NATO fighter jets shot down a drone that entered Lithuanian airspace near Kaunas after originating from Belarus, with Lithuania's president citing Russia's intensified aggression against Ukraine. Poland separately recovered a suspected Russian military drone from the Baltic Sea, prompting air force activation as a preventive measure amid ongoing Russian drone attacks on Ukraine.
France has 348 individual taxes, far exceeding any other European country, though most are low-yield levies from historical political compromises. Estonia and Lithuania have the fewest taxes in Europe at 34 and 35 respectively, while Germany's 60 taxes reflect post-war consolidation reforms despite being Europe's largest economy.