It has finally happened—French President Emmanuel Macron has appointed a candidate for the role of Prime Minister who is acceptable to him: Michel Barnier. This 73-year-old liberal-conservative politician, with openly right-wing views, appears as something of a veteran compared to his predecessor, Gabriel Attal,...
In the three years of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the world has changed more than in the previous 30 years. Approaches to diplomacy, state security, and ways of waging war are changing. At the same time, the US is concentrating more and more...
The main task for Kamala Harris now appears to be to maximise the momentum provided by Joe Biden’s unexpected decision. She has achieved the crucial first step – the Democratic National Committee unequivocally announced her as the Democratic Party candidate on Monday, 5 August. There was...
On August 5, 1963, representatives from three countries—USSR, USA, and the United Kingdom—signed the Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space, and Under Water, also known as the “Moscow Treaty.” The treaty came into force on October 10 of the...
The Pentagon announced on 3 August that it is deploying additional aviation forces and ships equipped with missile defence systems in the Middle East to protect not only American interests in the region but also Israel. While such deployments are not unprecedented, why are...
The G7 summit held in Apulia, southern Italy, focused on the war in Ukraine, the conflict in Gaza, issues in Africa, illegal migration, and China’s aggressive trade expansion. Sustainable development goals, including climate challenges, were also extensively discussed. Five of the eleven points in the...
Austria was the first to support stripping Hungary of its voting rights in the EU. Vengeance through the centuries. How would it be in German: this is for our Karl Habsburg, you bastards! Seriously though, the treachery of the Hungarians equals that of the...
Small Lithuania invites German Rheinmetall to produce ammunition, Italian troops train on firing ranges, and Estonia shows record defence spending relative to its GDP. Europe has begun to take the threat from Russia seriously. Global defence spending has reached record levels, surpassing that of...
Germany has announced a new military aid package for Ukraine worth an estimated €500 million. This was announced by German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius at the Ramstein meeting, FAZ reports. Pistorius clarified that it is about additional supplies of ammunition and vehicles. “The delivery will...
On March 26th, Warsaw and Berlin will kick off the “armoured coalition” for the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence of Poland, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, during a meeting with his German counterpart Boris...
Construction has begun on the largest NATO base in Europe in Romania, where up to 10,000 servicemen and their families will be accommodated. The Mihail Kogălniceanu military complex will cover an area of 2,800 hectares with a perimeter of 30 km. The preliminary cost...
Greece has become one of the countries that joined the Lithuanian-initiated demining coalition established within the framework of the Ramstein Contact Group on Ukraine’s defence. This was stated by Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias during his visit to Vilnius. In his speech, Dendias stressed Greece’s support...
Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz is hosting President of France Emmanuel Macron and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Berlin on March 15 to discuss European unity in supporting Ukraine, as reported by The Guardian This meeting comes amidst differences in approaches between the assertive...
A Russian missile attack near the motorcade of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who was on his way to a meeting with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, marked the visit of the Greek Prime Minister to Odesa, Protothema reports. Ukraine’s navy says five people were killed. The...
Late in the night from December 6 to 7, U.S. President Joe Biden directly termed the actions of Republican congressmen as political blackmail, accusing them of exposing the world to excessively high risks. Simultaneously, he proposed a compromise regarding the security program for the...
Sweden is accelerating its move towards NATO. On December 5, the Scandinavian country signed a bilateral Defence Cooperation Agreement with the United States. Washington welcomed the signing, stating that Stockholm would enhance the capabilities of the Euro-Atlantic alliance. This is a clear indication that Sweden expects...
The election results in the Netherlands have intensified the topic of what foreign policy will look like in the future, especially in the context of supporting Ukraine. It is worth noting that the Netherlands is a NATO and EU member state, so its foreign...
Next spring, Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to once again declare himself the winner in a one-man race. It would seem that in a country like today’s Russia, elections could be avoided altogether, but they are very important to the leader in the Kremlin...
The tendency to call various non-democratic aggressive regimes the Axis of Evil began long ago, but chiefly for journalistic purposes. The Axis of Evil included several regimes under sanctions, which supported terrorism and had the status of outcasts in the international arena. Some of...
Russia’s border with China has been forming since the 17th century. In the 18th century, Emperor Peter the Great carried out a demonstrative and violent westernization of Muscovy. It did not lead to Muscovy-Russia being immediately perceived in the West as part of European...
Ukraine has been using a newly created maritime humanitarian corridor to resume grain exports from its Black Sea ports. The new corridor stretches out across the waters of Ukraine and of NATO states Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey, and it’s already been used by multiple merchant ships to dock...
The Ukrainian National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) has included 14 Russian machinery importers of the German producer, SPINNER, in the roster of potential international Ukrainian sanctions. This development was officially announced on the National Anti-Corruption Bureau’s website. According to the statement, this decision was made following the...
During a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group (UDCG) on September 19th, the Ministers of Defence from Ukraine, Estonia, and Luxembourg initiated the launch of a new IT coalition under the framework of Ramstein. This is reported by Ukrainian Ministry of Defence. In total,...
The Lithuanian branch of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) will cover the rental housing costs for Ukrainian refugees. Payments will be one-time, covering the first and last months of rent. It is reported by Vakaru Expresas. Research has shown that 73% of Ukrainians have...
On Wednesday morning, an explosion occurred on board a cargo ship flying the flag of Togo, located in the Sulina area (Romania). The crew was rescued by Romanian emergency teams and safely brought to port, reports Digi24. The Romanian Naval Forces Command stated that there...
In early September, Russian UAVs violated Romanian airspace. Romanian President Klaus Iohannis emphasized that “the discovery by the Romanian authorities of new drone fragments on Romanian territory near the border with Ukraine… indicates an unacceptable violation of the airspace of Romania, a NATO member state, with...
The Moldovan government has approved an extension of the state of emergency for an additional 60 days in response to the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. This decision was reported by the Moldovan news portal TV8. Following the approval of the corresponding initiative at...
After the NATO Summit 2023 in Vilnius it became apparent that NATO countries, their non-bloc allies and G7 partners have no common vision of how to end the war in Ukraine. Leaders of democratic states failed to reach agreement on a political solution: “to...
In 2022, 27,800 crimes against children during armed conflicts were recorded, representing the highest number ever confirmed by the UN. The main perpetrators were career military personnel of national armies. Russia has gone down in history as the country whose military is responsible for...
One of the main, if not the main, arguments of politicians in the developed world against the collapse of the Russian Federation is the fear that nuclear weapons will fall into the hands of “unpredictable or inadequate people”. But do we expect that nuclear...
Today, on July 12, the nominees for the 2023 Emmy Awards were announced in Los Angeles. Among the nominees is an interview by popular American host David Letterman with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, recorded in the Kyiv metro in October 2022. At that...
The NATO Summit in Vilnius has exceeded expectations in Kyiv, although not entirely in the way anticipated. Volodymyr Zelensky has emerged as one of the heroes of the summit, but he is not the sole protagonist. “Ukraine will become a NATO member” – this...
