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POLITICSSep 18Week in Review: Campaigns, Crackdowns and Clan WarsWith elections approaching in Bosnia and Serbia, rhetoric is heating up, while in Turkey and Albania, campaigners are feeling the pressure, as our round-up of Balkan Insight Premium stories shows.Balkan Insight
POLITICSSep 18Russian man swims from Kaliningrad to Lithuania in failed asylum attemptA 68-year-old Russian man swam down the Nemunas River from Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave to neighbouring Lithuania to seek asylum, only to be returned to Russia.EuroNews [en]
CYBERSep 18Macron wants to better protect critical infrastructure against Russian attacksPresident Macron heeft de Franse regering opdracht gegeven om een plan te maken om kritieke infrastructuur en defensielocaties beter te beschermen. Volgens Macron is de dreiging van hybride aanvallen door Rusland op Frankrijk en Europa de afgelopen weken toegenomen. Hij zei dat ook Frankrijk de afgelopen weken doelwit is geweest van Russische hybride aanvallen. Dat zijn aanvallen waarbij traditionele militaire middelen gecombineerd worden met niet-militaire middelen, zoals cyberaanvallen en verspreiding van desinformatie. Macron voegde daaraan toe dat de aanvallen niet "onbeantwoord" zullen blNOS Buitenland
MILITARYSep 18FULL INTERVIEW: US NATO Envoy Warns Of Patriot Missile ShortageUS Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker has warned that global demand for missiles for Patriot air defense systems is “outpacing supply” and that Washington and its allies would have to “dig deep” to support Ukraine. Speaking to RFE/RL correspondent Ray Furlong on September 18, Whitaker said an increasingly dangerous international environment was leading to a shortage of Patriot interceptor missiles and that manufacturing capacity was not keeping up.RFE/RL
POLITICSSep 18Zelensky announces new ‘Carpathian Eight.’ Tusk and Vučić attend its first summit (but Fico doesn’t)Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced a new international cooperation initiative, the “Carpathian Eight”:Meduza [en]
MILITARYSep 18NATO is measuring Russian adaptation the wrong wayFor NATO, reproducibility should become a distinct measure of Russian military capability, driving how the alliance plans for the future.Breaking Defense
CONFLICTSep 18Russian strike on downtown Odesa damages administrative building, causes injuriesUkrinform [en]
POLITICSSep 18Discontent Simmers in Kosovo as Protesters Denounce Hague War Crimes VerdictProtesters filled the main square in Pristina as demonstrations continued against this week's verdict in The Hague convicting four Kosovo Liberation Army leaders of war crimes.Balkan Insight
CYBERSep 18Russia: Max, the imposed application capable of spying on its usersLe Figaro International
POLITICSSep 18Macron convenes French party leaders as soaring energy prices put focus on wars in Iran and UkraineHaxie Meyers-Belkin is pleased to welcome Renaud Foucart, Senior Lecturer in Economics at Lancaster University’s Management School in the UK. According to Foucart, France’s energy and economic crises expose a deeper collision between economic constraints, political accountability and an approaching presidential election. He interprets Emmanuel Macron’s rare Élysée meeting with party leaders over soaring energy prices as both an exercise in presidential legacy-building and an attempt to force prospective successors to confront high energy costs, rising borrowing costs, limited fiscal room and tFrance 24 [en]
POLITICSSep 18Macron to convene G7 on energy, warning of 'Russian aggression'Emmanuel Macron is calling for a "protection plan" against "Russian hybrid attacks". According to the French president, "the nature of Russian aggression and threats in Europe is changing".EuroNews [en]
CONFLICTSep 18Russia seizes assets of French firms, summons UK envoy over Ukraine supportAl Jazeera [en]
MILITARYBREAKINGSep 18Russians fear new mobilization and flee to Armenia as a precautionDe komende drie dagen kunnen Russen stemmen voor het lagerhuis van het parlement, de Doema. In de campagne wordt er niet over gesproken en de Russische president Vladimir Poetin heeft het herhaaldelijk ontkend, maar de geruchten over een nieuwe mobilisatie na de verkiezingen zijn hardnekkig. Niet alle Russische mannen zijn er gerust op en nemen het zekere voor het onzekere: zij vluchten naar Armenië. Tot juli kwamen er al ruim zeventigduizend Russen Armenië binnen, meer dan bij de vorige mobilisatie in 2022. Armenië is een land waarvoor Russen geen paspoort of visum nodig hebben en waar - doorNOS Buitenland
POLITICSSep 18Foreign Ministry: We call on France to refrain from groundless and biased allegations against AzerbaijanAzerbaijan's Foreign Ministry has called on France to refrain from what it describes as groundless and biased allegations. This indicates ongoing diplomatic friction between the two nations.azertag_az · azerbaijan
POLITICSSep 18Russian election officials in one region forgot to put two candidates on the ballot. Now the vote is postponed until 2027.Officials in Russia’s Kirov region have postponed a legislative election in single-mandate district No. 25 until 2027 after two registered candidates were left off the ballot.Meduza [en]
MILITARYSep 18Drones Offer Central Asian an Escape From Foreign DependencyCentral Asian states should jointly develop drone capabilities to prepare for current and future security needs.The Diplomat
CONFLICTSep 18Russian forces drop explosives on hospital grounds in Kherson, causing damageUkrinform [en]
CONFLICTSep 18Ukraine’s NATO envoy calls for more air defense donationsAid to Kyiv is “not a donation but a swap,” said Ukraine’s NATO Ambassador Alyona Getmanchuk.Politico Europe
POLITICSSep 18Kremlin orders Russia businesses of Nestle, Auchan seized - AP NewsKremlin orders Russia businesses of Nestle, Auchan seized AP NewsAP News
POLITICSSep 18Russia, China veto UN resolution to monitor Iran sanctionsThe resolution that would have authorised UN experts to continue monitoring sanctions reimposed on Iran last year over its nuclear program was shut down on Thursday, according to Reuters. The post Russia, China veto UN resolution to monitor Iran sanctions appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.Premium Times
POLITICSSep 18Russia, China veto UN resolution to monitor Iran sanctionsPremium Times
CONFLICTSep 18Ukraine strikes continue as polling stations open in RussiaFrance 24 [en]
CYBERSep 18Macron warns Moscow of response to hybrid attacks: We won't be intimidatedRussia’s hybrid attacks against European countries will not go unanswered; it would be a mistake for Moscow to continue them.Ukrinform [en]
POLITICSSep 18Trump wants Putin to end the war. He may first offer Russia trade dealsA new sanctions bill aims to pressure Putin to end the war in Ukraine. However, Trump is betting even harder on offering incentives to Russia.Clarín