{
  "id": 3772914,
  "title": "Eastern Flank Commissioners urge von der Leyen to appoint special coordinator as Russian threat grows",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/eastern-flank-commissioners-urge-von-der-leyen-to-appoint-special",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T16:07:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euronews",
    "slug": "euronews",
    "url": "http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/27/eastern-flank-commissioners-urge-von-der-leyen-to-appoint-special-coordinator-as-russian-t"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Five EU Commissioners from Eastern Flank states have urged President Ursula von der Leyen to create a special coordinator role, amid several urgent measures meant to address the growing Russian threats to the Baltics.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Meduza (English)",
        "title": "Prize named for murdered Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya honors a Trump envoy with a special award for talks that freed almost 500 political prisoners in Belarus",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/prize-named-for-murdered-russian-journalist-anna-politkovskaya-honors",
        "published": "2026-08-27T18:59:59.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}