August, 2021

• 4 August

  After 2 Killed in Attack on Israeli Ship, Israel’s Bennett Points Finger at Tehran

  Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Sunday that his government had evidence Iran was responsible for a drone attack Thursday night on an Israeli-operated oil tanker, the Mercer Street, off the coast of Oman that killed two people.

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• 4 August

  Syria: Russian air defence downs Israeli missiles

  Four missiles fired by Israeli warplanes in Syria’s Homs province early on Thursday were shot down by the Syrian army using Russian-made “Buk” air defence systems, RT has reported. According to the report, two Israeli F-16 jets fired the guided missiles from Lebanese airspace.

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• 4 August

  The Taliban is steering the ‘graveyard of empires’ towards a new era

  Let’s stop all the hand wringing and angst over Afghanistan. Now. It’s fooling no one. America, Britain and their NATO allies have had 20 years to help put the country back on its feet, deliver human rights, female equality and a democratic government free of corruption. They’ve failed. Despite the …

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• 4 August

  Балкански мини ЕС

  Северна Македония, Сърбия и Албания правят нещо като мини Евросъюз на Западните Балкани със започналата в сряда среща на премиерите им в Скопие, където ще преформатират известната инициатива мини Шенген в регионален икономически форум. Освен важни документи за търговия, разрешителни за работа и взаимна подкрепа в случай на бедствия, трите …

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• 4 August

  Digital Euro: Aspirations Of A Sovereign Alternative To Crypto-Assets – Analysis

  Currency is one of the most important instruments of a State’s sovereignty. And since the advent of crypto-assets and the faster digitising socio-political and economic activities around the globe, governments are finding viable ways to implement Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). Similarly, the European Central Bank, the apex bank of …

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• 4 August

  Can US Use Water Riots In Iran Against Ebrahim Raisi? – OpEd

  Reportedly, more than 300 cities—nearly a fourth of all municipalities—face water shortages and drought. Protests erupted in southwestern Khuzestan province in mid-July and then spread to several other provinces. It is being said that water shortage was due to governmental mismanagement and neglect. The riots that started from Khuzestan province …

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• 4 August

  The Status Of Crimea Is Far More Complicated Than Western Media Admits – OpEd

  “If there were a moral to be drawn from the Crimean War which might apply to the present it would be this: in a war between Russia and the West, it is the powers which keep out who will be the the real gainers…” AJP Taylor, February 1951 The issue …

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• 1 August

  Це тільки початок — “слуга народу” про саміт Кримської платформи

  

  Євгенія Кравчук розповіла про важливі моменти Кримської платформи як майданчика для переговорів Саміт Кримської платформи — це тільки початок постійного проєкту. Про це розповіла в ефірі програми “Сьогодні День” на телеканалі “Україна 24” народна депутатка від “Слуги народу” Євгенія Кравчук. "Передусім, розглядати Кримську платформу потрібно не як подію, один саміт, …

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• 1 August

  Turkey cannot be the refugee gatekeeper of the EU

  

  Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz told the German paper Bild on July 25 that those fleeing Afghanistan should go to “neighboring” countries such as Turkey, rather than European Union countries, to seek asylum. It’s a shameful statement because of trying to humiliate refugees and Turkey that he puts into a position …

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• 1 August

  ‘They’re Police’: Hapless Albanian Drug Couriers and a Minister’s Muscle

  

  After a brief, inauspicious career ferrying drugs across the Adriatic, two hapless Albanian speedboat drivers decided to come clean, exposing the powerful connections and police support that traffickers enjoy. Early on the morning of August 4, 2016, two Albanians disembarked from a speedboat and ordered coffee at a bar near …

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