Guest commentary by Thomas Clowes-Pritchard, writing in a personal capacity Shaun Pinner (picture), a former British soldier, has an extraordinary story to tell. Starting out as a soldier in the Royal Anglian regiment of the British army in which he served with great distinction, Pinner moved to Ukraine in 2018 where he then married before […]
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On Tuesday, a group of journalists from Moldova protested in front of the European Parliament in Brussels (see picture), calling for an end to the media ban imposed in Moldova, which involves a broad ban on six TV channels in the country. In response, an association, “Stop Media Ban“, was formed, with representatives engaging with
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At the end of February, the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo agreed a provisional deal to normalise relations, without however signing it. More talks are planned, with the two leaders, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti, schedulded to meet in North Macedonia’s lakeside city of Ohrid on March 18, under EU
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An international humanitarian “Christmas Convoy”, driven mostly by NATO and United States veterans, has arrived in Kyiv today, bringing 75 energy generators, 250 wood burning stoves, more than 50 SUV cars and light trucks and other critical winter equipment, in order to to bring relief to the suffering local population. The goods are worth 2
Albania has ordered all staff of the Iranian Embassy in Tirana to leave the country. This follows a major cyberattack on July 15th that the Albanian government blames on Iran. On Brussels Report, Maurizio Geri, a researcher on international affairs and a former NATO analys, highlights: “In 2014, Albania welcomed some 3,000 members of the
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Mekki Elmograbi, a Sudanese journalist, commentator on international affairs, and former consultant at the Sudanese Embassy in Washington, D.C., takes a closer look at how Ukraine is developing new ties in the Middle East, and in particular with Saudi Arabia. He notes: “This month, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky (picture) took the unusual step of doing
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In an interview with Hungarian blog Napieu.eu, German ECR MEP Lars Patrick Berg MEP discusses whether the EU is able to become a global power. Lars Patrick Berg MEP: “After the outbreak of the war, the EU Member States came together relatively quickly and united against the Russian invasion. They went beyond their internal disputes
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In OpinioJuris, Hans Gutbrod, an Associate Professor at Ilia State University in Tbilisi and Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, Seton Hall University, comments on the “just war theory”: “Four key conflicts of recent years – Afghanistan, Iraq, Karabakh and the recent Russian attack on Ukraine – illustrate how illuminating the framework remains,
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Russian company Gazprom has announced that gas supplies through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Germany would be reduced to only 20 percent of the capacity. This happens right after Siemens finally delivered transport documents for the Nord Stream turbine that had been stuck in Canada for weeks. Gazprom will now halt one more Nord
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s has been forced to cancel his trip to Serbia after countries around Serbia, notably Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Montenegro, closed their airspace to his aircraft. A senior Russian Foreign Ministry official stated that this caused the trip to be cancelled, commenting: “Our diplomacy has yet to master teleportation.” Following the