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Ukraine is intensifying its efforts to develop its own missile defense system, in the context where stocks of American interceptors, used for shooting down Russian ballistic missiles, are becoming increasingly limited. President Volodimir Zelenski stated, during a summit of the European Political Community, that Europe should be capable of independently producing all the necessary means to defend itself against threats, including ballistic attacks. “I believe that Europe must be able to produce everything it needs to defend itself”, he stated. Dependence on American systems Currently, Ukraine relies heavily on the Patriot missile system and PAC-3 interceptors to counteract Russian attacks.…
On Thursday, Russia accused Latvia of involvement in a Ukrainian drone attack on the Sankt Petersburg region. More precisely, the Ukrainian drones allegedly attempted to attack from Latvian airspace, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense, quoted by The Moscow Times. NATO launched two F-16 planes and two Rafales. Romania, Portugal, and France provide air policing for the Alliance in the Baltic region. Thus, during the morning, Russian research units detected “a group of 6 drones” in Latvian airspace, “alongside two Rafale fighter jets and two F-16s”. Currently, Romania – with F-16 planes – and France – with Rafale planes…
The conservative President of Poland, Karol Nawrocki, announced on Thursday his intention to organize a referendum with the aim of rejecting the European Union’s Green Deal. Nawrocki is an opponent of the community bloc’s ecological policies, notes Agerpres, quoting AFP. “The Green Deal and the carbon emission quota exchange system mean higher energy prices, a loss of economic competitiveness, and a collapse of agricultural production,” argued the Polish president in a post on the X platform. In the referendum he wishes to organize in September, Nawrocki wants to ask the Poles if they are “in favor of implementing a climate…
Marco Rubio, the United States Secretary of State, met on Thursday, May 7, with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, during a moment of diplomatic tension between Washington and the Holy See, amplified by the repeated attacks of President Donald Trump against the Sovereign Pontiff. Rubio’s visit takes place at a delicate moment for the relations between the United States and the Vatican, against the backdrop of increasingly evident divergences between the Trump administration and the first American pope in the over 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, according to CNN. The White House has denied that the movement of…
Peter Magyar and the EU are in disagreement over the amount that Hungary should receive from the funds blocked by Brussels. In recent days, discussions have intensified regarding the sum of 10.4 billion euros to which Hungary is entitled under the EU’s post-pandemic recovery funds, according to two European officials and a Hungarian official. The funds had been blocked due to violations of EU legislation by Budapest under the leadership of Viktor Orbán, who had been Prime Minister since 2010 and who lost the elections last month, according to News. In a symbolic move, Peter Magyar met last week in…
An international investigation reveals the existence of a secret cyber training program in the heart of Moscow, where elite university students are prepared for cyber warfare and digital espionage operations. According to documents obtained by an international consortium of journalists, the institution is said to host a special structure involved in training agents for the Russian military intelligence service GRU. According to the investigation by The Guardian, within the university, the “Department 4”, also known as “Special Training”, would operate, selecting a limited number of students for a career in military intelligence structures. They would be trained in areas such…
Customs employees in Saint Petersburg have announced the discovery of an alleged “extremist literature” in a batch of children’s books imported from the United Kingdom. According to the images published by the authorities, these are products of the Usborne publishing house. Among the photos, there is, among others, a story about dinosaurs meeting Santa Claus, a book about the behavior of parent birds, collections of puzzles and crosswords, a toy book for small children, as well as educational materials about creative writing and anatomy. The customs officers stated that within the entire batch — weighing 12.7 tons and valued at…
The slowdown of the economy, the decrease in demand, and high interest rates have significantly reduced the investment activity of Russian companies. In the industry, this has dropped to the lowest level in the last 16 years, says the lead researcher of the Institute of Economic Forecasting of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Sergei Tuhlo, who has been conducting economic surveys among the business community since the ’90s. According to this, only 38% of businesses estimated in April that the volume of investments is “normal”. In 2024, this indicator was at 79%. Last year, investments fell by 2.3%, and for…
Russian authorities intend to introduce strict control over foreign scientific publications related to genetic research. This is evident from a draft resolution prepared by the Federal Medical-Biological Agency of Russia, which details the previously adopted law on state control over the transfer abroad of genetic data of Russian citizens. According to the document, quoted by Kommersant, any publication of the results of population studies in which at least three people participated will need to be approved by a new interdepartmental commission. The committee will include representatives from the FSB, SVR, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education…
The Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia has issued several warnings to analysts due to public statements about possible price increases. “Such forecasts can be perceived by market participants as an impulse for changing the prices of goods and can provoke an increase in demand from consumers”, the institution conveyed on Wednesday. According to Reuters, among those targeted is the head of the analysis department of the investment company “Rikom-Trust”, Oleg Abelev, who commented in the press about a possible increase in food prices. Similar warnings were issued also for the communication director of GIS Mining company and for the general…