The Turkish drilling rig in the eastern Mediterranean, the geopolitical dispute between Turkey-Greece and Cyprus, but also the powerless position of Brussels vis-à -vis Erdogan in the press. Turkey is again sending a drilling rig to the eastern Mediterranean, thus putting a new dispute with Greece on the agenda, comments a publication in Süddeutsche Zeitung. As […]
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Political divorces and alliances ahead of Italian elections
The centrist party “Azione”, Action, finally decided to leave the center-left “Democratic Party” of Enrico Letta. “We cannot ally indirectly with forces that describe themselves as having a communist ideology,” said Azione head Carlo Calenda. The reason for this “divorce” is the decision of the “Democrats” to enter into a pre-election alliance with the Greens […]
A juvenile prisoner in Russian prisons
International NGOs criticize Moscow for torturing prisoners and inhumane detention conditions. 16-year-old Vladislav Buriak talks about his own experience in Russian prisons. On a remote road somewhere in southeastern Ukraine, a man gets out of his car wearing a bulletproof vest. A white van pulls up in front of him, the side door opens and […]
German press: Turkey, the new military superpower of Bayraktar?
“Turkey’s Astonishing Rise as a Drone Power”. This is the title of an extensive report by Welt Online, which refers to Turkey’s attempt to reduce itself to a military force to be reckoned with Bayraktar drones. Among other things, he notes: “The Bayraktar drones, manufactured in Turkey, have already been used in Africa, the Middle […]
And yet, China and Taiwan need each other
New escalation in the Taiwan Straits. And yet, the evidence shows that Taiwan’s economy is dependent on China’s economy, and vice versa. Tensions across the Taiwan Strait began after the visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi last week and are showing no signs of easing. In a rather unexpected development, the Chinese armed forces […]
Schröder can remain a member of the SPD
He did not violate the party constitution by having close relations with Russia. This was decided in the first instance by the arbitration committee of the Social Democrats for the former chancellor G. Shredder. He was undoubtedly the absolute “persona non grata” among the Social Democrats in the last – at least – months, after […]
The British count their money pound by pound
“They are literally counting their pennies,” said Natalie Seeney, director of the Cash Action Group, an independent commission that studies the use of cash in the country. And it is indeed so. With the use of the bank card and the contactless transactions that are now allowed up to 100 pounds, one cannot easily determine […]
German Press: Ankara, the favor of authoritarian leaders and NATO
Süddeutsche Zeitung comments on Turkey’s role on the global geopolitical map, observing: “After the new Putin-Erdogan meeting, questions arise. The ‘president of peace’ wants to sell Bayraktar drones to the Kremlin, as well as to Ukraine, to use them in front? Has the Kremlin indirectly given the green light to Ankara’s planned attack on northern […]
Lebanon: Economic impoverishment, political rot
Two years after the deadly explosion in Beirut, no one has been held accountable, while the economic impoverishment intensifies. The economically weaker suffer the most. Saad al-Din begins his daily struggle for survival. With careful manipulations, he pulls his trawler out of the small port, in the center of Beirut, which is crowded with thirty […]
Spain: ‘Gun’ on the free press
Despite its pre-election pledges, Spain’s socialist government is not lifting the “gag law” for journalists. Well-known photojournalist says he refuses to comply. Gran Canaria, December 2020: Journalists and photojournalists capture the confrontation between police officers and a gray-haired man wearing a windbreaker and holding a camera. This is Javier Bauluth, the first Spaniard to be […]
