24 Feb 2022 11:59 am EU Commission President von der Leyen has sharply condemned Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine. She spoke of “an unprecedented act of aggression against a free, sovereign country”. At the same time, she announced further sanctions against Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin is bringing “war back to Europe,” said EU […]
22 Feb 2022 8:50 p.m The data analysis company Palantir is considered the world’s largest “data octopus”. Little is known about its activities, which is probably also due to the group of customers: the CIA, the BND and the US military rely on the software. Now CEO Alexander Karp campaigned for more European IT dominance. […]
19 Feb 2022 3:40 p.m While the filling levels of European gas storage facilities have fallen significantly compared to previous years, the President of the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, is certain that she will be able to get through the coming weeks and months without any Russian deliveries. She announced this on Saturday […]
19 Feb 2022 09:14 am The hurricane “Zeynep” claimed at least nine lives as it moved through parts of Europe. Britain reported three dead. Three people were killed by falling trees in the Netherlands. Two fatalities were reported in Germany. At least nine people died on Friday in Germany and other countries due to the […]
16 Feb 2022 7:52 pm The Russian Security Council has described the US military, with its tens of thousands of soldiers and tactical nuclear weapons in Europe, as a threat to Russia. Accordingly, the number of US armored vehicles on the continent is said to have quadrupled within seven years. The deputy secretary of the […]
16 Feb 2022 5:15 p.m Relief has come almost everywhere. The diplomatic marathon of the last few weeks between NATO countries, Ukraine and Russia has come to a temporary end. However, only the implementation of the results of the talks will show whether the relaxation keeps what it promises. by Christian Harde The Ukrainian oligarchs […]
15 Feb 2022 12:26 pm an analysis by Gert-Ewen Ungar Some people may have already lost track of who traveled to whom when in the past few weeks, who called whom, who threatened what vocabulary on what occasion and what the results were – or not. It is once again a crisis in Europe, and […]
14 Feb 2022 8:02 am A commentary by Tarik Cyril Amar The standoff between Russia and the West over Ukraine, which began last October, has just escalated again. US President Joe Biden and his administration have issued fresh and urgent warnings of an impending full-scale Russian invasion, complete with instructions for American citizens to leave […]
10 Feb 2022 9:45 p.m The Biden government has banned “trusted” military reporters from the US press from accessing the 3,000 US soldiers recently deployed to Europe in the wake of the Ukraine crisis. The press association responsible for the US Department of Defense has now sharply criticized this decision and in a letter reminded […]