The rehabilitation of Joseph Stalin has moved from the fringes of Russian politics into public space, schools, museums and law. Statues are multiplying, Stalin has returned to the Moscow Metro, and a majority of Russians now describe him positively. The
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Governments are starting to treat Vehicle Cyber as part of base security, not just consumer privacy. Poland’s armed forces have introduced a formal ban on vehicles manufactured in the People’s Republic of China entering protected military facilities, treating Smart Cars
The presidents of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia have agreed in principle that if one Baltic state removes its railway connections to Russia and Belarus, the others will follow suit in unison. Meeting in Riga on December 4, 2025, the three
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The Baltic Sea has quietly become a submarine battleground. Sweden’s recent entry into NATO and Poland’s Orka programme are shaking up undersea balances. In November 2025, Warsaw chose Sweden’s Saab to supply three A26 Blekinge-class submarines, a deal worth about
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Germany’s Bundeswehr is on the verge of commissioning a major new satellite constellation from an unprecedented partnership between defence giant Rheinmetall AG and Finnish start-up ICEYE. According to Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger, the plan is to deliver 40 low-Earth orbit
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U.S. President Trump’s new National Security Strategy (NSS), especially its leaked passages, has provoked sharp warnings from Europe’s leaders that it undercuts eight decades of transatlantic unity. The draft NSS singles out the European Union itself as a problem and
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In the midst of Cold War détente, an unlikely diplomatic milestone took shape in Helsinki, Finland. From 30 July to 1 August 1975, 35 nations – every European country, except Albania, plus the United States and Canada – convened for
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Poland has struck black gold off its northern coast, unveiling what experts call the country’s largest oil discovery ever – and one of Europe’s biggest in a decade. This finding could significantly strengthen Poland’s national and regional energy security. A
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The Baltic states and Finland are racing to redraw their rail networks on European terms. Soviet-gauge tracks – once binding these countries to Moscow – are being supplanted by European standard-gauge lines in a strategic shift with echoes of the
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Finland’s Prime Minister Petteri Orpo declared that the nation intends to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention, the international treaty banning anti-personnel landmines. Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia have recently announced similar intentions, citing escalating security threats from Russia. “Withdrawing from
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