Baltic States: EC carefully assessing request for EUR 500 million in drone defences

The European Commission is “carefully assessing” a request from the Baltic States for 500 million euros to strengthen defences against drones, saying it understands the security concerns facing Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and takes them “very seriously”. The commission’s response was revealed on September 24 evening after the defence ministers of the three Baltic states…

Armenia: exports fall mainly to EAEU market

Economy Minister Gevorg Papoyan, commenting on Armenia’s export figures, said the only area showing a significant decline was the Eurasian Economic Union market. He added that goods worth $943 million had been exported this year, compared with about $990 million last year. “The difference is about 5%. I consider this not a bad result, given…