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‘The Times’: Brimming with weapons, Ukraine is a gunrunner’s paradise in waiting

11:11 26.03.2025

‘The Times’: Brimming with weapons, Ukraine is a gunrunner’s paradise in waiting

Ukraine had a relaxed approach to guns even before 2022. As arms dealers watch the ceasefire closely, what happens after the war could reverberate worldwide, writes ‘The Times’. Ukraine, which imports more weapons than any other nation, is undergoing a firearms revolution. Nobody knows how many guns are circulating in …

Germany’s Merz loses leverage as coalition talks sputter

11:10 26.03.2025

Germany’s Merz loses leverage as coalition talks sputter

Incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz is under growing pressure to win conservative policy concessions as coalition talks hit key stumbling blocks. For Friedrich Merz, the hard part begins now, writes POLITICO. The incoming conservative chancellor began coalition talks with the Social Democrats by giving them exactly what center-left parties have always …

Kremlin: Main outcomes of the Russia and United States expert groups meeting

0:20 26.03.2025

Kremlin: Main outcomes of the Russia and United States expert groups meeting

Main outcomes of the Russia and United States expert groups meeting March 25, 2025 In line with the agreement reached by the presidents of Russia and the United States, the Russian and American sides agreed to provide for the implementation of the Black Sea Initiative, which includes ensuring safe navigation, …

Kremlin: Talks in Riyadh technical, content not to be made public

15:33 25.03.2025

Kremlin: Talks in Riyadh technical, content not to be made public

The Russian side favors the resumption of the Black Sea Initiative, though in a format more acceptable to all, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Channel One, TASS reports. "We support the return of the Black Sea Initiative in some form, better suited to all," he …

An American anti-European hostility – “Europeans suddenly find themselves fighting a two-front war”

11:23 25.03.2025

An American anti-European hostility – “Europeans suddenly find themselves fighting a two-front war”

To understand better, how nervous the frightened European authorities are, read this article. The author, Ian Arthur Bremmer, an American political scientist, author and entrepreneur focused on global political risk, directly says that the U.S. opened a "second front" against Europe. The fact that in the 21st century, Russians and …

The Bidens want back in

11:22 25.03.2025

The Bidens want back in

Former President Joe Biden has told some Democratic leaders he’ll raise funds, campaign and do anything else necessary for Democrats to recover lost ground as the Trump administration rolls back programs the party helped design, according to people close to him, NBC New reports. Biden privately met last month with …

POLITICO: EU plan to send more military aid to Ukraine in shambles

11:20 25.03.2025

POLITICO: EU plan to send more military aid to Ukraine in shambles

The bloc had aimed to send billions in military aid and artillery ammunition to Kyiv, but member countries split on the plan, writes POLITICO. Europe's top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, had high hopes of being able to mobilize as much as €40 billion of military aid to shore up Ukraine's position …

‘The Telegraph’: Starmer’s Ukraine peacekeeping plan dismissed as ‘political theatre’

11:19 25.03.2025

‘The Telegraph’: Starmer’s Ukraine peacekeeping plan dismissed as ‘political theatre’

Doubts raised over ‘coalition of the willing’ ambitions as UK and French military chiefs meet in Whitehall, notes ‘The Telegraph’. Sir Keir Starmer’s plans for a “coalition of the willing” to keep the peace in Ukraine have been dismissed as “political theatre”. The Prime Minister proposed the peacekeeping initiative earlier …

FA: The return of Spheres of influence – Yalta-2

11:52 24.03.2025

FA: The return of Spheres of influence – Yalta-2

Will negotiations over Ukraine be a new Yalta conference that carves up the World? – ‘The Foreign Affairs’ puts a question. The Ukrainian war forced Europe to consider its dependence on the United States and required U.S. leaders to reassess their appetite for foreign commitments. It ushered China into a …

POLITICO: Donald Trump won't deal with the EU. The EU can't deal with Trump

11:51 24.03.2025

POLITICO: Donald Trump won't deal with the EU. The EU can't deal with Trump

Trump wants to destroy the EU — and rebuild it in his image, writes POLITICO. Donald Trump tried and failed to find a chink in the EU’s armor through a trade war in his first term. But now he’s found a more vulnerable spot: The massive security crisis he’s engineered …

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