May, 2022

• 1 May

  Biden Seeks $33 Billion in New Ukraine Aid

  U.S. President Joe Biden asked Congress Thursday to approve $33 billion in additional aid for Ukraine to help it resist invading Russian forces over the next five months. The House overwhelmingly passed legislation aimed at removing obstacles that slow the delivery of military assistance. Those two developments would allow the …

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• 1 May

  Forget Sputnik. Russian Propaganda Has other Paths into North Macedonia

  Disappointed with the West, lacking trust in local leaders, and served a diet of Serbian media, many in North Macedonia are vulnerable to Russia’s wartime propaganda. When the letter Z, a symbol of support for Russia’s war in Ukraine, appeared on facades in the town of Bitola, in the southwest …

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April, 2022

• 29 April

  Algeria threatens to scrap gas contract with Spain amid tensions with Morocco

  

  Gas giant Algeria threatened Wednesday to break a contract to supply gas to Spain if Madrid transferred it onwards to “a third destination”, amid tensions with regional rival Morocco. Algeria’s state-owned energy giant Sonatrach supplied more than 40 percent of Madrid’s natural gas imports in 2021, most of which was …

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• 29 April

  Tigrayan Ethiopian blue helmets in Sudan apply for asylum, says official

  

  A group of some 550 Ethiopian United Nations peacekeepers working in Sudan have claimed asylum due to their Tigrayan background, an official working in the area of refugee response told Reuters newswire. The blue helmets fear that they will be persecuted, after the Ethiopian Federal government launched an offensive in …

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• 29 April

  For many migrants, the view of Rwanda is often far from rosy

  

  Britain’s recent decision to send some migrants to Rwanda is questioned by several people resettled in this tiny East African country who say it is not a suitable refuge. One Eritrean refugee who was deported from Israel to Rwanda in 2015 said he found the country “too difficult” and moved …

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• 29 April

  UN: ‘Sudan govt responsible for safety of civilians in West Darfur’

  

  The UN Secretary-General António Guterres, and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, have independently called on the government of Sudan to take responsibility for the protection of civilians, and to prevent further outbreaks of violence in the restive Kereinik locality in West Darfur, where at least 200 …

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• 29 April

  Russian labor market and its prospects for Indians

  

  Does Russia need workers? The labor force in Russia is gradually declining. This indicator reached its peak in 2008-2011. Then the labor market was 76 million people, or 53% of the total population of the country. By 2020 that figure has fallen below 73 million, less than 51% of the …

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• 29 April

  Communication and Capitalism

  

  Many people would quite correctly argue that the conceptual pair of “communication and capitalism” are more about capitalism than communication and the media. While the imperatives of capitalism carry on, the requirements of corporate media become ever more determining. More and more, the media – print, TV, online, etc. – …

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• 29 April

  The Dollar and Delusional Assumptions about Sanctions against Russia

  

  Sanctions are a form of warfare, and few would deny that we have moved into a new era of economic warfare with sanctions, led by the US, have become the norm, rather than the exception. This was the conclusion recently of the pro-Western World Economic Forum. If there is general …

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• 29 April

  Rouble Gains, Euro Falls As Russia Cuts Gas Supplies To Bulgaria and Poland

  

  The euro plummeted to a five-year low against the US dollar during Wednesday’s trading, amid heightened fears of a possible energy crisis and an economic slowdown in Europe. Media reports from Europe said: As of 11:01am GMT, the euro/dollar exchange rate was down to $1.061 from the previous closing level …

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