Putin gets his pipeline
One of the twin lines in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline network is now complete, … Read more
Geopolitics
Denmark helped US spy on Merkel and EU leaders
According to Danish Television (DR), several German, French, Norwegian and Swedish parliamentarians and senior officials were regularly spied on by the US National Security Agency (NSA) with the assistance of the Danish secret service, Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste (FE).
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict imported into France
While the world is witnessing a new escalation in this endless conflict between Israelis and Palestinians which, since 1948, is a problem of territory and law since there are clear but unfulfilled UN resolutions, pro-Palestinian associations are organizing rallies this Saturday throughout France.
UK: Electoral boost for Boris and Brexit
Things are not going badly for Britain post Brexit. These are early days but those in Brussels, hoping to have a weakened UK to deal with, will have been disappointed.
Gunboat diplomacy off the Channel Islands
The U.K. and France are engaged in a standoff over post-Brexit fishing rights around the British Channel Islands of Guernsey and Jersey.
Ecologists hold up Nord Stream 2
A legal action launched by a German environmental NGO Nabu has caused the suspension of the work on the much tormented pipeline. According to Nabu the pipeline could destroy marine habitat.
The galley of the shipwrecked Covid-19
Whether they are French expatriates in faraway lands, tourists or foreigners stranded in France, there are several thousand of them being held far from home. Here are some examples.
The decline of the American empire accelerated by the Covid…
The coronavirus health crisis revealed the weaknesses and dangers of Donald Trump’s America. To the point of calling into question his global leadership.
Coronavirus : cross-border workers in the Far East
Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg are taking protective measures that are worrying the 170,000 frontier workers in the Far East.
Covid-19 Coronavirus Coughs Up Global Economy
The Middle Kingdom has invested its capital in multinationals and consolidated its investments in Europe to take global economic leadership. But a nasty virus is now infecting the big machine.
Two Russians detained in Libya
Two Russian citizens, Maxim Shugalei and his interpreter have been detained in Libya for nine months now. A case with still blurred contours.
Ghassem Soleimani: Serious consequences
The death of the Iranian general in Baghdad on the orders of Donald Trump will have significant consequences throughout the Middle East and far beyond.