Against the odds, wartime Ukrainian football is thriving
In Ukraine, the lines between football, politics, and war are indelibly blurred. The frequent disruptions of matches due to air raid alerts, coupled with the absence of fans in stadiums,…
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Can G7 make Russia pay for reconstruction of Ukraine?
As part of the sanctions a group of countries has imposed on Russia, more than $300bn of Russian sovereign assets held abroad have been frozen (Photo: kremlin.ru) A joint assessment…
The best deal Kosovo and Serbia can get
Meeting between European leaders and Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić (right) on the margins of the European Council (Photo: European Union) Kosovo prime minister Albin Kurti and Serbian president Aleksandar Vuči
Germany’s new ‘left’ party — AfD-killer or personality cult?
Sahra Wagenknecht has left Die Linke [The Left] to set up a new economically leftwing, socially rightwing German party to take on the Alternative for Germany (AfD) (Photo: Die Linke)…
Iraq to Gaza via Ukraine — the moral bankruptcy of the West
Europe and the US are sending the message that human rights and international law apply to some, but not to others. This attitude makes the West morally bankrupt in the…
Israel: one war crime does not justify another
The attack on Israeli civilians by Hamas and Islamic Jihad was a war crime and a crime against humanity, but that is also true of the collective punishment Israel is…
The EU’s funding and support for Israeli arms companies
EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, with European Parliament president Roberta Metsola, in Israel following the Hamas massacre on 7 October (Photo: EU Commission) Following the deadly 7 October…
Is Viktor Orbán now a traitor to the EU?
A visibly-nervous Viktor Orban meeting Russian president Vladimir Putin in Beijing last week (Photo: Screengrab) The footage of the meeting between the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and his EU-ally Viktor…
Palestine ambassador: Why no EU call for a Gaza ceasefire?
Gaza, during the October 2023 Israeli bombing (Photo: UNRWA) Within the corridors of diplomacy, an unsettling silence hangs heavy when it comes to addressing the predicament of Gaza. This silence…
The Green Deal is gonna need a European Climate Fund
The EU estimates a need for an additional €477bn per year to 2030