On April 27, 2022, the Director of Russian Foreign Intelligence Service [SVR], Sergey Naryshkin, (whom Vladimir Putin publicly humiliated on the eve of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine) claimed that the Polish authorities are planning to take control of Ukraine. Russia has made these charges before[1] but Naryshkin now claimed that …

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan might be aiming to tighten his grip on the domestic front, taking advantage of Ankara’s rising profile amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. A Turkish court sentencing of prominent Turkish philanthropist and businessman Osman Kavala and seven other defendants on April 25 in the trial …

Baghdad’s military moves in Sinjar, coinciding with a Turkish military operation in northern Iraq, and the construction of a wall along the border with Syria have rekindled fears among the local Yazidi population. As the struggle for control in Iraq’s northwestern region of Sinjar escalates, some observers believe that Turkish …

Héros fatigué d’une gauche en déliquescence, le leader de la France insoumise veut se croire un destin. Imagine-t-on vraiment l’avenir avec Mélenchon ? A peine le danger Le Pen écarté, voici la folie Mélenchon. Animée de cette curieuse propension à flirter avec les limites, la France hésite. C’est du moins …

Заявление главного редактора «Новой газеты. Европа» по поводу блокировки сайта в России Сайт «Новой газеты. Европа» был открыт 20 апреля 2022 года. Всего через девять дней Роскомнадзор заблокировал наше издание по требованию Генеральной прокуратуры. Позднее в тот же день 29 апреля ведомство распространило информацию о том, что блокировка связана с …

Mentre cerca di capire come gestire il petrolio ed il gas che le arrivano dalla Russia, l’Unione europea si è persa in un labirinto. Ad ogni svolta sembra smarrire la strada un po’ di più, come in questi giorni con le sanzioni sul petrolio. Tutti concordano che qualcosa va fatto …

Thousands or people fled a northern Iraqi town amid fierce clashes between the army and a militia linked to a Kurdish separatist group, the military and local Iraqi Kurdish officials said Monday. At least 3,000 people left Sinjar and its surrounding areas, the officials said, and headed farther north toward …

Ukraine Month saw relative calm in Kyiv region as Russian forces withdrew to launch new offensive in east, where fighting could worsen as it edges closer to urban areas. Russian troops by 2 April had vacated stretch of land between Kyiv’s north-western suburbs and Belarusian border, as well as Chernihiv …

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala wants to convince his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán to change his stance on Russia as Hungary is among the countries willing to pay for natural gas imports in roubles – a move unacceptable for Czechia despite its heavy Russian gas dependency. The Czech prime minister …

The Greek government is expected to raise with its EU partners Ankara’s decision not to join western sanctions against Russia, questioning Turkey’s narrative of being a neutral broker, EURACTIV has learned. “It’s inconceivable that Turkey has managed to escape western sanctions against Russia,” a source close to the matter told …