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Frozen Russian funds: wary Belgian PM “saved” Russia’s money

11:16 28.10.2025

Frozen Russian funds: wary Belgian PM “saved” Russia’s money

Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever proved to be a tough and stubborn nut to crack. During the October 23 summit in Brussels, De Wever, much to the disappointment of European Union leaders, who eagerly awaited his official consent to "carve up" Russian money frozen in the accounts of Belgium’s …

Europeans wary of EU-US trade deal?

11:37 10.09.2025

Europeans wary of EU-US trade deal?

The EU-US trade framework agreement reached by Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Scotland late in July risks becoming a useless document about a bad compromise that never happened. The Europeans did not like the agreement the moment it came out and never tired of …

EU-Israel: the rift is getting bigger

18:18 20.08.2025

EU-Israel: the rift is getting bigger

Despite Hamas having informed Egypt and Qatar about its agreement to a ceasefire, Israel is preparing a new operation in central Gaza. During a Sunday visit to the Gaza Strip, Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir announced an imminent transition to a new phase of Operation Gideon’s …

EU-MERCOSUR Agreement: Never-Ending Differences

11:49 05.12.2024

EU-MERCOSUR Agreement: Never-Ending Differences

To begin, here is a quote: “The European Union and MERCOSUR reached a political agreement today on an ambitious, balanced and comprehensive trade agreement… The EU is the first major partner to conclude a trade pact with MERCOSUR, a bloc comprising Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. The agreement signed will …

Scholz Putting a Brake on Recession in Germany, Recession Putting a Brake on Scholz

11:40 05.11.2024

Scholz Putting a Brake on Recession in Germany, Recession Putting a Brake on Scholz

A recent forecast by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has yet again downgraded Germany's economic outlook. The country's economy is in turmoil, experiencing its second consecutive year of recession. IMF experts predict that Germany's GDP growth in 2024 will be nearly zero compared to the previous year. The situation is …

Berlin puzzle: speculating about Trump but looking to Harris

11:19 16.08.2024

Berlin puzzle: speculating about Trump but looking to Harris

The prospect of seeing Donald Trump as president yet again has long been causing serious worries among politicians in Germany. Neither the European Union as a whole, nor Germany proper expect anything good of such a prospect, which they have dubbed “a horrible scenario”. They do remember what a challenge …

«The ice has broken» - stealing Russian assets as a criterion of western business reputation

11:04 08.08.2024

«The ice has broken» - stealing Russian assets as a criterion of western business reputation

The charming schemer Ostap Bender argued that he knew 400 relatively honest methods of siphoning off other people’s money. The keyword here is «relatively honest». But Bender does not hold a candle to the present-day expropriators in the West! The EU and US leaders, who have opted to get a …

European Parliament-24: will Europe turn right?

12:00 23.01.2024

European Parliament-24: will Europe turn right?

The question of who will take up seats in the European Parliament (EP) in Strasbourg this year is increasingly being discussed by Western media and politicians. This time round, the upcoming June 6-9 elections to the EU’s influential political institution are often dubbed as “fateful” and all but sealing the …

Austria to shift ‘rightward’?

10:55 04.10.2023

Austria to shift ‘rightward’?

Many tend to view Austria as a traditionally stable and neutral corner of Europe. However, the country has been witnessing a steady growth in processes which give a noticeable degree of turbulence to the local political climate. And all this is happening in the run-up to the 2024 parliamentary elections, …

Germany’s new China strategy

11:39 02.08.2023

Germany’s new China strategy

For the first time in the history of the German government, after numerous promises and announcements, the Foreign Ministry has finally drawn up and presented to the broad public its Federal China Strategy. The document, the first in the half-century history of diplomatic relations between the two countries, defies any …

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