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Rudy Ruitenberg

Paris

Reporter at Freelance

Europe Correspondent at Defense News

Journalist covering defense, wine, tech. Sometimes teach @sciencespoEDJ. Mostly lurking here these days, and posting where the sky is blue.

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  • 1 week ago | defensenews.com | Rudy Ruitenberg

    PARIS — The French Navy is stepping up drone use in the air and in the water, relying almost entirely on unmanned systems to recapture a beach in southern France in an amphibious operation during an exercise in March, according to the commander of the force.

  • 1 week ago | decanter.com | Rudy Ruitenberg

    Buying a vineyard in Burgundy’s Côte-d’Or department was never more expensive than in 2024, as wine real estate prices there shrugged off an industry malaise that weighed on property values elsewhere in France. The average cost for a hectare of vines in Côte-d’Or, home to the Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune appellations that produce some of the world’s priciest bottles, rose 11% last year, according to French rural property agency Groupe Safer.

  • 1 week ago | defensenews.com | Rudy Ruitenberg

    PARIS — Europe has too many naval shipyards competing for business, and the industry needs to consolidate to a handful of players than can win export contracts, French Navy Chief of Staff Adm. Nicolas Vaujour said in a parliamentary hearing last week.

  • 1 week ago | flipboard.com | Rudy Ruitenberg

    8 hours agoPresident Donald Trump says Russian leader Vladimir Putin 'has gone absolutely CRAZY!'WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump made it clear he is losing patience with Vladimir Putin, leveling some of his sharpest criticism at the Russian leader as Moscow pounded Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities with drones and missiles for a third straight night.

  • 2 weeks ago | defensenews.com | Rudy Ruitenberg

    PARIS – The European Union’s executive arm and the United Kingdom agreed on a security and defense partnership which they said will allow for closer cooperation in areas such as support for Ukraine, and which may open the door for U.K. companies to benefit from an EU plan to boost defense-industrial spending.

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Rudy Ruitenberg @RudyRuitenberg
25 Feb 25

RT @defense_news: Defense News asked experts how much time a European alliance will need to reach adequate capacity in nine defense enabler…

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Rudy Ruitenberg @RudyRuitenberg
18 Feb 25

Bordeaux wines with novel grapes retain ‘classical’ taste – study https://t.co/RKGn6hyjtc

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Rudy Ruitenberg @RudyRuitenberg
13 Feb 25

Difficult year for #France wine exports, with economic uncertainty and shift towards less expensive bottles weighing on export values, even as the number of cases shipped rose slightly. #Champagne & #Bordeaux suffered, #Bourgogne & Loire Valley did well https://t.co/ZU5KaHP8Ll