Europe must put itself on guard and rearm itself in the face of the “multiple” threats it faces. The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, urged this Wednesday to strengthen the European defense industry and the Member States to invest more in it. At a time when the Union observes with concern … Read more
Sweden has overcome the last obstacle to become a member of NATO in another historic expansion motivated by the Russian threat, after that of Finland. The Hungarian Parliament ratified this Monday the Nordic country’s accession to the Atlantic Alliance after delaying it for 19 months. Hungary, governed by the ultra-conservative Viktor Orbán, was the last … Read more
The secessionist region of Transnistria, internationally recognized as part of Moldova, could add new tensions to the war unleashed by Russia in Ukraine. A congress of deputies from all local administrative levels has been convened for February 28 in Tiraspol, the capital of Transnistria. Secessionists have resorted to this meeting format only on important occasions, … Read more
No country in the European Union has had the impact of the war in Ukraine like it has in the Baltic republics, where the feeling of fragility and vulnerability to Russian expansionism has been exacerbated and the traumas of Stalinism have been revived. As the rulers of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania accelerate plans to demolish … Read more
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, and his European partners wanted to send a message this Monday to the Russian Vladimir Putin: Europe, two years after the large-scale attack against Ukraine, is neither tired of war nor will it allow Russia to win it. Because after Ukraine, according to Macron, members of the EU or NATO … Read more
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, and his European partners wanted to send a message this Monday to the Russian Vladimir Putin: Europe, two years after the large-scale attack against Ukraine, is neither tired of war nor will it allow Russia to win it. Because after Ukraine, according to Macron, members of the EU or NATO … Read more
The players of Oleksandria and Shakhtar Donetsk did not have time to rejoice at the resumption of the Ukrainian league and the air raid sirens came to remind them of the harsh reality of war. Match #AleksandriyaShakhtar interrupted due to an air alert in the Kirovohrad region #Ukraine — ⚒FC SHAKHTAR DONETSK (@FCShakhtar) February 26, … Read more
The Russian justice system this Tuesday sentenced veteran activist Oleg Orlov, leader of the human rights organization Memorial, to two and a half years in prison for an opinion column titled They wanted fascism and they had it. After hearing the ruling, law enforcement officers handcuffed Orlov, 70, and put him in a police van … Read more