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Two NATO members say Russian drones violated their airspace

Sep. 08, 2024 15:47 PM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Two NATO members said Sunday that Russian drones violated their airspace, as one reportedly flew into Romania during nighttime attacks on neighboring Ukraine while another crashed in eastern Latvia the previous day. A drone entered Romanian territory early...

Officials say a troubled and delayed Baltic high-speed rail project still set for completion by 2030

Sep. 07, 2024 13:56 PM EDT

HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania said Saturday they are committed to completing by the end of the decade a financially troubled and badly delayed high-speed rail project integrating the three Baltic countries with the continental European rail network. Set to link the...

Longest-held Russian dissident freed in swap says ‘colors get brighter by the day’ in his new life

Aug. 14, 2024 00:07 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — Andrei Pivovarov knows there are about 1,000 hours in 42 days. Doing the math in his head and quietly marking milestones left in his sentence helped the Russian opposition politician survive more than three years in prison, much of it spent in complete isolation. ...