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Poland’s ruling party leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the man who many say holds the real power in the Eastern European country, blamed Germany’s Angela Merkel for the migration problem into the Continent from the Middle East and Africa which has radically altered European culture forever and may cause the breakup of…
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Thursday, after a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, that the socialist, South American nation will begin to import 60,000 tons of wheat starting immediately. The socialist system is collapsing in Venezuela under a mountain of corruption which has led to social unrest….
German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants to restart the Minsk peace talks which were concluded in 2015 with a plan for ending the violence in the Donbass region of East Ukraine. The agreements ended large-scale fighting but the conflict has continued with scores of people dying on both sides every month….
Image by Evgeny Feldman Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF) published its latest investigative work on Friday, revealing what it says is a cartel of businesses owned by Yevgeny Prigozhin and contracted by the Defense Ministry. Widely known as “Vladimir Putin’s favorite chef,” Prigozhin is a billionaire restaurateur with a history…
Image by Marc7654 A trio of mysterious Russian government satellites startled space experts when, shortly after blasting into low orbit between 2013 and 2015, they began dramatically changing their orbits, demonstrating a rare degree of maneuverability for small spacecraft. Now after being idle for a year or more, two of…
Volodymyr Groysman, the first Jewish Prime Minister of Ukraine, is in Israel for a multi day visit that includes meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Reuven Rivlin and various ministers and Knesset members. It’s worth noticing that this visit holds high importance for both countries. After Ukraine supported…
The Georgian Foreign Ministry is denouncing the signing of yet another illegal cooperation deal between Russia and Georgia’s breakaway Abkhazia region. On May 18, Russia and the de-facto leadership of Abkhazia signed an agreement about establishing a joint information and coordination center of the interior ministries of Russia and…
Image by Aljona83 Reflecting solid growth in the Czech economy, Prime Minister told lawmakers that the minimum wage will be increased by 11% next year. A wondrous example of change from a former Soviet satellite to a capitalistic economy, the Czech Republic now has the lowest unemployment rate of any…