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. Europe SpainThursday 19 June 2025 14:36 BST  Spain has rejected a NATO proposal to spend 5% of GDP on defense, calling it “unreasonable.” In early June, ’Sweden and the Netherlands said that they aim to meet the new target’. At next week’s NATO summit in The Hague ’most U.S. allies are on track…

. Europe Germany16.06.2025  Over the weekend, social media posts alleged that a German A400M tanker was visible on flight tracking websites when it accidentally activated its transponder over Jordan during suspected refueling operations with Israeli fighter jets. The aircraft's transponder then…

. Europe RussiaJun 15, 2025  Russian President Putin told his U.S. counterpart, Trump, yesterday that Moscow was ready to hold a fresh round of peace talks with Kyiv after June 22, once the sides complete exchanging prisoners and soldiers' bodies. Putin and Trump held a call for the fifth time…

. Europe RussiaJune 13, 2025 7:44 AM  Russia responds to Israel’s strikes on Iran: ‘Full-scale war’ possible. Kosachev, vice-speaker of Russia's upper house of parliament, made clear that Russia would stand by its ally, Iran. (Source: Miami Herald - U.S.) 10:58 am, June 13, 2025  Kremlin…

. Europe Germany11.06.2025  26% of immigrants - approximately 2.6 million people - consider leaving Germany. ’The main reasons include political dissatisfaction, discrimination in the workplace and during interactions with authorities, high tax burden, and bureaucratic hurdles’. Family…

. Europe Hungary May 29, 2025 The leader of this central European country has captured the imagination of many U.S. conservatives who hold Orbán's rule up as a model for conservative populist leadership in liberal Western democracies. Scheppele, who teaches sociology and international affairs at…

. Europe France (21 May 2025) Islamists are infiltrating France's republican institutions and are a threat to national cohesion, according to a report drawn up by two senior civil servants, presented to President Macron today. The report claims to find evidence for a policy of ’entryism’ by the…

. Europe Hungary13/05/2025  The Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has denounced Ireland's Prime Minister Micheál Martin for criticising Budapest. Martin told that he believes the European Union should act against the Hungarian government's use of vetoes. Orbán responded. “We Hungarians have…

. Europe HungaryMar 19, 2025  Hungary has passed a law banning Pride parades. The new law allows authorities to use facial recognition technology to identify and punish participants after the fact. PM Viktor Orbán's government promotes itself as a supporter of traditional family values and…

. Europe European CommissionMarch 18, 2025  'Yesterday, the Council of the EU approved a third payment of non-repayable grants and loans to Ukraine under the Ukraine Facility. Ukraine will soon receive approximately €3.5 billion. The Ukraine Facility, which entered into force on 1 March 2024,…

. Europe HungaryMarch 15, 2025  Today, in a speech at a party rally in Budapest marking Hungary’s 1848 revolution against Austrian rule, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán reiterated his criticism of the European Union’s military support for Ukraine, and his opposition to a Ukrainian accession…

. Europe United Kingdom11 March 2025  It’s not just Trump. The UK views critical minerals as a government priority and wants to open up Ukraine’s vast resources to British corporations. When UK officials signed a 100 year partnership with Ukraine in mid-January, they claimed to be Ukraine’s…

. Europe Czechia17.02.2025  Russia should not be expected to become “friendlier” and it will not be more predictable after the Ukraine war comes to an end, Czech Republic’s Chief of General Staff Rehka said in weekend remarks to Czech television. Rehka also pointed to the difficulty of achieving a…

. Europe RussiaFebruary 08, 2025  Putin has dismissed the head of Roscosmos, after serving for two-and-half years. Borisov, who was put in charge of the space agency in July 2022, has been replaced by the former deputy transportation minister, Bakanov, who led the state-backed Gonets satellite…

. Europe RussiaFebruary 6, 2025  Russian musician Stroykin, 58, was accused of donating money to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. He potentially faced 20 years in prison if convicted of supporting the Ukrainian army, which is considered a terrorist organisation in Russia. Stroykin reportedly threw…

. Europe Belgium03/02/2025  Flemish conservative Bart De Wever, 54, the former mayor of Antwerp since 2013 was sworn today of office before King Philippe at the royal palace in Brussels as Belgium's new prime minister, after seven months of negotiations to reach a coalition deal that shifts the…

. January 09, 2025  The unstoppable rise of energy realism. 'For the last decade, Democrats and the left have ever more eagerly embraced a climate catastrophist narrative on energy policy. That narrative may be summarized as follows: Climate change is not a danger that is gradually occurring, but…

. Asia SyriaDecember 8, 2024 (23:02 PM)  The fall of Assad's government wiped out a bastion from which Iran and Russia exercised influence across the Arab world. Moscow gave asylum to Assad and his family, Ulyanov, Russia's ambassador to international organizations in Vienna, said on his Telegram…

. Globalization (25 November 2024) The 2024  G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro on 18-19 November 2024 was hosted by the Brazilian G20 presidency. The G20 consists of 19 countries, the African Union and the EU. The G20 countries together account for more than 80 % of the world’s GDP, 75 % of global…

  Europe Romania(Friday), 22 November 2024  Romania heads into two weeks of elections. The first round of the presidential election will take place on Sunday. Romania's populists and nationalists look set to get a record result. (Source: DW - Germany)by Verseck Russia15:29 ET, Nov 22 2024  Putin…

. Europe Russia 10/22/2024  Two dozen world leaders were invited to the southwestern Russian city of Kazan at a three-day BRICS summit. The original acronym BRICS stands for the five countries Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Russia's major international partners like Chinese leader…

. Europe The Netherlands18.10.2024  The Dutch government is considering a plan to send African asylum seekers, whose applications are rejected, to Uganda. Dutch Trade and Development Minister Klever announced that Uganda is open to discussing the possibility, though the plan is still in its early…

. Europe   Poland16 October 2024  The Venice Commission, an advisory body of the Council of Europe, has analysed the legal reforms being proposed by Polish justice minister Bodnar, and has advised against Bodnar’s plans for a wholesale purge of judges appointed during the lifetime of the last…

. Asia ChinaSeptember 27, 2024 4:56 pm (EST)  China and Russia have strengthened ties. We can anticipate continuing advances in cooperation in the coming months.       Ukraine: China continues to forward peace efforts to end the war in Ukraine. In late August, China’s Special Envoy for Eurasian…

. Europe Hungary September 11, 2024 5:27pm EDT  In 1944, hundreds of Nazi Germany's explosives-laden Black Sea fleet vessels were scuttled along the River Danube, destroying the ships themselves as they retreated from advancing Soviet forces. After a drought in July and August that saw the river's…