Europe
EU Plans to Expand to 30 Members, Centralize Decision-making Process
The expansion is apparently needed to counter Russia’s clout in the Western Balkans, particularly in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. ...
U.S. Offers to Finance Polish Media for Ukraine Coverage
In an attempt to get Polish news outlets to write stories about Ukrainian refugees “returning and rebuilding,” the U.S. Consulate General in Krakow...
Read moreHow EU Taxpayers Are Funding Political Persecution of Hungary’s Viktor Orbán
Millions of euros of EU money have gone to groups opposing the conservative Hungarian government under Orbán. Hungarian-born U.S. billionaire George Soros has...
Read moreDutch Farmers’ Party Calls for “Opt-outs” From EU Environment and Migration Policies
The Farmer-Citizen Movement (BBB) is vehemently opposed to radical EU policies on climate change and against widespread, uncontrolled immigration. ...
Read moreEU Legislates for Sale of Human Embryos Amid Intense Backlash
European Catholics fear the rules — which reduce human embryos to "substances of human origin" — will downplay the dignity and value of...
Read moreNATO to Conduct Largest War Exercises Since Cold War
Although the exercises will be set up to simulate a conflict with a fictitious coalition named “Occasus,” NATO officials have stated that they...
Read moreRussia Holds 8th Eastern Economic Forum
Here are some highlights of the Eastern Economic Forum, held in Vladivostok Sept. 10-13. ...
Read moreAmid Claims of Rigging, Russian Regional Elections Demonstrate Support for Putin
It was the first time the people of Russian-controlled Ukrainian territories Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia voted under the Russian electoral legislation, a...
Read moreUkraine Amends Conscription Rules, Demands Return of Draft-age Men From Foreign Countries
Ukraine plans to amend its draft laws to conscript citizens whose health problems had hitherto made them suitable only for limited military duty....
Read moreReuters: Russian Bank Could Return to SWIFT Banking System
Russia’s major agricultural lender might obtain access to the SWIFT international banking system as early as this month, according to a UN letter...
Read moreRussian Oil Shipments Increase Despite Sanctions, Production Cuts
In the week leading up to August 27, Russian crude shipments increased by an average of 880,000 barrels per day (bpd) — totaling...
Read moreDutch Elections: Support for Farmers’ Party Falls as Political Mainstream Reasserts Itself
With the Netherlands heading to the polls on November 22 to elect a new parliament, the tide seems to be shifting against the...
Read moreTürkiye Suggests Trade With Russia in National Currencies
During a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi on September 4, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan highlighted the importance of using...
Read moreMeloni to Enforce Decree Against Illegal Migration; Belgium Faces Chaos From Asylum Seekers
The Cutro decree drastically raises the punishment for human trafficking and removes many legal incentives enticing migrants. ...
Read moreEU Ready for 10 New Members; Serbia Considers Joining BRICS
On August 31, after a gathering of EU foreign ministers in Toledo, Spain, European Commission Vice-President Josep Borrell declared that the European Union...
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