Source link Germany needs to reintroduce conscription, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced on Thursday as he unveiled an ambitious military reform plan aimed at making the nation’s armed forces fit for a potential conflict. Berlin abolished its military draft in 2011 and its army has since suffered from an acute personnel shortage. “We have considered […]
Source link The bloc’s desire to gain a foothold in the region is no secret, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Russia is well aware of NATO’s attempts to court post-Soviet republics in the South Caucasus, but the bloc’s overtures will bring no benefit to the region, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. Speaking to reporters […]
Source link Trains running between Frankfurt and Stuttgart were cancelled on Monday after infrastructure was vandalized A number of high-speed trains travelling between Frankfurt and Stuttgart were canceled on Monday after key infrastructure was vandalized by metal thieves. According to Deutsche Bahn, the country’s rail operator, the heist of metal parts was discovered on Monday […]
Source link Demonstrations have been staged across the country, demanding an end to the flow of cheap Ukrainian produce Traffic in cities and town across Poland was severely obstructed on Friday as farmers staged protests over what they consider to be unfair competition from cheap Ukrainian produce, as well as the EU’s green policies. Over […]
Source link St. Petersburg needs to be renamed, a Russian presidential candidate has said Nikolay Kharitonov, the Communist candidate for president of Russia, has endorsed a referendum to make St. Petersburg Leningrad again and vowed to give Volgograd its old name – Stalingrad. Kharitonov is challenging the incumbent President Vladimir Putin in the March 17 […]
Source link Washington has publicly expressed its opposition to Israel’s assassinations on Lebanese soil, but never tried to stop Netanyahu Failing to achieve its primary objectives of crushing Hamas and recapturing its detainees by force, the Israeli military recently announced that it is moving into what it calls “phase 3” of its war in Gaza. […]