Estonian pig farmers say they won’t abandon their work, even as mass culls and the worst African swine fever (ASF) outbreak in a decade threaten domestic pork supplies. More than 55,000 pigs – about one-fifth of the country’s domestic pig population – have already been destroyed. The hardest blow came in late August, when the…
Lithuania’s Defence Minister Dovile Sakaliene says she expects Seimas members to help convince US lawmakers not to reduce Washington’s military support for NATO’s eastern member states. Foreign media reported last week that the US planned to end long-running military assistance for European countries close to Russia, including funding for a programme that provided money to…
Over the past week, under the Government’s Affordable Loans at 5-7-9% programme, micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises received 512 preferential loans totalling UAH 1.5 billion, including 364 loans worth UAH 0.8 billion from state-owned banks. Since the start of 2025, entrepreneurs have obtained 19,103 loans worth UAH 56.8 billion under the 5-7-9% programme, with 13,205…
Following the MSPO 2025 International Defense Industry Exhibition in Poland’s Kielce, a team of Ukrainian Defense Industry JSC (UDI) has signed more than 10 defense industry cooperation agreements. The relevant statement was made by Ukrainian Defense Industry JSC (UDI) CEO Herman Smetanin on Telegram. “Ukroboronprom’s team has finished work at the MSPO exhibition. More than…
Russian GPS signal disruptions affected 123,000 flights from Sweden and nearby countries in the first four months of this year, SVT reported. From January to April, GPS disruptions originating in Russia affected nearly 123,000 flights in the Baltic Sea region. A total of 365 airlines were affected. SVT’s report is based on a document in…
Jaguar Land Rover has suspended production at its Slovak plant in Nitra after a cyberattack forced the company to shut down key IT systems. The carmaker said it had “taken immediate steps to mitigate the impact by proactively shutting down our systems” and was now “working on the controlled and safe restart of global applications”.…
The United States plans to reduce security assistance to European countries bordering Russia, two informed sources have said. The cuts are part of President Donald Trump’s “America First” foreign policy. His administration has scaled back foreign aid and is urging European nations to shoulder a greater share of their defense costs. The Financial Times was…