Aaron Eglitis

Bloomberg News correspondent for Latvia. Views are my own, retweets aren't endorsements.

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Italy's Giorgia Meloni says Donald Trump "fully made up" a claim that she "begged" for a joint photo at the G7 — suggesting that no fences were mended between the leaders at this week's summit in France https://t.co/P8JXomJ4bs

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Calls by Costa’s top adviser to the Kremlin received pushback from some countries https://t.co/cne3K5hRou

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Lithuania dropped its opposition to China’s plans to establish a lower-level representation in the Baltic nation, signaling a willingness to restore ties after a rupture over Taiwan https://t.co/0LT9iyHKlz

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EU’s Eastern flank demands Brussels step up on air-defense funds https://t.co/hwxO504scR via @OttTammik @aaroneglitis

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Biggest Baltic rail project needs the EU’s help, Latvia premier says https://t.co/TCBRokPqRq via @aaroneglitis

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Europe needs to appoint an envoy for peace talks with Russia to end the war in Ukraine when the time is right, Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs said https://t.co/McdwoTpqoJ

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Europe’s relationship with China will be on the menu when EU leaders gather later today for a two-day summit, with divides on how best to tackle trade imbalances with Beijing https://t.co/d6RJd2f80B

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Lithuania dropped its opposition to China’s plans to establish a lower-level representation in the Baltic nation, signaling a willingness to restore ties after a rupture over Taiwan https://t.co/7YObL5K1yy

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NATO will modernize its nuclear capabilities and improve planning, the alliance’s defense ministers said on Thursday https://t.co/ZIArn4SLLd

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The Group of Seven industrial nations this week pledged an ambitious target to diversify away from China, adding momentum to the European Union’s own push to counter a growing trade imbalance with the world’s biggest export engine https://t.co/yO4IOKSQfU

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Putin frequently touts Russia’s lowest public debt among Group of 20 nations as a key strength of its economy. His war in Ukraine is starting to change that. https://t.co/peiAhTNrjp

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Russia’s capital faced a record air attack overnight, with drones reaching the Moscow Oil Refinery, disrupting airport operations and forcing closure of several major roads in and around the city https://t.co/xAiyTgJHEo

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💥EU Council President Antonio Costa’s top advisor held two calls with a senior official close to Putin to open a channel for more substantive talks in the future:

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In Q1 of 2026, Russian military spending is already at 40% of planned full-year spending.

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Finland passed laws lifting a ban on nuclear weapons, a major shift for the Nordic nation as it deepens its integration with defense alliance NATO. https://t.co/mL77m77x5E

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US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick warned Anthropic in a letter last week that it would need government permission to grant foreign nationals access to its most advanced AI models. https://t.co/VnL62xHmQq

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Trump’s Anthropic Crackdown Sets Off AI Alarms for US Allies https://t.co/jilYaBnPOx

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Lithuanian Social Democrat leader Mindaugas Sinkevicius said he will seek to become the country’s next prime minister https://t.co/VRhfVQ6cvR

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More nations are evaluating the European-made SAMP/T NG missile defense system, demonstrating the Franco-Italian interceptor’s emergence as an alternative to hard-to-get Patriot batteries from the US https://t.co/X5QYaO1wj9

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British forces boarded a sanctioned oil tanker in the English Channel early on Sunday, the first UK-led operation of its kind targeting Russia’s so-called shadow fleet https://t.co/gMTdZvtLYq