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Who needs enemies with friends like these?

The pictures of gas bubbling up to the surface of the Baltic Sea had barely appeared on the screens, when the first claims appeared...

Ana Richter
Aug 26, 2024 3 min read

Brussels leaves Member States alone when it comes to…

There are many tourist attractions in Latvia that belong to either the categories of ’must see’ or ’no go zone’, depending on how much...

Christopher Tapp
Aug 25, 2024 4 min read

A game changer or a risky gamble? Only time…

News arrived first only sparsely, more like rumours than facts for the first few hours and days, but then turned into a tide as...

Christopher Tapp
Aug 23, 2024 3 min read

At Macron’s Olympics, ’difference’ triumphed over ’normality’

As the Paris Olympic Games have ended, it is worth looking back and assessing them – this time, not in terms of the athletes’...

Christopher Tapp
Aug 20, 2024 3 min read

A few thoughts on the “prisoner swap of the…

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris waited for them in person, on the tarmac. (So did President Putin in Moscow, though he...

Christopher Tapp
Aug 13, 2024 3 min read

Finally there are calls for “toning it down” ……

When you catch an adjective, kill it. This advice was given by Mark Twain to one of his students. His words of caution should...

Arrigo Mazzi
Aug 6, 2024 2 min read

Macron’s defeat in elections risks France’s marginalization on the…

One may find it a novelty, that the voice of French President Emmanuel Macron, so energetic on international political issues over the past few...

Ana Richter
Aug 2, 2024 3 min read

The Winds of Change, finally?

It seems that there was a significant development in Ukrainian-Russian relations over the past weeks. While peace is still mostly a dream, the outlooks...

Christopher Tapp
Jul 31, 2024 4 min read

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