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This is our three minute video on why the Baltics matter. Expertly rejigged by my brilliant colleague at @securebaltics
🎬 When it comes to security, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania see things we don’t see. They understand things we don’t understand. And they do things we don’t do.
🌍 Europe doesn’t have a Baltic problem. It has Baltic solutions. #BeMoreBaltic
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⚡️ BREAKING: Massive applause erupts outside 10 Downing Street as President Zelenskyy arrives and is greeted by UK PM Andy Burnham.
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Meloni: I do not miss the Russian tanks in Prague and Budapest. I do not miss the Berlin Wall.
If Ukraine stopped defending itself tomorrow, Russia would occupy a European nation and Soviet-style imperialism would return.
Surrender is not peace. It is conquest. 1/
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Europe faces waves of airspace violations and sabotage, but also a relentless stream of Russian disinformation.
That is why the EU today sanctioned Xenia Fedorova.
We're defending our information space against fabricated lies and deliberate manipulation. This is deterrence, not censorship.
The EU will continue to counter Russia's destabilising activities.
L’Union européenne vient de sanctionner Xenia Fedorova, dans le prolongement des mesures prises cet été par la France à l’encontre de l’ancienne dirigeante de RT France, visée par un arrêté d’expulsion et un gel de ses avoirs.
La France, comme l’Union européenne, continuera d’entraver les activités de déstabilisation menées par la Russie sur notre sol. Notre détermination est entière : ceux qui pensent pouvoir conduire impunément des manœuvres hostiles à notre démocratie en subiront les conséquences.
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proper reporting here. Please read it
I spoke to three European intelligence heads over the past week to try to understand how seriously to take the latest “Russia attack” scare.
theguardian.com/world/2026/s…
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🇱🇹 | Iš Lietuvos padangės Jums skrieja Baltijos oro policijos misiją vykdančių Prancūzijos karių ir Prancūzijos ambasados sveikinimai su Valstybės diena!
#StrongerTogether
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🇱🇹 👑 Today, let's explore the history and visual evolution of another cornerstone symbol of Lithuanian statehood - the Columns of Gediminas.
On January 5, 2018, Lithuania Post issued a four-stamp series titled “Symbols of the Lithuanian State: the Columns of Gediminas”.
It was the very first stamp issue released in the special year of 2018, marking the centenary of the restoration of the Lithuanian state. As the Columns of Gediminas are among the oldest and most important symbols of Lithuanian statehood, this series was chosen to launch the year's commemorative stamp releases.
Although all four stamps feature the same basic symbol, artist Aušrelė Ratkevičienė brilliantly illustrates its evolution, from the emblem of a ruling dynasty to a symbol of freedom embraced by an entire nation.
1/5 🧵👇
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When Notre-Dame burned in 2019, the world stopped.
Today, Russia damages Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, a monastery nearly 1,000 years old and older than Notre-Dame itself.
A thousand years of history deserves the same attention, the same sympathy, and the same protection.
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We see the tower of Jesus Christ illuminated for the first time!
The light show, starting from the base up to the illumination of the cross, culminated with a composition of lights guided by drones that traced the figure of Gaudí and the phrase “first love, then technique”.
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Go Vilnius reported today that the Vilnius Pink Soup Fest last weekend attracted 180,000 people, of whom 33,800 were foreigners (top countries: Germany, the UK, Italy, the USA, and the Netherlands).
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The United States is fully committed to the defense of Lithuania and NATO’s eastern flank.
This week we were honored to host Four-Star General Steven S. Nordhaus, Chief of the U.S. National Guard Bureau. General Nordhaus’s visit symbolizes our enduring partnership and commitment forged through decades of trust, shared sacrifice, and dedication to collective defense.