December, 2021

• 2 December

  Turkish lira slips to record low because of Erdogan

  

  Recep Tayyip Erdogan interferes in Turkey’s monetary policy – with serious consequences for the country’s currency. The Turkish currency is still in free fall. On Wednesday, the lira slid three percent to a new record low. In turn, the dollar’s exchange rate rose to as high as 13.49 liras – …

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• 2 December

  Stop Iranian Drones Act introduced by House Foreign Affairs C’mtee reps

  

  The legislation states that it is US policy to prevent Iran and Iranian-aligned groups from acquiring UAVs that can be used in attacks against the US or allies. A bipartisan group of leading members from the House Foreign Affairs Committee introduced the Stop Iranian Drones Act (SIDA) on Tuesday. According …

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• 2 December

  Iran starts enriching with advanced centrifuges while stalling in Vienna talks

  

  Negotiations between world powers and Iran to restore the 2015 nuclear deal resumed in Vienna for the first time in over five months. Iran took further steps to advance its nuclear program, the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Wednesday, as Iranian diplomats said they won’t rush on negotiations with …

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• 2 December

  De, igen, Kövér arról beszélt

  Végtelenül szomorú hallgatni ezt a beszédet. Kövér László ugyanis éppen harminc évvel a titkosszolgálatokkal kapcsolatos egyezség megszületése után rúgta fel a rendszerváltó konszenzust. Amelynek kialakításában neki is része volt. Szerencsére vannak azért jelek, hogy amit látunk, legfeljebb diktatúraparódia, s a szolgálatok főszabály szerint korrekten teszik a dolgukat. Reméljük, jól látjuk. …

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• 2 December

  Blinken Warns Russia Against ‘Renewed Aggression’ in Ukraine

  U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Russia against taking any “escalatory actions” toward Ukraine, saying Tuesday that “any renewed aggression would trigger serious consequences.” Speaking to reporters alongside Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics during a visit to Riga, Blinken said the United States is “very concerned” about Russian troop …

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• 2 December

  Lukashenka Says Belarus Willing To Host Russian Nuclear Weapons

  Belarus’s authoritarian leader, Alyaksandr Lukashenka, has said that his country would be willing to host Russian nuclear weapons if NATO moved similar U.S. equipment from Germany to Eastern Europe. In an interview on November 30, Lukashenka also for the first time recognized Moscow-occupied Crimea as part of Russia, adding that …

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• 1 December

  Who Are the Extremist ‘Grey Wolves’?

  

  In reality, the Grey Wolves movement very much does exist. It has a long history of bloodbaths across Turkey and is now a growing movement across Europe as well as the South Caucasus. This ideology [Turanism, or the Greater Turkish homeland] believes in the superiority of a supposed Turkish race …

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• 1 December

  For Palestinians, Terrorism or Peace? Abbas Wants It Both Ways

  

  If Abbas is really interested in returning to the negotiating table with Israel, he needs to decide whether he is on the side of his peace partners in Israel or his political enemies in Hamas. Abbas needs to decide whether he belongs to the pro-peace camp in Israel and the …

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• 1 December

  Erdogan nimmt Ausschluss aus Europarat in Kauf

  

  Der türkische Präsident Recep Tayyip Erdogan fordert Europa heraus. Mit seiner Ermunterung hat ein türkisches Gericht am Freitag entschieden, den seit vier Jahren ohne Urteil inhaftierten Kulturförderer Osman Kavala weiter im Gefängnis zu halten. Der Europarat hatte für diesen Fall mit einem Ausschlussverfahren gegen die Türkei gedroht, das in der …

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• 1 December

  Słabnący złoty żywicielem inflacji

  

  Mocna przecena naszej waluty to fatalna wiadomość nie tylko dla wybierających się za granicę na narty, ale przede wszystkim dla podjętych z opóźnieniem prób hamowania rozbuchanej inflacji. Stanowi ostrzeżenie od uciekających inwestorów zagranicznych, by do szuflady włożyć miraże o potędze złotego, bo jest jedynie lokalną walutą rozwijającego się kraju, której …

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