Un drapeau est toujours un message. Un signe de ralliement au Moyen Âge, un signe de reconnaissance codé par l’héraldique sous la monarchie. Le système actuel de couleurs est toujours porteur de messages idéologiques. Les drapeaux sont immédiatement identifiables: le drapeau rouge, symbole des luttes ouvrières, le drapeau noir de …
Read More »US Shows The Exit Ramp To Russia
Getting off your high horse is never easy and it remains to be seen how deftly Moscow navigates its path in the downstream of President Vladimir Putin’s 50-minute phone conversation Thursday with his American counterpart Joe Biden. Washington highlighted that the conversation took place following Putin’s “request” — meaning, the …
Read More »Trump Endorses Hungary’s PM Orban Ahead Of Election
Former U.S. President Donald Trump has endorsed Viktor Orban in Hungary’s upcoming parliamentary elections, describing the nationalist prime minister as a “strong leader.” In a statement on January 3, Trump wrote that the Hungarian leader has his “Complete support and Endorsement” in elections expected in April. Orban “has done a …
Read More »Inflation Or Recession? The Fed Faces A Choice
On December 15, the Federal Reserve announced numerous quantitative tightening measures that have the intended goal of combating the rising inflation that has been bogging down the American economy. As of November 2021, the rate of inflation has reached 6.8 percent, the highest since 1982, and is unlikely to have …
Read More »New Gas Cooperation Between Iran And Turkmenistan: Prospects And Limitations – Analysis
In a remarkable sign of tightening relations, Iran, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan signed a trilateral natural gas swap deal on the sidelines of the 15th summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), in Ashgabat, on November 27, 2021. Iranian Oil Minister Javad Oji noted that “Under this tripartite agreement, Iran will …
Read More »Ukłon Brukseli w stronę Polski. Atom może być zieloną inwestycją
Bruksela może pozwolić na finansowanie energetyki jądrowej i gazowej ze środków publicznych. To ukłon w stronę Polski i krajów naszego regionu. Kraje Europy Środkowo- Wschodniej chcą oprzeć transformację energetyczną na dwóch źródłach: atomie i gazie. Propozycje Komisji Europejskiej to dobra wiadomość dla Polski. Oznaczają jednak, że musimy przyspieszyć prace nad …
Read More »Der Euro hat die Reifeprüfung bestanden
Mit Sicherheit können sich die meisten Österreicher an den 1. Jänner 2002 erinnern, als sie in der Silvesternacht erstmals statt Schilling neue Euro-Scheine aus den Bankomaten zogen. Ich verbinde eine besondere Erinnerung mit der Einführung des Euro-Bargeldes vor 20 Jahren. Denn ich habe am Neujahrstag 2002 den damaligen EU-Kommissionspräsidenten Romano …
Read More »IDF issues demolition order for home of Jerusalem terrorist
Eli Kay was killed in a shooting attack carried out by Hamas member Fadi Abu Shkhaydam The IDF on Monday issued a demolition order for the home of the Palestinian terrorist who murdered Israeli civilian Eli Kay on November 22 in Jerusalem’s Old City. The order was signed by OC …
Read More »SWIFT and Certain Punishment for Russia?
There Are Better Ways to Deter Moscow Than Threatening Its Banking Access In 2014, as Russia solidified its control over Crimea and supported separatist forces in eastern Ukraine, policymakers on both sides of the Atlantic struggled with how best to respond. Although U.S. and EU officials quickly settled on sanctions …
Read More »Saudi coalition demands Houthis release UAE vessel seized in Red Sea
The Houthis claimed the ship was carrying military equipment and conducting “hostile activities” in Yemen’s territorial waters. The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen accused the Houthis on Monday of “hijacking” an Emirati-flagged vessel in the Red Sea that it claimed was carrying medical supplies but which the rebels described as a …
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