Geopolitics
antiwar.com: US Seizes Sixth Venezuela-Linked Tanker
The tanker, named Veronica, was boarded by US forces in the Caribbean Read Article HERE
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Economics
Eurostat – EU Recession: Euro area international trade in goods surplus continues to decline
The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €9.9 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in November 2025, compared with + €15.4 bn in November 2024. The euro […]
Geopolitics
Kyiv Independent: 2 million Ukrainians evading mobilization, another 200,000 soldiers AWOL, new defence minister says
Two million Ukrainians are wanted for evading mobilization, and another 200,000 soldiers are absent without official leave (AWOL), Ukraine’s new Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said on Jan. 14. Speaking in parliament where he was appointed […]
EU politics
Hungary Today: Only Austerity Measures Can Provide More Funding for Ukraine, EU Affairs Minister Warns
The government has published the report on EU funding for Ukraine and the European Commission’s demands for tax increases and austerity measures, the Minister for EU Affairs announced on his Facebook page on Wednesday. Read […]
Economics
Eurostat – EU Recession: EU Current Account Balance Continues rapid decline
In the third quarter of 2025 compared with the second quarter of 2025, based on seasonally adjusted data the surplus of the goods account increased (+€95.7 bn compared to +€86.3 bn), the surplus of the […]
Economics
Corbin Trent: It Works, If You Work It.
For our economy to provide a nice life for all we will need structural reform. How bad is it? This bad. Read Article HERE
Geopolitics
Avi Shlaim: Israel, From Genocide to Self-Destruction
The genocide in Gaza radicalizes Zionism’s long-standing colonial project. But Israeli leaders’ open rejection of any future possibility of a Palestinian state have undercut their own international legitimacy. Read Article HERE
Geopolitics
Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom: Military Spending by Russia’s Neighbours
The Mongolian Option and Understanding European and Asian Divergences Read Article Here Map icensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. Attribution: Aotearoa at Polish Wikipedia
Geopolitics
Ali Abunimah: Why I filed criminal charges against Switzerland’s former top cop
On 12 January, I filed a criminal complaint with the public prosecutor of the Canton of Zurich against Nicoletta della Valle, the former director of Fedpol, Switzerland’s national police agency. The complaint alleges abuse of […]
Deregulation
Corporate Europe Observatory – Deregulation Watch
A useful resource to keep an eye on what the European Commission is up to with it’s deregulation agenda. Read the article HERE.