by Alessandro de Pascale
The arrest of three Kosovar special police officers near the Serbian border on 14 June has once again raised tensions between the two Balkan countries. They are accused of crossing into Serbian territory in violation of...
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
There is no talk of a new military mobilisation, at least not officially. However, the Duma is creating the regulatory framework to simplify the process by adopting the draft law on new rules for enlistment and service...
Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, is often the talk of the town. The agency, founded in 2004 and based in Warsaw, 'helps - as its website states - EU countries and countries associated with the Schengen...
By Stella Levantesi - Othernews
When Russia invaded Crimea, the EU and United States issued a joint statement stressing the importance of promoting U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports for Europe. It was 2014 and “American gas” would save Europe...
by Ambra Visentin
Violence has become the norm in France, even against peaceful protests, two weeks after the killing of 17-year-old Nahel by security forces. On Saturday, 2,000 people demonstrated peacefully in Paris in memory of Adama Traoré, who was...
by Raffaele Crocco
90 weeks of war between Ukraine and Russia have not silenced the anti-war voices. Despite the repression - exercised by both governments - and despite the lack of publicity, news continues to emerge. Perhaps instrumentally, by occasionally...
by Kateryna Mishchenko
In the Autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan in western Uzbekistan, there has been increased pressure from Uzbek special services on local residents. They are being persecuted for expressing political protest on social media and are threatened with fines...
by Ambra Visentin
More than 220 aircraft and 10,000 soldiers are taking part in the Air Defender 2023 exercise. Manoeuvres are taking place in the north of Germany, in the Schleswig-Holstein region, in the east on the border with Poland,...
By Anna Molinari
It took me a while to decide whether or not to write this piece. With just a few weeks stretching an infinite amount of time since the war began, I still don't know if I should. Because...
