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Bloomberg: Europe set for coldest winter, posing energy risk

11:28 28.11.2024

Bloomberg: Europe set for coldest winter, posing energy risk

Colder weather risks elevating already high energy costs. Temperatures through March seen lower than last two years. Europe is set for the coldest winter since 2022 pushing up already elevated energy costs as the continent dips into its gas reserves at a faster-than-usual rate, writes Bloomberg. Temperatures between now and …

Sen. Lindsey Graham: Ukraine War all 'about money'

11:27 28.11.2024

Sen. Lindsey Graham: Ukraine War all 'about money'

The South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham (photo) says Trump can get a deal to “enrich ourselves” with rare earth minerals… No, you heard it right. Last week in a Fox News appearance, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said outright that the war in Ukraine is “about money,” ‘The Responsible Statecraft’ …

Dementia and Courage + Russophobia: UK sent Ukraine more Storm Shadows ahead of strikes in Russia

11:26 28.11.2024

Dementia and Courage + Russophobia: UK sent Ukraine more Storm Shadows ahead of strikes in Russia

The UK government recently supplied Ukraine with dozens more Storm Shadow cruise missiles, according to people familiar with the matter, a first under Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who has pledged continued support for the country’s war against Russia, Bloomberg reports. The deliveries, which were not publicly announced, took place several …

View from Hungary: A break away from the EU in Central Europe developing rapidly

11:13 27.11.2024

View from Hungary: A break away from the EU in Central Europe developing rapidly

Central Europe is breaking away from the left-liberal, globalist and centralized policy of the European Union (EU). This is how we can briefly summarize the political process currently taking place in the middle of Europe. In the region, one after the other, right-wing governments come to power, or right-wing parties …

View from Washington: Implications of the Oreshnik strike – a strong warning to the US, NATO and Ukraine

11:11 27.11.2024

View from Washington: Implications of the Oreshnik strike – a strong warning to the US, NATO and Ukraine

The Ukrainians, NATO and the United States have been alarmed about Russia's use of the Oreshnik Intermediate Range Ballistic missile on a defense manufacturing plant in Dnipro (formerly Dnipropetrovsk). The Russians say the missile was hypersonic, which it was, but that is only a small part of the story. Use …

Blackwater founder Erik Prince: “This is not a game that needs to be played any longer”

11:10 27.11.2024

Blackwater founder Erik Prince: “This is not a game that needs to be played any longer”

Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, Erik Prince (photo), the founder and former CEO of private military company Blackwater, warned on Sunday that Kyiv should give up on any hopes of reclaiming its annexed territories from Moscow if it wants an end to the conflict, Newsweek writes. "There's no good outcome …

British life-style: Is the Chancellor an 'economist'?

11:09 27.11.2024

British life-style: Is the Chancellor an 'economist'?

The Chancellor Rachel Reeves has edited her online CV after admitting she was not an economist during her time at the Bank of Scotland, writes ‘The Daily Mail’. The Chancellor deleted 'economist' from her LinkedIn profile work experience and changed it to 'retail banking' during her time at the bank …

Russia’s intelligence chief Sergey Naryshkin: “Euro-Atlantic elites are trying to convince the rest of the world that the only alternative to Western power is chaos, and for this purpose, they deliberately seek destabilization in key regions of the planet”

15:26 26.11.2024

Russia’s intelligence chief Sergey Naryshkin: “Euro-Atlantic elites are trying to convince the rest of the world that the only alternative to Western power is chaos, and for this purpose, they deliberately seek destabilization in key regions of the planet”

The West is unwilling to accept the loss of its past power and is deliberately undermining the situation in key regions of the world, the Director Sergey Naryshkin said, TASS reports. "Euro-Atlantic elites <…> stubbornly refuse to accept the loss of their former dominance. They are trying to convince the …

“The regional conflict in Ukraine, previously provoked by the West, has acquired global characteristics,” Putin said

12:11 26.11.2024

“The regional conflict in Ukraine, previously provoked by the West, has acquired global characteristics,” Putin said

Another weapon in Russia's arsenal. Vladimir Putin claimed responsibility on Thursday, November 21, for the firing of a "new medium-range missile" against a Ukrainian arms factory, reports France TV Info. A model previously unknown, described as "experimental", but which he asked on Friday to launch "mass production". This test is …

Reuters: Poland spends unaffordable amounts of money on defense – but can it afford it?

12:07 26.11.2024

Reuters: Poland spends unaffordable amounts of money on defense – but can it afford it?

Poland's NATO-leading surge in defence spending is raising budget concerns because it will bake in higher long-term expenditure on its military – even as Warsaw concedes it faces revenue shortfalls in its budget this year, Reuters reports. Central Europe's largest economy is on track to lead NATO in terms of …

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