Eurasia Press & News

Small but tech-mighty Estonia was one of Europe’s leading destinations for cryptocurrency companies. But the Baltic nation is now getting tough on how it regulates its digital assets and will bring in new rules this month, which some say could deter Estonia’s thriving start-up scene. The country’s new rules come …

Inflation in the eurozone hit a new record of 8.1 per cent in May, up from 7.4 per cent in April, amid soaring energy and food prices fuelled in part by Russia’s war in Ukraine. The preliminary estimate published on Tuesday by Eurostat, the European Union’s statistical office, is the …

A rocket struck a residential area in a northern Syrian town controlled by Turkey-backed opposition fighters on Wednesday, killing at least three people and wounding others, opposition activist said. Some activists said that the rocket was fired on Tel Abyad by the U.S.-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, a claim that …

Ukraine Russian forces made gains in east and captured last pocket of resistance in Mariupol in south, as Ukrainian forces advanced in north; hostilities could intensify, escalate or spread in coming weeks. Russian forces 23 May began advancing on Severodonetsk and Lysychansk cities from three directions to encircle Ukrainian troops …

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has pledged to send Ukraine high-tech anti-aircraft systems as Germany looks to quell criticism from opposition members that it hasn’t provided enough military aid in the fight against Russia’s unprovoked invasion. Speaking to lawmakers in Berlin on June 1, Scholz said the government had approved a …

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization continues to change even as it defends the 30 nations of the alliance, Ambassador Julianne Smith, U.S. permanent representative to NATO, told the Defense Writers Group today. Smith spoke about the challenges from Russia due to that country’s unprovoked war on Ukraine and the upcoming …

Russian forces have taken control of most of the key Donbas city of Syevyerodonetsk amid fierce house-to-house fighting as Kyiv awaits delivery of crucial advanced U.S. and German weaponry that Moscow warned would “pour gas on the fire” in the war in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian forces are holding just 20 …

As part of the latest presidential drawdown package for Ukraine — this one worth $700 million dollars — the Defense Department has included four M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS. The M142 HIMARS system allows for the launching of multiple, precision-guided rockets. Along with the HIMARS system, the …

Είτε ο τούρκος πρόεδρος κάνει εκλογές στην προγραμματισμένη ημερομηνία, σε έναν χρόνο από σήμερα, είτε τις επισπεύσει, είναι βέβαιο ότι η Ελλάδα θα βρίσκεται σε καθεστώς διαρκούς πίεσης, με ό,τι αυτό συνεπάγεται και για τα εσωτερικά θέματα. Διότι εκλογές έχει να κάνει και η Ελλάδα… Κάθε γεωπολιτική και στρατηγική ανάλυση …

Une carte blanche de Carl-Alexandre Robyn, entrepreneur, ingénieur-conseil en valorisation de startups L’UE s’affirme (sanctions) et s’infirme (stagflation) en même temps. Malheureusement ce n’est pas un jeu à somme nulle. Lorsque l’UE affirme sa détermination à sanctionner, à livrer des armes, ce n’est pas du courage politique mais plutôt l’impérieuse …