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China Calling: Slovaks Wonder What’s Behind Beijing’s Media Offensive
While experts debate the scope and aim of Chinese media offensive in Slovakia, surveys show that it is already having an effect on public opinion. For years, Slovakia was fertile ground for public debates, disinformation campaigns and conspiracy theories believed to be linked to Russia’s propaganda machine.
Read More »Pro-Kurdish Party Starts ‘Justice March’ in Turkey
The People’s Democratic Party has launched what it calls a march for ‘justice and democracy’ in response to President Erdogan’s growing crackdown on his critics.
Read More »Turkey’s Plans for Hagia Sophia Strain Greek Relations
Plans to convert the famous 6th-century building in Istanbul back into a mosque, after being a museum since 1935, have further tested relations with Greece – already damaged by over other regional and international disputes.
Read More »Romanian Warning About Russian ‘Security Threat’ Riles Kremlin
The Kremlin has accused Bucharest of subservience, plagiarism and betraying its own interests, after a Romanian defence strategy described Russia as a threat to regional stability.
Read More »US and EU Policy on Kosovo is in Disarray
The Trump administration is pushing for a quick deal between Pristina and Belgrade after the European Union failed to restart the dialogue – but the rift between the US and the EU is bad news for Kosovo itself.While there have rarely been more envoys and special representatives mandated to help …
Read More »North Macedonia, Greece: Rewriting History after Prespa
Arguments over statues and the teaching of history may be gripping the UK and US – but they are nothing new to North Macedonia, where they are being settled through diplomacy.
Read More »German neo-Nazi planned politician's murder 'for years'
A German neo-Nazi went on trial Tuesday for the 2019 murder of a pro-refugee politician, with the court hearing that he allegedly began plotting the killing after the 2016 Islamist truck attack in Nice fuelled his hatred of foreigners.
Read More »Turkey Begins Offensive Against Kurdish Rebels in North Iraq
Turkey said Wednesday it has airlifted troops into northern Iraq for a cross-border ground operation against Turkey’s Kurdish rebels.
Read More »Tajik Islamic State Recruiter Reportedly 'Goes Missing' From Syrian Prison
A notorious Islamic State recruiter who has been linked to terrorist attacks in Sweden, Russia, and Tajikistan, has gone missing from a prison in northern Syria, according to people with knowledge of his detention.
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