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Roman Britain quiz: What do you know about the Empire's conquest of the British Isles?
LiveScience
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August 5, 2025
Julius Caesar decided to invade Britain in 55 B.C. as a strategic military move, since he thought the Britons were conspiring with the Gauls against him. But he hit immediate resistance when landing in what is now England and failed to conquer any...
Balkan restaurant set to open in place of town centre Turkish
KentOnline
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August 6, 2025
A European and Balkan restaurant is set to welcome customers after moving into the home of a top town centre Turkish. Family-run Eagle Grill and Bar is opening in what was the Gem of Kent in Maidstone High Street next week. Eagle Grill and Bar is...
Milivojević: London želi da pokrene novu dinamiku na Zapadnom Balkanu
Tanjug
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August 8, 2025
BEOGRAD - Karijerni diplomata Zoran Milivojević ocenio je danas da će međunarodni sastanak na visokom nivou o regionu Zapadnog Balkana koji će u oktobru organizovati Velika Britanija biti u funkciji interesa koje zapadne zemlje imaju u regionu,...
Baltic shadow fleet stand off continues as Russia warns of tanker ‘raids’
Lloyd's List
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August 5, 2025
THE UK government has raised concerns regarding the rising number of falsely flagged tankers in the shadow fleet* and pledged to disrupt and deter the vessels alongside Baltic state governments. In a statement issued to Lloyd’s List in response to...
10 Of The Best European Cities With Culture And Beaches
Forbes
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Beautiful summer landscape of the coast of the Baltic Sea getty For travelers who enjoy a combination of culture and chill out time, Europe has some of the best cities that combine beautiful beaches and top cultural experiences. From interesting...
Sensors on the Baltic Frontline
CEPA
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August 8, 2025
For years, the Baltic Sea could be treated as geopolitically peripheral. That assumption is now dead. Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine shifted threat perceptions and revealed just how exposed the Baltic region has become: physically, legally,...
32 White Storks Die in Sakar Region Following Wildfire, Green Balkans Team Finds
Bulgarian News Agency
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A field team and volunteers from the Green Balkans Wildlife Rescue Centre visited the area around the villages of Studena, Radovets, Filipovo, and Ustrem in the Sakar Mountain region, where one of the largest wildfires in Bulgaria this summer was...
Where temperatures could hit 44C in Europe as holidaymakers warned of deadly heatwave
Manchester Evening News
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August 11, 2025
UK holidaymakers heading to southern Europe are being warned to brace for extreme heat as parts of Spain, Portugal and France are set to scorch above 40C this week. While Britain enters its fourth heatwave of summer with temperatures set to hit...
FAS recognized inappropriate advertising of Sberbank
AK&M
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AK&M 11 August 2025 18:34 The Federal Antimonopoly Service has issued an order to Sberbank and Yandex to stop distributing inappropriate advertising. This is reported on the FAS website. The antimonopoly authority received a complaint from an...
Sberbank's net profit under RAS increased by 6.8 in 7 months%
AK&M
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AK&M 11 August 2025 15:06 Sberbank's net profit under RAS for 7 months of 2025 increased by 6.8% to 971.5 billion rubles. with a return on equity of 22.1%. In July 2025, the Savings Bank earned 144.9 billion rubles. net profit (+2.7%...
Financial report for the first half of 2025: Rheinmetall stays on...
Foundry-Planet.com
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Düsseldorf-based Rheinmetall AG closes the first half of fiscal 2025 with new record figures for both sales and income. In light of the decisions made at the NATO summit in June and in view of significantly increasing defence budgets in numerous...
Remembering the Helsinki Accords
OpEdNews
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August 11, 2025
From the standpoint of both geopolitics and international law, the world is a mess. Authoritarian Russia violated international law by invading Ukraine. Whats Russias goal? Perhaps President Vladimir Putin wants to rebuild the Russian Empire....
UK heatwave looms as Europe faces volcanic 42C "Molotov cocktail"
Daily Express
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August 11, 2025
Britain could be baked by the summer's fourth heatwave this week, as Southern Europe faces a "Molotov cocktail" of volcanic-hot 42C and wildfires fears. As deadly heat tears across Europe, half of France was under a heatwave warning while Spain's...
Baltic index rises as rates firm across all vessel segments
Hellenic Shipping News
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August 6, 2025
The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which measures rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, rose on Wednesday, buoyed by firmer rates across all vessel segments. * The main index BBDI, which tracks rates for capesize, panamax and...
207 Years Later, An Iconic Sci-Fi Monster Is Hollywood's New Favorite Source Material
Inverse
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August 11, 2025
Classic cinematic monsters are really having a moment. Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu revitalized a forgotten vampire story, while Sinners brought vampires to the Mississippi Delta in the 1930s. Werewolves have Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man, and we’re even...
Coinbase Ventures bought Toncoin tokens directly from Telegram to support TON’s blockchain project
Cryptopolitan
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August 11, 2025
Coinbase Ventures, the investment arm of U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase, now owns Toncoin, the native cryptocurrency of the Open Network (TON). This blockchain powers Telegram’s web3 ecosystem, directly enabling payments, gaming, NFTs, and other...
Calculated Putin Awards Medal to CIA Official’s Son
The Daily Beast
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August 11, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin handed the U.S. envoy a medal for a 21-year-old American who was killed fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine. The award, the Order of Lenin, was handed to President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve...
Project AnimalAid gets largest-ever surgical instrument donation
ColoradoBiz
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August 11, 2025
BOULDER, Colo. — Project AnimalAid has received its largest gifts-in-kind donation to date with the arrival of 17 pallets of surgical instruments from Pennsylvania-based Sklar Corporation, which does business as Sklar Instruments. In Brief: 17...
Reforms yielding fruits, fatigue underming economic performance – Rewane
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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August 11, 2025
Bismarck Rewane has said that the current economic reforms embarked upon by the President Tinubu led government is yielding fruits, but is currently undermined by fatigue associated with such reforms. “In many countries that have embarked on...
Kosovo seeks German support as parliament reset nears
Gazeta Tema
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August 11, 2025
PRISTINA, Aug 11 — Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani met Michael Reiffenstuel, Germany’s Western Balkans director, to ask for stronger backing as Kosovo moves to reconstitute its parliament after a court ruling. Osmani said Berlin is a “strategic...