Eurasia Press & News

Jakup Krasniqi and Rexhep Selimi were senior figures in the Kosovo Liberation Army who ended up on opposite political sides in peacetime, but this week both men were reunited in The Hague to face war crimes charges Jakup Krasniqi and Rexhep Selimi both pleaded not guilty at pre-trial hearings at …

Even as the coronavirus pandemic rages, Hungary’s government has its eye on the 2022 election with a series of laws designed to improve its chances of winning. Only a few hours after the Hungarian parliament voted near-unanimously on Tuesday to give Prime Minister Viktor Orban extraordinary powers to rule by …

North Macedonia is planning to put its loss-making, state-owned post office up for sale. But will anyone want to buy it?

Turkey is touting its domestic defence industry, but its expansion remains dependent on Western know-how. Acall by Greece last month for its European Union partners to consider an arms embargo on Turkey in a standoff over maritime boundaries in the Eastern Mediterranean has highlighted the growing collaboration between the Turkish …

It is generally believed that Islam is a backward religion, reinforcing the beliefs of medieval period, if not of the ancient period, it is conservative and even fundamentalist in its outlook, and it motivates its followers to be intolerant and violent. Islam, it is further believed, is incompatible with modern …

Quatre Français ordinaires écrivent à nos dirigeants Nous sommes des Français ordinaires. Nous n’avons pas habituellement l’occasion d’être publiés dans les journaux à grande diffusion. Nous espérons cette fois-ci que nous le serons. L’assassinat de l’enseignant d’histoire, M. Samuel Paty, nous oblige en effet à porter notre voix de simples …

Chinese fighter jets are apparently getting a mysterious new type of missile, a recent recruitment video of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force shows. The unidentified missile could be an advanced anti-radiation missile or a new long-range air-to-air missile, and either possibility could significantly increase the PLA’s capabilities in …

Russia plans to build a naval base in Sudan, according to a bilateral draft agreement between the two nations. The agreement would allow Russia to establish a naval logistics base in Sudan for the repair and supply of warships as well as provide rest to sailors, according to the document …

Turkey took offense at a U.S. statement that said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo would promote religious freedom during an upcoming visit to Istanbul and called Wednesday on Washington to focus on racism and hate crimes in the United States instead.

Turkey is ready to discuss U.S. concerns about the technical compatibility of Russian S-400 defences and U.S.-made F-35 jets, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said Thursday, repeating Ankara’s proposal for a joint working group with Washington on the issue.