[Editorial] Editor’s weekly digest: Plea for support edition
All the articles you should not have missed this week.
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Month: September 2022
Ireland joins EU hawks on Russia, as outrage spreads
Ireland has joined Poland and the Baltic states in lobbying for more hawkish Russia sanctions, in a sign of widening moral outrage in Europe.
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‘Mother, Italian, Christian’: Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s far-right leader on the cusp of power
Giorgia Meloni has successfully rebranded her Brothers of Italy party as the country’s dominant conservative force, without fully expunging its post-fascist roots. Her right-wing coalition is forecast to glide into power after Sunday’s general election, making her the favourite to become Italy’s first female prime minister – and its first far-right premier of the postwar era.
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The new head of Roscosmos called the ISS a dangerous and obsolete space object
The International Space Station has become unsafe and unusable. This was stated by the head of the Russian space agency, Yuri Borisov. The statement was made against the background of the other – that Russia is preparing to leave the ISS and is trying to create its own space station, writes Futurism. According to Yuri […]
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The new wine harvest in Europe heralds excellent quality wine despite the drought
Europe’s three biggest wine producers – Italy, France and Spain – are expected to produce a combined 130.2 million hectoliters of wine this year The increase in wine casks in France will keep volumes stable in Europe despite the severe drought that has gripped the continent over the summer. And while yields in most countries […]
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Wrong Time or European Gambit
Author: Svyatoslav Moiseenko, Why is Europe and the whole world in a fever? What is the meaning of the tough confrontation between East and West? Will it be possible to maintain a fragile balance of power, or is a military clash almost a reality? To what extent is the hazy ghost of the third world […]
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War crimes have been committed in Ukraine conflict
UN-appointed independent human rights investigators said that war crimes have indeed been committed in the conflict.
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With its credibility waning, UN has no choice but to take ‘bold steps’ to modernize, says Cyprus President
Addressing the General Assembly for the final time before leaving office, Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday relayed some hard truths about what he saw as shortcomings leading to the “gradual loss of credibility of the United Nations” and called for Member States to generate the political will to reform and modernize the Organization.
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Russia had ‘no choice’ but to launch ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine, Lavrov tells UN
Faced with the “inability” of Western countries to negotiate and the Ukrainian Government’s “war against its own people” in the east, Russia had “no choice” but to launch what the Government refers to as its special military operation, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told the UN General Assembly on Saturday.
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