Baltic News – A Roundup of Significant Articles on ForeignAffairs.co.nz for May 6, 2025

Baltic News: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on May 6, 2025.

MIL-OSI: The new version of the Articles of Association of Artea bankas AB was registered
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) Artea bankas AB, legal entity’s code 112025254, registered office address Tilžės st. 149, Šiauliai, Lithuania (hereinafter – “the Bank“) informs that on 5 May 2025, a new version of the Articles of Association of the Bank was registered in the Register of Legal Entities. The new version of the Articles of Association was approved […]

MIL-OSI: Oxylabs Releases 2024 Impact Report with Focus on Ethical Data Practices
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) Vilnius, Lithuania / Oxylabs, a leading web intelligence collection platform, has published its 2024 Impact Report, highlighting key environmental, social and governance initiatives. Aligned with Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards, the 2024 Impact Report details Oxylabs’ continued focus on three key areas: climate action, education, and innovation. “2024 was a year of unprecedented […]

MIL-OSI Europe: Press release – Press conference: European Parliament reports on Kosovo and on Serbia
Source: European Parliament 3 Standing rapporteur for Kosovo, Riho Terras, and standing rapporteur for Serbia, Tonino Picula, will hold a joint press conference at 15:40 on Wednesday. MEPs will vote on Parliament’s response to the Commission’s 2023 and 2024 reports on Kosovo and on Serbia on Wednesday. Following the announcement of the results of the […]

MIL-OSI Global: Philly’s forgotten history as a hub of anarchism with a thriving radical Yiddish press
Source: The Conversation – USA – By Geoffrey Baym, Professor of Media Studies and Production, Temple University The first edition of Bread and Freedom came out on Nov. 11, 1906. From the collection of the National Library of Israel, courtesy of Broyt un Frayheyt (Bread and Freedom) On a late summer day in 1906, a […]

MIL-OSI: Surfshark becomes the first company to launch privacy-oriented public DNS service
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) Surfshark, a cybersecurity company, has taken a step further to benefit the privacy community by launching a public DNS (Domain Name System). Unlike the default DNS servers provided by ISPs (Internet Service Providers), which often track and record user activity, Surfshark’s new public DNS server ensures privacy by not logging browsing history, […]

MIL-OSI Europe: World Press Freedom Day (3 May 2025)
Source: Republic of France in EnglishThe Republic of France has issued the following statement: On World Press Freedom Day, France reaffirms its commitment to the freedom to inform and be informed, which is essential to all democratic societies, and condemns the violence committed against journalists and media professionals, information manipulation campaigns, and restrictions on freedom […]

MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – Weaponisation of migration by Russia and implications for EU security and border policy – E-001633/2025
Source: European Parliament Question for written answer  E-001633/2025to the CommissionRule 144Christine Anderson (ESN) Multiple credible sources confirm that foreign state actors, among them the Russian Federation and Belarus, have deliberately weaponised illegal migration as part of their hybrid warfare strategy, targeting EU Member States such as Finland, Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, as well as Norway. […]

MIL-OSI: Artea – new name of Šiaulių Bankas
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) On May 5, 2025, Artea Bank will officially begin operations. This marks a historic and strategic transformation, as Šiaulių Bankas adopts a new name after more than 30 years of serving the Lithuanian market. The bank has also introduced new equity ticker on the Nasdaq Baltic Exchange: ROE1L. “We are turning a […]

MIL-OSI: Aktsiaselts Infortar interim report for Q1 2025
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) Aktsiaselts Infortar interim report for Q1 2025 Infortar will arrange a webinar for investors today 5 May 2025.Please join the webinar via the following links: Estonia’s largest investment holding company, Infortar, increased its turnover by 20% in the first quarter of the year compared to the same period last year, reaching €447 […]

MIL-OSI: A subsidiary of Aktsiaselts Infortar signed a shareholders’ agreement for acquiring a shareholding in OÜ Estonia Farmid
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) On 2. May 2025 OÜ EG Biofond (registry code: 11504910) signed an investment agreement and a shareholder ‘agreement for acquiring a 96,6%% shareholding in OÜ Estonia Farmid (registry code: 10627556). A 3.4% shareholding is held by Estonia Farmid OÜ’s subsidiary, Osaühing Estonia (registry code: 10038386).According to the agreements, getting an approval from […]

MIL-Evening Report: A rubbish election: voting in Australia produces mountains of waste – but there’s a better way
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa M. Given, Professor of Information Sciences & Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University More than 18 million Australians voted on Saturday, after walking past countless corflutes, reading campaign flyers and reviewing how-to-vote cards. The 2025 federal election was Australia’s biggest yet, with 710,000 more […]

MIL-OSI China: Two-way tourism between China, Europe gathers pace over May holiday
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News Tourists from Hungary show souvenirs bought at Tiantan (Temple of Heaven) Park in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 5, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua] From European visitors walking through China’s historic neighborhoods to Chinese tourists sampling regional cuisine in southern Europe, two-way travel between China and Europe is steadily […]

MIL-OSI China: Latvia marks 35th anniversary of restoration of independence
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News Latvia held a series of events across the country on Sunday to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the restoration of its independence. Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics, along with other government officials and representatives of the public, laid flowers at the Freedom Monument in the capital Riga. […]