Around ninety per cent of the inhabitants of Crimea are Russian-speaking, Russian-cultured and Russian-educated, and it would be strange if they did not vote for accession to a country that welcomes their kinship, empathy and loyalty. Moreover, in the March 2014 referendum on self-determination there was not “a single case…
Read MoreSyrian Government’s more than 90 letters(!) to the Security Council, the Joint Investigative Mechanism and other bodies, containing documented evidence that ISIS possessed toxic chemicals obtained from Turkey remain unanswered to this day. The latest chemical attack in Khan Shayk Hun, in Syria’s Idlib Governorate reportedly caused the deaths of…
Read MoreBoris Johnson, UK’s Foreign Secretary had a mission at the recent G7 Foreign Ministers Summit at Lucca, Italy (10-11 April 2017). He was hell bound to bring home another raft of sanctions against Russia in the aftermath of the gas attack in Syria. Turning a deaf ear to Moscow’s call…
Read MoreIn the near future Ukrainians could expect neither positive changes nor stability. In the course of last month, more and more Ukrainians clamoured for impeachment of Poroshenko. Specifically, women representing the movement “Mothers for Poroshenko’s Impeachment” gathered at the building of the presidential administration. They rally under the slogan “Poroshenko…
Read MoreAnother international sporting event, the European Indoor Athletics Championships, drew to a successful close at Kombank Arena, Belgrade, Serbia yesterday. Yet the issue of doping of world class athletes remains unresolved. Despite the fact that the global anti-doping regulator seems to be singularly targeting his country’s athletes, the Russian President…
Read MoreUkraine is losing the image of a European power created for it by the West. German Chancellor Angela Merkel would like to see the relationship of Europe and Ukraine became stronger. And Berlin is ready to help Kiev, but only with … advice. The head of German government informed about…
Read MoreΝεαρότερα μικρά κράτη όπως η Σλοβενία – έτος ανεξαρτησίας 1991, έκταση 20,273 τετραγωνικά χιλιόμετρα, πληθυσμός 2,064,188 – έρχονται στο προσκήνιο και μας επισκιάζουν. Με μια ευφυέστατη πρωτοβουλία η κυβέρνηση της Σλοβενίας βρίσκεται σήμερα στο προσκήνιο της διεθνούς διπλωματίας. Εξηγούμαι: η Λιουμπλιάνα προτείνει φιλοξενία της πρώτης συνάντησης των ηγετών των δύο…
Read MoreThe neo-nationalist partners of Turkey’s Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who played a key role in orchestrating the abortive coup of July 15 to benefit political masters now have a new plan in the works: belligerent posturing with neighboring Greece over disputed claims in the Aegean Sea. The surprise visit…
Read MoreThis very informative and eloquent article analyzing Europe’s fundamental security concerns appeared in the Greek website www.troktiko2.com on 7 January 2017. The author is Ioannis Michaletos. We render it in English below as it definitely deserves to reach the widest possible international audience. Throughout the so-called Arab Spring, all reliable organizations,…
Read MoreΧθες συμπληρώθηκαν 67 χρόνια από την ολοκλήρωση του Ενωτικού Δημοψηφίσματος του Γενάρη 1950. Μέσα από μια διαδικασία συγκέντρωσης υπογραφών η οποία έμεινε γνωστή ως το Ενωτικό Δημοψήφισμα και η οποία διεξήχθη σε δύο συνεχόμενες Κυριακές στις 15 και 22 του Γενάρη 1950 το σύνολο σχεδόν των Ελλήνων της Κύπρου υπέγραψαν…
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