At least 5,000 people were arrested Sunday in 69 Russian cities for participating in protests against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the non-governmental organization OVD-Info announced today. This is an unprecedented number of arrests in one day, much higher than that recorded during the demonstrations that broke out in early 2021 in Russia against the […]
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‘It is too early to assess the imprint of the crisis in Greek tourism’ – Over 700,000 lost airline seats
“It is still too early to assess the impact of the current crisis on Greek tourism as a whole,” Christina Tetradi, vice-president of the Hotel Chamber of Greece, told APE-MPE. overall result for Greek tourism. “As long as the war lasts, no estimates can be made,” he added. Referring to the mobility of bookings for […]
Britain: Russia seeks to restrict Ukrainian access to news
The British Ministry of Defense said on Monday that the information shows that Russia seeks to limit Ukraine’s access to independent news, according to CNN. “Russia is likely to target Ukraine’s communications infrastructure in order to reduce the access of Ukrainian citizens to reliable news and information,” the ministry said in a statement posted on […]
DW: What is Ukraine achieving with Turkish Bayraktar?
Many videos on the Internet show unmanned fighter jets flying against Russian forces. What role do Turkish drones play in the Ukraine war? Images of Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones are circulating on the internet these days, specifically on Turkish-Ukrainian chat channels. These are videos that glorify the capabilities of these weapons, which Kyiv claims to […]
In London, N. Dendias for a meeting within the day with his British counterpart, L. Tras
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendias, will go today to the United Kingdom, where he is expected to meet with his British counterpart Liz Truss. On Tuesday, March 8, Nikos Dendias will travel to Vienna, where he is expected to meet with OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid. Afterwards, he will have a private […]
‘I survived Hitler, I will survive Putin’, says Auschwitz survivor – He does not leave Kyiv
He lived through the horrors of war as an infant, when he found himself in the hands of the infamous German doctor Josef Mengele, in the infernal camp of Auschwitz Birkenau, and after miraculously escaping the devilish experiments of the “angel of death”, today he declares her apartment in besieged Kyiv, that after she managed […]
Russia: TikTok suspends video posting over law criminalizing ‘fake news’
The social networking site TikTok announced on Sunday that it is suspending the possibility of posting new videos on its platform from Russia, due to the new Russian legislation that criminalizes the transmission of news aimed at “discrediting” the Russian army on the occasion of the invasion of Ukraine. “Because of the new ‘fake news’ […]
WSJ: US accuses Russia of recruiting Syrian mercenaries to fight in Ukraine
Russia has recently been recruiting Syrian mercenaries with experience in dealing with a guerrilla city to fight in its ranks in Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing US officials. Moscow, which invaded Ukraine on February 24 and met with unprecedented resistance, has begun recruiting Syrian fighters in recent days to deploy them […]
What does SYRIZA officially believe about the Russian invasion and its economic consequences?
SYRIZA gives clarifications on clarifications, explanations on explanations, mainly through repeated public interventions of its president Alexis Tsipras. The political council of the party in any case, at its recent meeting (on February 25), formed SYRIZA’s official positions on the Russian invasion and its financial contributorswith the peak of the energy crisis and the precision […]
Ukraine needs a ‘West Berlin’ NATO flyover
By Craig Hooper While Moscow is facing strong resistance in Ukraine, unable to unleash its invasive – and destructive – plans, the situation for the civilian Ukrainians remains bleak. Temporary truces to evacuate civilians from Mariupol and Volnovaka have collapsed. As there are no auspicious developments on the horizon, the creation of safe airways that […]
