April, 2022

• 27 April

  Ο πόλεμος

  

  Μεγάλη Εβδομάδα και ο πόλεμος συνεχίζεται. Ανάμεσα σε δύο κράτη «χριστιανικά» και «ορθόδοξα». Μεγάλη Εβδομάδα των παθών λοιπόν, αλλά η Ανάσταση αργεί πολύ. Ο πόλεμος συνεχίζεται, ο πόλεμος αλέθει στις μυλόπετρές του ανθρώπους και σκορπίζει δυστυχία παντού. Και απειλεί την ίδια τη ζωή του πλανήτη. «Καινούργιες τρέλες των ανθρώπων ή …

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• 27 April

  Palestinian Man, 20, Killed in Clashes With Israeli Troops During Arrest Raid Near Jericho

  

  A Palestinian man, 20, was killed during clashes early Tuesday morning with Israeli troops in a refugee camp near Jericho in the West Bank. Ahmed Ibrahim Owaidat was hit in the head with live fire and died several hours later in a hospital in Ramallah, according to the ministry, Israeli …

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• 27 April

  Explosions in Moldovan region near Ukraine spark war worries

  

  Two explosions in a radio facility close to the Ukrainian border knocked a pair of powerful broadcast antennas out of service in Moldova’s separatist region of Trans-Dniester, local police said Tuesday. Trans-Dniester, a strip of land with about 470,000 people, has been under the control of separatist authorities since a …

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• 27 April

  Russia’s war heats up cooking oil prices in global squeeze

  

  For months, Istanbul restaurant Tarihi Balikca tried to absorb the surging cost of the sunflower oil its cooks use to fry fish, squid and mussels. But in early April, with oil prices nearly four times higher than they were in 2019, the restaurant finally raised its prices. Now, even some …

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• 27 April

  US urges more arms for Ukraine amid fears of expanding war

  

  The U.S. pressed its allies Tuesday to move “heaven and earth” to keep Kyiv well-supplied with weapons as Russian forces rained fire on eastern and southern Ukraine amid growing new fears the war could spill over the country’s borders. For the second day in a row, explosions rocked the separatist …

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• 27 April

  The EAC’s Challenges in Eastern Congo

  

  As the DRC becomes the newest member of the East African Community, the regional organization confronts multiple challenges in its effort to tackle insecurity in eastern Congo. The East African Community (EAC) wasted no time in wading into the complex and murky security issues bedeviling its newest member, the Democratic …

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• 27 April

  Military minds gather in Israel as war in Ukraine resets strategies

  

  As it closely follows the changing battlefield in Ukraine, Israel will soon need to take a definitive stance on the Russian invasion. As the war and its scenes of devastation drag on in Ukraine, ​Israel has become a magnet for foreign security officials from dozens of countries. “This has become …

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• 27 April

  The War in Ukraine is Beginning to Look More and More Like Syria

  

  “War is too serious a matter to be left to the soldiers,” said the French First World War prime minister Georges Clemenceau. But the evidence of most wars in history is that they are also too serious to be left to the politicians. This failing is not yet evident in …

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• 27 April

  Russia expels 40 German diplomatic staff in tit-for-tat move

  

  Russia’s foreign ministry said on Monday that it had declared 40 German diplomatic staff “personae non gratae” in a retaliatory move after Berlin expelled the same number of Russian diplomats, Reuters reported. In a statement, Russia’s foreign ministry said it had taken the decision after Germany on April 4 declared …

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• 27 April

  Algeria will not abandon its commitment to supply Spain with gas, Tebboune says

  

  Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Saturday said his country will not abandon its commitment to supply Spain with gas despite a diplomatic row with the European country over Western Sahara. “We assure the Spanish friends, the Spanish people that Algeria will never abandon its commitment to supply Spain with gas …

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