Eurasia

Lebanon’s Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri has stepped down nearly nine months after he was tasked with forming the crisis-ridden country’s next government. On Thursday, Hariri told reporters that President Michel Aoun had not accepted his latest Cabinet lineup less than 24 hours after the three-time prime minister submitted the proposal. …

In the margins of Greece’s booming IVF industry, women trade their eggs and clinics gamble with ethics while the state looks the other way.The working week was a grind but the weekends back then made it seem worthwhile. On Friday nights, between waitressing or whatever job she had taken to …

Production pressure, lax safety and outdated equipment are costing lives in Serbia’s arms industry. Yet those in charge are rarely held responsible. For residents of Cacak, a town in western Serbia, it was like a blast from the past – two explosions two weeks apart at the state-run Sloboda arms …

As the latest election fails to resolve the political deadlock that has gripped Bulgaria since April, the country is heading into uncharted territory. For the second time in just over three months, Bulgaria has seen parliamentary elections. While the April 4 vote resulted in a surprise, Sunday’s poll was hardly …

Texas Republican Rep. Michael McCaul says, “President Biden should not enter into any deals with Iran without an end to these assaults on our citizens.” The Biden administration and some Republicans in Congress are at odds over the Iran nuclear deal negotiations following an alleged Iranian intelligence plot to kidnap …

Egypt’s highest civilian court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by a group of 13 people including two prominent activists who were disputing their placement on a terrorist list for a period of five years, a judicial source said. Among the group are activist and former member of parliament Zyad Elelaimy, …

Mintha az olimpiára készülnének vívásban, olyan csörtéket vívnak az uniós jogászok a nyár közepén. Az uniós gépezet mindössze pár óra leforgása alatt és csak a mai brüsszeli idők slágertémáiban, a Magyarországgal és Lengyelországgal kapcsolatos szuverenitási ügyekben kiizzadt magából egy-egy kötelezettségszegési eljárást a magyar gyermekvédelmi törvénnyel és egy hasonló lengyel jogszabállyal …

Hvis Afghanistan og Libanon skal undgå at eksplodere i nye borgerkrige, er Pakistan og Iran nødt til at indstille deres spekulation i Taleban-bevægelsen og Hizbollah-militsen. Både i Afghanistan og Libanon er det – ligesom i andre stater – afgørende, at samfundet kun har én regering, ét militært forsvar og ét …

Владимир Путин опубликовал статью “Об историческом единстве русских и украинцев” — она появилась на сайте Кремля сразу на русском и украинском языках. Пересказывать ее нет смысла, да и глупо: каждый может прочесть текст, адресованный, по сути, всему единому народу, в обоих его нынешних государствах. Но статья Путина посвящена не только …

Wybory parlamentarne w Mołdawii z bezprecedensowym dla prozachodnich partii wynikiem, wygrała Partia Akcji i Solidarności, założona przez obecną prezydent Maię Sandu. Entuzjazm społeczeństwa, podirytowanie prorosyjskich socjalistów i nadchodząca trudna gra o wyrywanie się z rosyjskich wpływów, odbywają się bez udziału polskiej pomocy. A szkoda. Polskie wątki Następujące podstawowe informacje mają …