Given that Germany’s Bundeswehr is ailing—a matter compounded by the Russo-Ukrainian war—the task set before Boris Pistorius is nothing if not daunting.
Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyi is the most senior Ukrainian official to die since the war began nearly one year ago.
Despite unanimity on the need for the project, the debates are stormy. The opposition will not fail to seize the opportunity to denounce the inconsistencies of President Emmanuel Macron, his about-face on this eminently strategic issue.
The negative turn in China’s population growth came earlier than expected and signals severe economic and political hardships ahead, as the country “has become older before it has become rich.”
NATO membership for Sweden and Finland appears at the mercy of Turkey’s ever-expanding demands.
The deposit is mostly composed of iron ore, but in addition to the rare minerals, it also contains a significant amount of phosphorus—seven times the amount found in the company’s current operational mines.
Protesters are concerned that the summit could turn into a “greenwashing exercise.”
Lieutenant General James Bierman likened the U.S.’s current military preparations in the Asia-Pacific region to those it took in Ukraine post-2014.
The number of migrants seeking asylum last year was the sixth-highest recorded in Germany’s history, exceeded only by the number of newcomers who entered between 1991 and 1993, during the Balkan wars, and those who came during the European Migrant Crisis of 2015-16.
Until now, all battle tanks that have been delivered to Ukraine—from Poland and the Czech Republic—have been of Soviet design. The Challenger 2, however, is the main tank of the British army.
“The results speak for themselves. 97% reject Brussels’ misguided sanctions. Brussels must review its sanctions policy and find a new strategy. We need peace, not new sanctions!” Hungarian MP Balázs Orbán said on the consultation’s results.
The Prevent programme seems to be, at the very least, in need of serious reform. Until the Shawcross report is released, we won’t know how badly it is broken.
