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Walking on thin ice – Eurozone crisis knocking at the door. Again

10:34 04.07.2023 Andrey Kadomtsev

Walking on thin ice – Eurozone crisis knocking at the door. Again

The recession in the Eurozone continues for the second quarter in a row now. Even though the decline in terms of economic dynamics remains small – just about 0.1 percent of GDP, realistically minded experts believe this is the beginning of hard times waiting ahead. With foreign holders dumping the …

France: Whole country in flames

12:11 03.07.2023

France: Whole country in flames

Violent protests have erupted across France following the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old during a traffic stop in Nanterre, a Parisian suburb. The officer involved in the shooting is under investigation and has been placed in custody. The incident has sparked outrage and led to confrontations between protesters and police. …

Ukrainian chronicle: Warsaw demanded US nuclear weapons – TNW

12:09 03.07.2023 Vladimir Kozin

Ukrainian chronicle: Warsaw demanded US nuclear weapons – TNW

Warsaw is asking NATO to include it into the bloc’s Nuclear Sharing Program, also known as nuclear sharing agreements program, Polish Prime Minister Mateus Morawiecki told journalists in Brussels. The program allows the deployment of US nuclear bombs on the territory of other NATO non-nuclear nations in violation of the …

Is the EU bankrupt? Where is the money?

10:16 03.07.2023

Is the EU bankrupt? Where is the money?

The Hungarian government has blasted the EU, saying in its current state it delivers “neither peace nor prosperity” to member states. Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who is attending a summit of leaders of the bloc in Brussels, gave a similar assessment ahead of the event. Orban’s position was relayed by …

“New Europe” versus “Old Europe” – The end of the illusion and the danger of a war

10:12 03.07.2023

“New Europe” versus “Old Europe” – The end of the illusion and the danger of a war

The war in Ukraine divides Europeans more than unites them, thinks Riva Danielle, observer for ‘Defend Democracy Press’. The boundless and uncritical commitment of their leaders side by side with Ukraine and the "American friend" will be a heavy burden to influence the future of the emerging new military-political empire: …

The Fall of the West

10:11 03.07.2023

The Fall of the West

Although the decline of the west is rapidly becoming more evident to informed observers of current events, the start of that decline is less easy to pinpoint, in part because it seemed less inevitable and more reversable until quite recently. Was the high point the Austro-Hungarian Empire? Victorian England? The …

Russian diaspora abroad – a threat to Western security?

10:09 03.07.2023 Alexander Gusev

Russian diaspora abroad – a threat to Western security?

On June 15, Czech President Petr Pavel announced that security measures towards Russians living in western countries should be harsher than in peacetime and that Russians should be “monitored” by Western special services. According to presidential press secretary Marketa Rehakova, the focus should be, first of all, on “those presenting …

China: 5-year plan for double-digit expansion of transport networks

10:33 02.07.2023

China: 5-year plan for double-digit expansion of transport networks

China has put together a five-year transportation infrastructure investment plan that would continue heavy spending on highways, high-speed rail and airports after a record-setting 2022. The plan would expand expressways under the central government's purview to 130,000 kilometers by its final year of 2027, up 11% from the end of …

Declassified files expose British role in terror armies

10:31 02.07.2023

Declassified files expose British role in terror armies

Newly declassified British files shed disturbing light on the origins and internal workings of Operation Gladio, a covert NATO plot deploying fascist terror militias across Italy. Have spies in London applied these lessons in Ukraine? – asks ‘The Gray Zone’, which presents new documents on the case. Newly declassified British …

Mexico to tax imports of genetically modified corn

10:30 02.07.2023

Mexico to tax imports of genetically modified corn

Food products expressed on the basis of GMs are very dangerous for human health. In a move aimed at supporting national production and preventing imports of genetically modified (GM) corn, Mexico has imposed a 50 percent tariff on white corn imports. The policy, which will be in force until the …

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