EU Walks Back Hard Line On Kaliningrad Standoff As Russia Places New Missiles On Baltic Coast EU Walks Back Hard Line On Kaliningrad Standoff As Russia Places New Missiles On Baltic Coast Following Moscow threatening to retaliate and escalate, it seems the European Union is seeking to rapidly defuse tensions after earlier in June giving …
June 2022 archive
Jun 29
Today’s News 29th June 2022
Scotland Set to Hold 2nd Independence Referendum As Sturgeon Prepares To Fight Johnson Veto Scotland Set to Hold 2nd Independence Referendum As Sturgeon Prepares To Fight Johnson Veto Scotland is set to hold its second independence referendum, Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon announced Tuesday, while at the same time proposing a future date of October 19, 2023 …
Jun 28
Today’s News 28th June 2022
"Suitcases Full Of Drug Money": Credit Suisse Found Criminally Guilty in Money-Laundering Case Tied to Cocaine Ring “Suitcases Full Of Drug Money”: Credit Suisse Found Criminally Guilty in Money-Laundering Case Tied to Cocaine Ring Another day, another dismal development for the 2nd largest (but most damned) Swiss bank. On Monday, Credit Suisse Group was convicted …
Jun 27
Today’s News 27th June 2022
EU Says Africa Should Stop Buying Russian Fertilizer — But Can't Make It Themselves EU Says Africa Should Stop Buying Russian Fertilizer — But Can’t Make It Themselves In an attempt to encourage African nations to stop buying Russian fertilizer, the European Union developed a working plan that would help then develop their own fertilizer …
Jun 26
Today’s News 26th June 2022
The Return Of Industrial Warfare The Return Of Industrial Warfare Authored by Alex Vershinin via the Royal United Services Institute, Can the West still provide the arsenal of democracy? The war in Ukraine has proven that the age of industrial warfare is still here. The massive consumption of equipment, vehicles and ammunition requires a large-scale …
Jun 25
Today’s News 25th June 2022
New 6-Nation Pacific Pact Proposed To Beat Back Beijing's Unrestricted Warfare New 6-Nation Pacific Pact Proposed To Beat Back Beijing’s Unrestricted Warfare Authored by Daniel Teng via The Epoch Times, Democratic countries are proposing a new Pacific-wide pact to strengthen cooperation and development efforts in the region to combat Beijing’s influence building and hybrid warfare operations. The …
Jun 24
Today’s News 24th June 2022
Russia Warns Of 'Non-Diplomatic' Response Over Kaliningrad Blockade Russia Warns Of ‘Non-Diplomatic’ Response Over Kaliningrad Blockade Russia’s Foreign Ministry has threatened that their response to transit restrictions on Kaliningrad by Lithuania will be “practical” and “not diplomatic,” the Jerusalem Post reports. Over the past week, Lithuania has implemented a ban on various rail transit goods going …
Jun 23
Today’s News 23rd June 2022
Mapping Europe's Incarcerated Mapping Europe’s Incarcerated Russia and Turkey had the highest incarceration rates of the Council of Europe in 2021, according to the organization’s Annual Penal Statistics on Prison Populations. As Statista’s Anna Fleck details below, their latest figures show that Russia had 328 prisoners per 100,000 inhabitants in 2021, while Turkey followed close behind with 325 …
Jun 22
Today’s News 22nd June 2022
European Power Prices Spike As Heat Dome Strains Grid European Power Prices Spike As Heat Dome Strains Grid European day-ahead power prices continue to soar for the third day due to an early-season heat wave driving up cooling demand, lack of renewable energy generation, declining nuclear power, and soaring natural gas costs. Large swaths of Europe over …
Jun 21
Today’s News 21st June 2022
UK Drivers Brace For "Big Traffic Increases" Amid "Largest Rail Strike In Modern History" UK Drivers Brace For “Big Traffic Increases” Amid “Largest Rail Strike In Modern History” Britain is on the cusp of a massive strike that begins Tuesday and will paralyze at least half of the country’s railway network, resulting in what could be a …
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