Europe
SOS Humanity condemns end of search and rescue NGO-funding by German federal government
The managing director of SOS Humanity, Till Rummenhohl, comments on the discontinuation of financial support for civil search and rescue by the German Federal Foreign Office and the media reuse of a false claim made by today’s Foreign Minister Johann…
NATO’s 5% of GDP military expenditures is a 100% indefensible and stupid Idea
Worse now after NATO Hague Summit, June 2025. We are so far out that millions of taxpayers should refuse to pay and overwhelm NATO/EU legal systems as NATO moves towards Zero Security with this. By Jan Oberg Pathological groupthink towards…
Greece: Court acquits 11 asylum seekers accused of human smuggling
A ruling destined to mark a turning point in European case law: the court on the island of Samos has acquitted 11 asylum seekers of charges related to facilitating irregular immigration. The accusations stemmed solely from the fact that they…
MEP Stine Bosse (Denmark): Europe in Africa: Colonial hypocrisy led to collapse. Why the EU has lost out to China?
Danish EP MP Stine Bosse criticises EU policy: ‘Talked about partnership but behaved like masters’ and calls for investment in green energy and education instead of resource control. ‘Africa wants equality – or Europe will lose everything’. By the beginning…
A week before the NATO meeting, Spain reacts to the 5% of armaments
“Committing to the 5% target would not only be absurd, but also counterproductive, because it would take Spain further away from optimal spending and hinder the EU’s ongoing efforts to strengthen the security and defence ecosystem.” About a week before…
The Stars and Stripes Diplomacy of the Vatican: Leo XIV Inherits Pope Francis’s Chinese Legacy
Fuzhou, June 2025 – The appointment of Bishop Lin Yuntuan as auxiliary bishop of Fuzhou by the Vatican marks a turning point in Sino-Vatican relations. Under the guidance of Pope Leo XIV, the first US pontiff, the Holy See has…
Russia: Putin’s Cup of Tea
Perhaps, the latest book titled ‘Putin’s Cup of Tea’ published in May 2025 portraying the personality of Russian President Vladimir Putin, is a bold, inventive, and relevant collection of poems that pours clear, insightful commentary over human passion and the…
G. Varoufakis in the European Parliament: “How Europe fell into the arms of warmongering, and what we must do”
On Tuesday, June 10 2025, I addressed a meeting at the European Parliament, an event organised by The Left and M5S Europa, on the theme of “The Economic Conditions for Peace”, alongside Jeffrey Sachs and Giuseppe Conte. My talk can be watched and…
18 New Countries Ratify High Seas Treaty at 2025 UN Ocean Conference
On the first day of the United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC) in Nice, France, on Monday, 18 new countries ratified the High Seas Treaty for a total of 49 — just 11 shy of the 60 needed for the agreement to be…
Re-Imagine Peace, in conversation with Noa
I met Achinoam Nini, internationally known as the singer Noa, in Florence on May 31, 2025. She is a peace activist, and she says: “Our role as artists is to create an alternative reality”. What I appreciate is that her…
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