RIP Erhard Busek – man dubbed “too decent for politics”
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(es) Edward Steen, Secretary-General. Vienna, March 15, 2022
The death of former Austrian Vice-Chancellor and OeVP leader Erhard Busek on the eve of his 81st...
Russia’s folly will drive change in the EU
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It's time for a more nuanced approach by France and Germany
by Alain Catzeflis,
Whipsnade, England,16 March 2022
The idea of Europe, like the idea of peace,...
Freedom from Iran for journalist who wasn’t a journalist
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COMMENT Anatomy of very British scandal that cost woman six years of her life
by Edward Steen. Vienna, March 16, 2022 Updated with BBC documentary...
Putin’s hubris will lead to nemesis, but when?
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London, 16 March 2022
by Anthony Robinson
Seldom has the warning that “Russia is never as strong as it seems, or as weak” been so apposite...
China’s self-interest is key to war outcome
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by Hu Wei in Beijing
Vice-chairman of the Public Policy Research Center of the Counselor’s Office of the State Council, Hu Wei is chairman of...
The Molotov militia waiting for the Russians
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Mykolaiv, 14 March 2022
by Askold Krushelnycky,
The Ukrainian port of Mykolaiv is being reinforced for a renewed onslaught by Russian forces which have so far...
Putin’s War: Day 19
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♦ A senior employee of Russia’s state Channel One television has interrupted the channel’s main news programme with an extraordinary protest against Vladimir Putin’s...
Award-winning US journalist killed in Kyiv
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(es) Vienna, March 14, 2022 updated 16/03/22 - death of Irish photographer and colleague
Brent Renaud, 50, an award-winning American film-maker and journalist, was killed...
After Putin, the German hegemon?
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ANALYSIS
by Anthony Robinson, former Moscow bureau chief, Financial Times. London, March 15, 2020
Once the truth about Ukrainian resistance and the magnitude of Russia’s economic...
Russian warship sunk in Black Sea
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Cannes, Monday 14 March 2022
by Mark Porter
https://youtu.be/iRIpqb37ePU
The Russian warship that bombed Snake Island on the Black Sea on the first day of the invasion...