Tax increases target tobacco use – smugglers rub their hands
By Ilona Bērziņa Amendments to the European Commission’s Tobacco Tax Directive, put simply, aim to raise excise duty rates in order to make…
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France releases alleged shadow fleet ship; substantial fine paid
France has said it has released an oil tanker believed to be part of Russia’s shadow fleet after paying a fine, the BBC…
Kremlin threatens military escalation in the Baltic region – reason revealed
Nikolai Patrushev, aide to the Russian president and chairman of the Maritime Board, has issued a sharp statement directed at NATO regarding the…
Poland to ban Chinese-made cars from military facilities
The Polish army has announced that Chinese-made cars will be banned from entering military facilities due to concerns about the possible collection of…
Intelligence landscape is changing – Germany will give powers back to spies
Germany is planning to strengthen its foreign intelligence service, giving it new powers to prepare for a situation when the United States stops…
Zelensky: Trump is exerting undue pressure
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that US President Donald Trump is exerting unreasonable pressure on him in an attempt to end the war,…
Latvia allocates ten million euros to support Ukraine through NATO fund
Latvia will allocate ten million euros to support Ukraine under NATO’s NATO Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) fund, the government decided today. As…
European countries reveal: rare toxin found in Navalny’s death
Several countries, including Latvia, are once again calling for a thorough and transparent investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Russian opposition…
“Not a bear, but a garden snail” – politicians in Munich debunk the myth of a mighty Russia
At the Munich Security Conference, European politicians delivered a blunt assessment of Russia’s situation and its prospects in the war against Ukraine, Dialog.UA…
