Today, 19 October, the European Commission decided to provide a total of €3.4 billion in funding to 77 European net-zero technology projects. Among the recipients is Neo Performance Materials (NPM), which owns the NPM Silmet plant. NPM will receive funding to establish the production of rare-earth permanent magnets in Estonia. This will help strengthen the resilience of European industry and end supplies of raw materials from Russia.
Finland's Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen has decided that a unit of the United States Marine Corps will participate in enhancing maritime domain awareness in the Gulf of Finland in cooperation with the Finnish Navy. The unit will take part in NATO's enhanced Vigilance Activity Baltic Sentry.
The Government has presented a government bill to the Riksdag with proposals on Sweden's contribution to NATO's collective deterrence and defence in 2027.
On 19 October, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys met with the leaders of the parliamentary groups of Germany's governing coalition in the Bundestag: Thorsten Frei, Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU)/Christian Social Union (CSU) parliamentary group, and Dr Matthias Miersch, Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) parliamentary group.
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday tasked newly installed Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Commandant Admiral Rommel Supangan to build on his predecessor's accomplishments as the country continues to face maritime challenges in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).
On Saturday, October 17, the radar surveillance system of the Ministry of National Defence detected an aerial target operating within the Ukrainian territory, heading towards the Romanian border, north of Plauru, Tulcea County.
On Saturday, October 17, two Romanian Air Force F-16 aircraft, performing Air Policing Service, scrambled, from the 86th Borcea Air Base at 5:43 PM, after radar surveillance systems detected a group of aerial targets operating approximately 120 kilometers east of Snake Island, heading to a southwestern direction.
On Saturday, October 17, the radar surveillance system of the Ministry of National Defence detected a group of aerial targets operating approximately 120 kilometers east of Snake Island, heading to a southwestern direction.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington would continue efforts to end Russia's war against Ukraine, warning that the conflict risks escalating beyond the two countries as he met with Central Asian officials in Uzbekistan.
Speaking in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio made clear that business was the focus of his first trip to Central Asia.
Tajikistan's Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio have discussed regional security and stability, Tajik state news agency Khovar reported on Monday.
The Governments of the United States of America and Republic of Austria released the following statement on the occasion of the 2026 Austria-U.S. Strategic Dialogue.
The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan on the occasion of the C5+1 Ministerial in Samarkand.
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