Eurasia

Backlash to Macron’s Ukraine Proposals Builds

French President Emmanuel Macron is pursuing a poisoned peace plan, say critics in Europe, who fear the outcome of his talks this week with Russian President Vladimir Putin could be to strengthen Moscow’s hand in the crisis over Ukraine. A backlash is building to Macron’s visits this week to Moscow …

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Top Russian Commanders Arrive in Belarus for Military Drills

Top Russian commanders arrived in neighboring Belarus on Wednesday, set to oversee 30,000 Russian troops as they train for 10 days with the Belarusian military in the latest show of Moscow’s force along the Ukrainian border. Russia has moved two battalions of S-400 surface-to-air missile systems and numerous fighter jets …

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Зукърбърг с автогол – иде краят на абсолютната власт на фейсбук

Гигантът “Мета” е обсаден и трудно ще спечели всички битки, а технологичните компании ще трябва да започнат да плащат данъци за милиарди Компанията “Мета”, която преди се наричаше “Фейсбук”, обяви в годишния си доклад, че приложенията фейсбук и инстаграм може да спрат да функционират на територията на Европейския съюз, ако …

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Hangi Putin?

Dünyanın en çok konuştuğu isim -hiç tartışmasız- Rusya Başkanı Vladimir Putin… Ukrayna’da savaş çıkar mı? Sorunun cevabını verebilecek tek kişi o. Peki, “Putin nasıl bir karar verecek? Ukrayna’yı işgal mi edecek, yoksa sınırlara yığdığı askerlerini, tanklarını, toplarını, zırhlılarını, füzelerini geri mi çekecek?” …………….. HUFFPOST dünkü sayısında şöyle yazıyor: “Sorunun cevabı …

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China and Russia Add Another Pipeline to Their Energy Ties That Bind

With the Winter Olympics now underway, all eyes are fixed on the competing athletes as they take to the ice and snow. But amid the dazzling displays of athletic prowess, significant developments have simultaneously taken place on the diplomatic sidelines of the Games. Russian President Vladimir Putin, who arrived in …

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3 face terror charges for arson attack on Greek Church group

A Greek prosecutor on Wednesday brought terrorism charges against three people accused of participation in an arson attack by an extremist anarchist group against an Orthodox Christian religious society in the northern city of Thessaloniki. The suspects, two men aged 35 and a 20-year-old woman, all Greek citizens, were arrested …

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Balkan Parties Join Rightist Summit in Madrid to ‘Defend Europe’

Far-right leaders from all over Europe gathered in Spain last week to form a united front – but forging a common platform on issues like Russia is proving tricky. Under the slogan “Defend Europe”, representatives of far-right nationalist parties in Eastern Europe and the Balkans attended a summit in Madrid …

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LOSING MY RELIGION IN SLOVAKIA

Slovakia is traditionally viewed as the more religious part of the one-time common Czecho-Slovak state. Yet the latest census shows the country is becoming more atheist and this shift will likely be irreversible. Population data since 1989 has supported the stereotypical view that Slovaks are the more religious people of …

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Raising Interest Rates Won’t Change Energy Prices, Says ECB Chief Lagarde

Talking to EU lawmakers on Monday (8 February), European Central Bank (ECB) president Christine Lagarde reacted to criticism from conservative politicians who blamed ECB policy for the inflation currently biting into Europeans’ purchasing power. Yearly inflation was at 5.1% in January 2022, up from 5% in December, which is higher …

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The Weaponization Of Economics (Part II)

Slippery slope However, interesting as those experiments and observations might be, they are still the result of specific parameters within a particular setting and an environment that doesn’t resemble real life. Serious and honest behavioral economists both understand and freely admit this. Just because there was one experiment in which …

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