Baltic News – A Roundup of Significant Articles on ForeignAffairs.co.nz for June 20, 2025

Baltic News: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on June 20, 2025.

MIL-Evening Report: Keith Rankin Analysis – America’s imperial ‘gift’: ‘Crusader Democracy’ versus ‘Christian Nationalism’
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Keith Rankin, trained as an economic historian, is a retired lecturer in Economics and Statistics. He lives in Auckland, New Zealand. The United States has always fancied itself as the founder of modern democracy (aka ‘Democracy’). And, although that country has been self-absorbed for most of its history, it has always […]

MIL-OSI Europe: Answer to a written question – Strengthening support for renewable hydrogen to meet EU energy and climate targets – E-001831/2025(ASW)
Source: European Parliament Since 2020, the EU has set up a comprehensive regulatory framework to support the scale up of renewable hydrogen, including enabling financing under the European Hydrogen Bank (EHB). After two auctions already implemented under this financial initiative to support hydrogen production in Europe[1], by the end of 2025 the Commission will launch a […]

MIL-OSI: Bitget Secures Digital Asset License in Georgia, Running its Global Expansion Strategy in Eastern Europe
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) VICTORIA, Seychelles, June 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bitget, the leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, has secured regulatory approval in Georgia to operate as a provider of digital asset exchange and custodial wallet services through the Tbilisi Free Zone (TFZ). The new licensing development is a strategic expansion aligned with Bitget’s […]

MIL-OSI Europe: JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on media freedom in Georgia, particularly the case of Mzia Amaglobeli – RC-B10-0282/2025
Source: European Parliament pursuant to Rules 150(5) and 136(4) of the Rules of Procedurereplacing the following motions:B10‑0282/2025 (Verts/ALE)B10‑0287/2025 (Renew)B10‑0289/2025 (S&D)B10‑0290/2025 (PPE)B10‑0295/2025 (ECR) Sebastião Bugalho, Rasa Juknevičienė, David McAllister, Željana Zovko, Isabel Wiseler‑Lima, Tomas Tobé, Miriam Lexmann, Andrey Kovatchev, Ingeborg Ter Laak, Michał Wawrykiewicz, Dariusz Joński, Loránt Vincze, Danuše Nerudová, Mirosława Nykiel, Antonio López‑Istúriz White, Davor Ivo […]

MIL-OSI: Bitcoin Solaris Launches New Era of Crypto Utility with Presale Surge and Mobile Mining Rollout
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) TALLINN, Estonia, June 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bitcoin Solaris (BTC-S), the emerging high-performance crypto project, has entered Phase 8 of its presale after surpassing $5 million raised and drawing over 11,500 early participants. With less than seven weeks remaining before its highly anticipated exchange launch, Bitcoin Solaris is building momentum as […]

Finnish parliament votes to withdraw from landmines treaty
Source: Government of India Source: Government of India (4) Finland’s parliament voted on Thursday in favour of withdrawing the country from the Ottawa Convention that bans the use of anti-personnel landmines amid concerns over a military threat posed by neighbouring Russia. Finland joins other European Union and NATO members bordering Russia – Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia […]