through the air, with no pilot at the controls. During two exercises conducted in May and June,...