LONDON, England, June 26 -- The British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office issued the following news: * * * Action to tackle antisemitism: UK voluntary report to the OSCE * Thank you, Madam Chair. Could I express a belated thank you to today's speakers for their insights on addressing intolerance and discrimination based on religion or belief. Forums such as this are essential for sharing practical experiences and strengthening our collective response. While this is not a new challenge, it is one that is particularly acute today more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- During a speech in Vienna, Austria, British Deputy Ambassador James Ford outlined the United Kingdom's continued backing of Montenegro's Euro Atlantic integration and efforts to strengthen its democratic institutions. Ford, serving as the UK deputy ambassador, praised Montenegro's steps toward enhancing judicial independence, improving the rule of law, and countering corruption. He also commended the OSCE Mission to Montenegro for aligning its work with the country's national strategic goals. Additionally, Ford expresse more PR

OTTAWA, Ontario, June 27 -- The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives posted the following commentary on June 25, 2026, by Alexis Shotwell, Jody Mason, Maya Papineau and Nir Hagigi: * * * "Institutional neutrality" at Canadian universities is a sham Neutrality policies actually weaken academic freedom, rather than strengthening it - In recent years, some Canadian universities and faculty bodies have begun considering and adopting "institutional neutrality" policies. These policies, which may also be called "impartiality" (as is the case more PR

PARIS, France, June 26 [Category: Financial Services] -- The Council of Europe Development Bank posted the following news: * * * CEB, EU and Italy step up support for Ukraine's housing recovery * Gdansk - On the occasion of the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2026 in Gdansk, the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) signed a EUR100 million loan agreement with Ukraine, including a EUR50 million contribution from Italy to the HOME programme provided through the CEB to maximise social impact, and a EUR10.7 million grant agreement with the Europ more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on June 24, 2026, by Democratic Resilience Program fellow Mikhail Komin: * * * Putin Is Losing the Fight to Keep Russians Offline Millions of Russians are bypassing Vladimir Putin's attempts to block access to the internet, and his regime is struggling to keep up. - The Kremlin's ban on Telegram, Russia's most popular messaging app, triggered one of the strongest public pushbacks against Putin since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. There have  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on June 25, 2026, by Democratic Resilience Program head Evgeny Roshchin and nonresident senior fellow Sam Greene: * * * Russian Civil Society in Exile Despite severe repression, Russian civil society groups remain a critical bastion for democracy. - Introduction War and repression have radically altered the landscape of civic activism and resistance in Russia. Already weakened by years of gradually escalating restrictions and the state's increa more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary by senior fellow Elena Davlikanova and Arne Bard Dalhaug, president of the Norwegian Defence Association and senior adviser to the Norwegian Atlantic Committee: * * * Ukraine: Founding Member No. 1 of Europe's New Defense Alliance Any new European defense system must have the continent's most battle-hardened military at its heart. Step forward, Ukraine. - There are many lessons from Europe's biggest war in 80 years, but one stands out as absolute more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on June 24, 2026, by journalist Pekka Virkki: * * * Merkel, Ukraine, and the Long Tail of Finlandization The legacy of Finlandization extends far beyond most people's understanding and can be useful in combating Russia. - At the launch of her memoirs, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel explained that one reason for keeping Ukraine outside NATO was the perceived success of Finland: a non-aligned Nordic country that neighbored Russia, but had a more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on June 24, 2026, by David Kirichenko, a freelance journalist and associate research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society: * * * Ukraine's Drone War Comes Down to Earth Ukrainian robots have already gained the upper hand in the skies and the sea; now they're set to take over on land. - In some parts of the Ukrainian front, the hardest task is getting there. Russian drones watch roads and attack anything that moves. Increasingly, however, the debri more PR

NEW YORK, June 27 -- Columbia University Columbia Journalism School issued the following news: * * * Columbia Journalism School Alumni Honored at the 2026 Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists Excellence in Journalism Awards Honorees produced winning work with books, visual craft, investigations and international coverage. - Established in 1993, the Excellence in Journalism Awards recognize outstanding reporting on LGBTQ+ communities and issues. This year's winners included Columbia Journalism School alumni whose work explored topics ranging f more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 26 -- NATO issued the following news: * * * DGIMS addresses "Total Defence to Full-Spectrum Defence" panel at the Allied Foresight Conference 2026 * Berlin, 23 June 2026 -Lieutenant General Remigijus Baltrenas, Director General of the International Military Staff, addressed the Allied Foresight Conference 2026 organised by NATO Allied Command Transformation in cooperation with the German Bundeswehr Office for Defence Planning. Speaking during the first panel "Total Defence to Full-Spectrum Defence," Lieutenant Gene more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 25 -- The European Policy Centre issued the following commentary on June 22, 2026, by Fenja Tramsen, programme assistant in the European Politics and Institutions Programme: * * * Ten years on, Brexit's lesson for the far right was to stay, not leave On 23 June 2026, it will be ten years since UK citizens voted to leave the European Union. The standard reading of the aftermath is reassuring for EU institutions: given the costs of Brexit for the UK, the public has concluded that leaving is not viable. That reading is n more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 27 -- Politico issued the following transcript of a podcast involving Finnish President Alexander Stubb: * * * Full Transcript: Finnish President Alexander Stubb This is a full unedited transcript of POLITICO's interview with Alexander Stubb on "The Conversation with Dasha Burns": Alexander Stubb: Now we're going back to the root of NATO, but with an ask from the United States, which is, "Take more responsibility for your own security; We are paying too much for it." I think Europe has heard the message loud and cl more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Hudson Institute, a research organization that says it promotes leadership for a secure, free and prosperous future, issued the following commentary on June 24, 2026, by nonresident senior fellow Can Kasapoglu: * * * Ukraine Military Situation Report | June 24 Executive Summary * Battlefield assessment. Russian forces retained the offensive initiative in land warfare, waging at least 200 combat engagements a day. Huliaipole, Pokrovsk, and Kostiantynivka remained the conflict's primary pressure points, while Ukraine ex more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee released the following written testimony by David Feith, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, from a June 11, 2026, hearing entitled "AI and the American Dream: Promoting Innovation, Affordability, and American Dominance": * * * Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Warren, and members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify today. I will focus my remarks on AI competition with China and the importance of export controls to preserving America's techn more PR

GENEVA, Switzerland, June 26 -- The United Nations International Organization for Migration issued the following news release: * * * IOM Urges Greater Investment in People and Communities at Ukraine Recovery Conference * Gdansk, Poland, 26 June 2026 - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has called for greater investment in people, community participation and sustainable return pathways as essential pillars of Ukraine's recovery during the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC 2026) in Gdansk. The conference, co-hosted by Poland  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on June 25, 2026, by Paul Goble, specialist on ethnic and religious questions in Eurasia, in the foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Russia's Oil Bottlenecks Far More Serious than Just Refineries and Ports Executive Summary: * Ukraine's successful drone attacks on Russian refineries and ports have significantly reduced Moscow's ability to meet domestic needs and sell oil abroad. They highlight serious bottlenecks in Russia's critically important oil sector more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The Jamestown Foundation posted the following commentary on June 24, 2026 by Vadim Shtepa, editor-in-chief of Region.Expert, in the foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Moscow-Centric Russian Future Risks Perpetuating Putin's Power Vertical Executive Summary: * Russian President Vladimir Putin's highly centralized vertical of power reflects a long-standing imperial tradition rooted in Moscow's self-appointed mission to unite and control surrounding lands. * Some Russian opposition figures' ideas for a post-Putin more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The Jamestown Foundation posted the following commentary on June 24, 2026, by George Visan, associate researcher at the Romania Energy Center, in the foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Romania Invests Heavily in Air Defense to Counter Russian Threat Executive Summary: * Romania is investing more than $20 billion in its air defense, but Russian drones continue to pose a threat to its airspace and its citizens. * The air defense threat faced by Romania in the Black Sea region is complex. It varies from high-perf more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The Jamestown Foundation posted the following commentary on June 25, 2026, by Beka Chedia, professor of political science for the independent research institute Varieties of Democracy in the Political Science Department at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and a political scientist from Tbilisi, Georgia, in the foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Russia Expanding Soft Power in Georgia via Culture and Language Executive Summary: * Russia is expanding soft power in Georgia through cultural diplomacy, highlight more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The Jamestown Foundation posted the following commentary on June 24, 2026, by Nicholas Chkhaidze, fellow of the Hybrid Threats and Resilience Program at the Strategic Security Initiative, in the foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Tbilisi's Counterintelligence Drive Strains Western Ties Executive Summary: * Georgia's State Security Service (SSSG) made four high-profile counterintelligence arrests between April and May. On June 3, the French outlet Intelligence Online reported that France's Directorate-General fo more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 (TNSxrep) -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Krishnamoorthi Warns Russian Cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover Could Foreshadow Future Threats to U.S. Government and Economy Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence's National Intelligence Enterprise Subcommittee (HPSCI-NIE), issued the following statement after reports (link is external) linked Russian hackers to a 2025 cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover that for more PR

CALIFORNIA, Pennsylvania, June 26 -- PennWest posted the following news: * * * Multi-venue art exhibition places new American artists at the center of Erie County's 250th anniversary * As Erie County marks the 250th anniversary of American independence, a new multi-venue exhibition asks what that founding promise has meant - and continues to mean - for new American artists in our region. "Between Here and Elsewhere: A Portrait of the New American Experience" opens this summer across five venues in Erie County, presenting work by contemporar more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 26 -- NATO issued the following news: * * * NATO Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia visits Azerbaijan * On 25 and 26 June 2026, the NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, Ambassador Kevin Hamilton, paid his first official visit to Azerbaijan. He met with Hikmet Hajiyev, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan, Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov, and Deputy Foreign Minister Elnur Mammadov. Discussions focused on the evolution of the NATO-Azerbaijan pa more PR

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Arizona State University McCain Institute issued the following news: * * * Nine Ukrainian Leaders Selected for Inaugural McCain Institute Fellowship The McCain Institute at Arizona State University (ASU) is proud to announce the inaugural cohort of its McCain Global Leaders Ukraine Fellowship (MGLU). Nine fellows have been selected to join the three-month pilot program, which runs July through September 2026. Focused on post-war reconstruction, the program will provide Ukrainian fellows with the opportunity to hone th more PR

LONDON, England, June 26 -- Norwegian Ambassador Ellen Svendsen, permanent representative of Norway to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, delivered a joint statement on behalf of six nations in Vienna, Austria, to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict. Speaking on behalf of Norway, Canada, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Ukraine and the United Kingdom, Svendsen condemned the deliberate use of sexual violence as a tactic of war, terror and repression. The statement highlighted a sharp rise more PR

MANAMA, Bahrain, June 26 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following transcript of a news conference on June 25, 2026, by Secretary Marco Rubio at the Sheraton Bahrain Hotel: * * * SECRETARY RUBIO: All right. You guys ready? QUESTION: Yes. SECRETARY RUBIO: Just a couple points I want to make at the outset - because I know it's been in the news this morning - about this earthquake in Venezuela. I had an opportunity to talk earlier this morning with Delcy Rodriguez, the acting president. We're obviously awaiting the - we're already depl more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on June 25, 2026, with Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina: * * * Shaheen, Tillis Statement on Meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Thom Tillis (R-NC), co-chairs of the Senate NATO Observer Group, released a statement following their meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte an more PR

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Ankur Narayan, British counsellor for politico-military affairs for the delegation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, delivered a statement in Vienna, Austria, on June 24, 2026, condemning Russia's extensive violations of international humanitarian law in Ukraine. Speaking at the OSCE forum, Narayan cited independently verified data proving that May 2026 was the deadliest month for civilians in over four years due to long-range missile and drone attacks on urban centers. The counsellor detailed more PR

LONDON, England, June 26 -- The British Ministry of Justice issued the following news: * * * UK Government bolsters Ukraine's economic recovery, with World Bank approving $1 billion in UK-backed finance * * Government announces latest $1 billion tranche of UK fiscal support that, pooled with partners' support, will provide more than $4 billion in additional financing for Ukraine * Deputy Prime Minister leads UK Government delegation to the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Gdansk Ukraine's resilience and recovery will receive a $1 billio more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 27 -- The European Committee of the Regions posted the following news: * * * Ukraine Recovery Conference: Gdansk serves as a milepost for local and regional solidarity 'City of Solidarity' champions international partnerships as attention increasingly turns to support for Ukraine's long-term development. - Local and regional leaders have welcomed the results of the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2026 as demonstrating growing recognition of the critical role that regions and cities will play in Ukraine's reconstruction more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- British Minister Counsellor Jennifer MacNaughtan delivered a statement at a United Nations Security Council meeting in New York on June 24, 2026, urging all global conflict parties to end grave violations against children and comply with international law. Speaking at the session on Children in Armed Conflict, MacNaughtan condemned the scale of abuses across various regions, specifically citing the unacceptable toll of violence on children in Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine. The minister counsellor highlighted the critical need more PR