By Paul Taylor * – The Guardian, OtherNews
There was a time when clear blue water separated Europe’s mainstream centre-right from the Eurosceptic populists and xenophobes of the hard right. A Christian Democrat such as Helmut Kohl or Angela Merkel would have...
by Ambra Visentin
The death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the mercenary group Wagner Army, marks a point of no return for the soldiers themselves, about whose future the world is asking many questions. The list of passengers on board...
by Raffaele Crocco
“If you need stability and security, come to us”. So said Evgheni Prigozhin, the founder of Wagner, who cared about publicity. Something must have gone wrong in terms of security, however, given that he died - not...
by Anna Violante
On 28 July, the Italian movement in solidarity with last year’s Iranian protesters, “Woman, Life, Freedom”, sent a letter to Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, Italian Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajani, European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen...
by Raffaele Crocco
The Azov Battalion is back. For the Ukrainians, the heroes of Mariupol are back, those who resisted the Russian invader and barricaded themselves in the Azovstal steelworks until May 2022. For the Russians, the worst representatives of...
by Robin Jaspert * – Jacobin, OtherNews
In June, Italy’s government impounded the Sea-Eye 4 rescue ship for 20 days as part of a crackdown on NGOs that save migrants’ lives at sea. Crew members told Jacobin why they won’t...
by Ambra Visentin
Forty-three years have passed since the fascist terrorist attack on Bologna railway station on 2 August 1980. The attack, the bloodiest in post-war Italy, left 85 people dead and over 200 injured. Despite the fact that the...
by Raffaele Crocco
10.749. This is the number of Ukrainian civilians who have died since the Russian invasion. The 75th week of this phase of the war brings us confirmation of the drama. What killed these people were aircraft or...
By Phil Miller* – Declassified UK
ZHUR, KOSOVO – A convoy of Mercedes with tinted windows speeds down the motorway as drivers rush to cross the border – a gateway to Albania’s stunning Mediterranean beaches. Resisting the temptation to join...
by Raffaele Crocco
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is now in its 74th week. The question is: what is the state of the Ukrainian offensive to regain lost territories? Lost in the silence of war bulletins that have become cryptic...
