EU pledges 7.7 billion euros for global needs in 2024
Despite rapidly growing needs in Gaza and elsewhere, the European Union (EU) on Monday, the 18th of March, pledged to spend an initial…
Category: Politics
Russia begins voting in “elections” that Putin is certain to win
On Friday, the 15th of March, voting opened in the Russian presidential elections, which are likely to allow Vladimir Putin to stay in…
KNAB funds no violations in Saeima delegation’s visit to China
Latvian Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB) did not find any violations in its investigation of the scandalous visit of certain Saeima deputies…
Denmark to begin conscripting women into military service
Denmark on Wednesday, the 13th of March, announced plans to draft women into the armed forces for the first time, increase the standard…
Putin says Russia is “ready” for nuclear war
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia is “ready” for a nuclear war with the West, making his latest comments in an interview with…
EU Parliament to sue the Commission over Hungary funds
The European Parliament (EP) is preparing to sue the European Commission (EC) over its controversial decision late last year to unfreeze billions of…
Russia in effort to rewrite history wants to nullify Soviet Union’s transfer of Crimea to Ukraine
Russian lawmakers have submitted a draft law to the State Duma that would rewrite a chapter of history by reversing a 1954 Soviet…
Week in Lithuania | Liepa, a ballet dancer, loses Lithuanian citizenship; Ministry targets gambling business laws
Last week, airBaltic said it will offer flights from Vilnius to Hamburg, Lisbon from May; Constitutional Court opened case on Istanbul Convention Vilnius…
Czechs raise funds for 800 000 artillery shells for Ukraine
Norway donated 140 million euros on Thursday, and with that the Czech Republic has secured enough funds to buy 800 000 artillery shells…
