The Bulgarian government will soon hold talks with its European partners about imposing a new tax on Russian gas transiting its territory, it was announced on Wednesday, a move that predictably angered Serbia and Hungary. At the end of last week, Bulgaria imposed a special ‘energy tax’ of €10/MWh on …

The southern sector: Israeli Air Force attacks on Gaza City continued after at leastsome of the residents of the northern Gaza Strip had responded to the IDF’s calls to evacuate;during the past day there were more than 250 air strikes. The Palestinians reported the nightof October 15, 2023, had been …

The party has spent almost two decades building up a deterrence capacity, and now may be its prisoner. Since Hamas’ attack against Israeli towns on October 7, and the ensuing Israeli bombardment and military operations in and around Gaza, Hezbollah’s response in southern Lebanon has been mostly restrained. The party …