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President Lai meets delegation from Institute for Indo-Pacific Security

TAIWAN, September 25 - Details 2025-09-24 President Lai meets Professor Tarumi Hideo of Japan’s Ritsumeikan University On the afternoon of September 24, President Lai Ching-te met with a delegation led by Professor Tarumi Hideo of Japan’s...

When groceries bite: the role of food prices for inflation in the euro area

25 September 2025 By Elena Bobeica, Gerrit Koester and Christiane Nickel While overall inflation has normalised and currently lies at the ECB’s 2% medium-term target, food inflation is higher. To put a meal on the table, consumers pay roughly a...

Keep calm and carry cash: lessons on the unique role of physical currency across four crises

Prepared by Francesca Faella and Alejandro Zamora-Pérez 1 How crises strongly affect cash circulation Demand for euro banknotes has exhibited robust growth despite ongoing payment digitisation. While the share of cash in daily transactions has...

Moscow Refutes Plans to Restrict EU Citizens' Visas

(MENAFN) Russia has dismissed any plans to limit visas for citizens of the European Union, despite ongoing discussions within the bloc to impose such restrictions as part of their 19th sanctions package targeting Moscow. Russian Foreign Ministry...

Drone Sightings Force Closure of Copenhagen, Oslo Airports

(MENAFN) Airports in Copenhagen and Oslo were compelled to shut down briefly on Monday evening after numerous reports of unidentified drones flying in their airspace, according to officials. Copenhagen police stated that “three or four large...

Copenhagen, Oslo Airports Suspend Operations Due to Drone Incursions

(MENAFN) Flight operations at two major Scandinavian airports were brought to a standstill Monday night following multiple sightings of unidentified drones, authorities confirmed, escalating concerns over regional airspace security. Air traffic at...

Russian Official Criticizes Lithuanian Defense Minister

(MENAFN) Lithuanian Defense Minister Dovile Sakaliene should return to her professional background in legal psychology due to her fear of Russia, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a news agency on Saturday. Zakharova mocked...

Prepayster Introduces Unified Platform for Managing Prepaid Digital Services

The platform serves a growing user base that prefers prepaid models for everything including mobile recharges, digital wallets, OTT platforms. TALLINN, ESTONIA, July 23, 2025 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Our existing economy is an increasingly digital...

EU Balance of Payments and International Investment Position statistical sources and methods - B.o.p. and i.i.p. e-book

Introduction The European Central Bank (ECB), with the support of the European System of Central Bank’s (ESCB’s) Statistics Committee, compiles and publishes the balance of payments (b.o.p.) and the international investment position (i.i.p.) of...

Stormfill Launches Prepaid Digital Solutions to Support Secure Online Access and Gifting

Stormfill offers prepaid cards, mobile credits, and digital gift cards. TALLINN, ESTONIA, July 15, 2025 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- As digital transactions become more widespread, Estonia-based fintech company Stormfill has launched a platform...

Intuitive eSIM & Digital Voucher Platform for Better Connectivity

TopupSpot, has been launched to simplify the purchase and distribution of digital vouchers across multiple service categories. TALLINN, ESTONIA, June 25, 2025 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- A new centralized platform, TopupSpot, has been launched to...

37th Macao International Music Festival offers a “Vocal Waves” musical feast that intertwines Eastern and Western Civilisations

MACAU, September 5 - Organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym), the 37th Macao International Music Festival (MIMF) will be held from 3 October to 8 November. Themed “Vocal Waves”, this edition of the MIMF will...

The ITERA Expedition Races Return to the Scottish Highlands

Adventure Racing World Series competition returns to the Scottish Highlands with this year’s ITERA and ITERA Lite races taking place from August 10-15th BENTONVILLE, AR, UNITED STATES, August 7, 2025 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Adventure Racing World...

Eleport chooses AMPECO to elevate EV driver experience in Central and Eastern Europe

TALINN, ESTONIA, June 24, 2025 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Eleport, one of the leading electric vehicles (EV) public charging service providers in Central and Eastern Europe, has announced a strategic partnership with AMPECO, a global EV charging...

EU Commission President Set to Visit Seven Border States

(MENAFN) The European Commission confirmed Thursday that President Ursula von der Leyen will embark on a critical tour of frontline EU member states starting Friday. The trip aims to reinforce the bloc’s commitment to countries bordering Russia...

Baltic nation threatens to shut down main Russian border crossing

(MENAFN) Estonia may shut down the Narva border crossing due to an overwhelming number of people attempting to enter Russia, Interior Minister Igor Taro has said. The statement comes amid growing concerns over long wait times and increased border...

Guident Announces Autonomous Shuttle Transportation Service in Boca Raton, Florida

Guident Corp.'s MiCa Pictured in Downtown Boca Raton Boca Raton, FL, Aug. 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Guident Corp. (“Guident”), an autonomous vehicle (AV) teleoperation company headquartered in Boca Raton, FL, announces an agreement with the...

Economic Bulletin Issue 4, 2025

Overview At its meeting on 5 June 2025, the Governing Council decided to lower the three key ECB interest rates by 25 basis points. In particular, the decision to lower the deposit facility rate – the rate through which the Governing Council...

Losing the Dividends of Neutrality in the Arctic

Back to Publications This article aims to examine the ramifications of clearer but also more adversarial posturing in the Arctic through the analysis of two domains of international policymaking: climate change mitigation and the exploitation of...

EU ministers list Russians they want prohibited from bloc

(MENAFN) Interior ministers from Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Sweden, and Finland have jointly called for a ban on Russians with current or past military connections from entering the Schengen Zone, citing concerns that they could...