At the start of the new year, Bulgaria replaced the lev with the euro. The Balkan state is the 21st country in which the common currency is the official means of payment. 01/01/2026, 06:1101/01/2026, 06:11 The euro will help tourism and make it easier for Bulgarian manufacturers to trade with Europe and the world, as […]
Continue ReadingAccording to US intelligence, there was no attack by Ukraine that targeted Putin’s residence. The news may have triggered another change of heart for Donald Trump. 01/01/2026, 04:0201/01/2026, 04:02 In the midst of negotiations to end the Ukraine war, US President Donald Trump surprisingly shared an article that was very critical of Russia on his […]
Continue ReadingUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) and U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff (right) met at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, December 15, 2025.Image: keystone December 31, 2025, 7:53 p.mDecember 31, 2025, 7:53 p.m According to his own statements, US special envoy Steve Witkoff discussed the next steps towards an end to the war in Ukraine with […]
Continue ReadingA security guard follows Chinese President Xi Jinping’s speech on a screen in Beijing.Image: keystone December 31, 2025, 1:58 p.mDecember 31, 2025, 1:58 p.m In his New Year’s address, China’s head of state and party leader Xi Jinping highlighted the country’s technological progress and at the same time reiterated its claim to reunification with Taiwan. […]
Continue ReadingThe Finnish Coast Guard released this photo of the suspicious vessel.image: x December 31, 2025, 1:38 p.mDecember 31, 2025, 1:55 p.m The Finnish Coast Guard has detained a suspicious vessel after a submarine communications cable was damaged in the Baltic Sea. It was initially unclear what kind of ship it was. As police in Finland […]
Continue ReadingBenajmin Netanyahu visited Donald Trump at the White House this week.Image: keystone December 31, 2025, 1:05 p.mDecember 31, 2025, 1:05 p.m Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has played down growing settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank. In an interview with the US broadcaster Fox News, he said that only a “handful of kids” […]
Continue ReadingDecember 31, 2025, 10:16December 31, 2025, 10:16 The USA and Israel are said to have agreed on a two-month deadline for disarming the Islamist terrorist organization Hamas. US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed on this at their meeting in Florida, a source familiar with the matter confirmed. The newspaper “Israel […]
Continue ReadingDecember 31, 2025, 08:41December 31, 2025, 9:00 a.m According to information from Kiev, the negotiations to end the war in Ukraine started by Russia are entering the next round with a summit at the beginning of January. A meeting of national security advisors from the “Coalition of the Willing” is initially planned for January 3rd […]
Continue ReadingDecember 31, 2025, 07:12December 31, 2025, 07:23 After the spectacular million-dollar coup in a Gelsenkirchen savings bank branch, the police are looking for the fugitive tank busters. They used a special drill to drill into the vault and then broke open almost all of the 3,250 customer safe deposit boxes. The perpetrators broke into the […]
Continue ReadingDecember 30, 2025, 6:00 p.mDecember 30, 2025, 6:00 p.m Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul.Image: keystone Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has described Israel’s recognition of the Republic of Somaliland as “unacceptable”. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government wants to “push the Horn of Africa into instability,” said Erdogan at a […]
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