Vienna/Brussels (5/10 – 27.27). The Freedom Party (FPÖ) secured about 29 per cent of the vote on Saturday, a historic first. The head of Austria’s far-right Freedom Party, which won…
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Drug Trafficking in Tajikistan: A Very Deep but not Incurable Evil
For many years, Tajikistan has been gravely affected by drug trafficking. At least 15-20 tons of opium and between 75 and 80 metric tons of heroin are smuggled into the country each year from…
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Russian response slow, inefficient and repelled
by Lucas Hayesby Lucas HayesMoscow (11 September/ 33.33). Russia waged a 2-year war of aggression against its neighbor, the Ukraine. Two years on, hundred thousand of deaths, families destroyed, Russia is no where near…
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Oasis tickets fiasco: Dynamic pricing faces ‘urgent’ review
by Kit Westby Kit WestAn “urgent review” of dynamic pricing has been launched to ensure consumers are being treated fairly, the competition regulator has announced amid the backlash over ticket prices for the Oasis…
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5 children arrested over murder of 80-year-old in UK
by Lucas Hayesby Lucas HayesLONDON Five children, aged 12 and 14, have been arrested for the murder of an 80-year-old man who died after being attacked in a Leicestershire park, police said Tuesday. The…
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Islamic State does not like Taylor Swift. Austrian police arrests plotters
Washington/Vienna/Berlin (10/8 – 45.45) After a tip-off by U.S. intelligence officials and only a few hours left Austrian police made swift arrests. The plot seems too bizarre not to be…
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Ukrainians prepare new brigades for renewed attack
by Freddy Evansby Freddy EvansKiev (20 July – 85.17) Battles are expected to be fierce. Contacts in Brussels speak of preparation of a renewed push of the Ukrainian forces to push the Russian occupation…
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Putin’s war is the cause of NATO enlargement
Reporting from the NATO summit We’re now hearing from US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin, who began by talking about NATO’s history and how the principle of collective security was formed…
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Russian Deputy Defense Minister Tatyana Shevtsova stole millions from Putin
by Lucas Hayesby Lucas HayesFormer Russian Deputy Defense Minister Tatyana Shevtsova, who officially was dismissed mid-June, fled to France ‘with hundreds of millions of dollars saved in cryptocurrency.’. Tsargrad and other Telegram channels report…
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Europe’s New “Iron Lady” Estonia’s Kaja Kallas
by Flynn Owenby Flynn OwenEurope’s new “Iron Lady”, Estonia’s Kaja Kallas, is one of the strongest voices for an uncompromising stand against belligerent Russia. Brussels (30 June – 28). Having grown up under the Soviet…