Climate Crisis
Euronews – Germany: Minister casts doubt on 2030 coal exit
More back-sliding on climate targets, common theme almost everywhere in Europe now. Read the article HERE.
Link
Finance
The Kyiv Independent: Is Ukraine’s Counter-Offensive Over?
As fall weather arrives, observers are looking at the status of Ukraine’s three-pronged counteroffensive, which continues to move very slowly. Read HERE Photo: Ukraine Ministry of Defence 2014
Energy
Turkish Minute: Israel’s oil imports continue to pass through Turkey despite Erdoğan’s pro-Palestinian rhetoric
The Seaviolet, an oil tanker registered in Malta, recently transported 1 million barrels of Azerbaijani crude from Turkey’s Ceyhan Port to Israel’s Eilat Port, according to a report by Bloomberg. Read HERE Source: Iran Observer
Corruption
Politico: How Europe became the Wild West of spyware
“The U.S. is working to blacklist these companies but here in Europe, they are getting the royal treatment.” Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
BBC – Andy McDonald: Labour suspends MP after speech at pro-Palestinian rally
Labour MP suspended after stating: “We will not rest until we have justice. Until all people, Israelis and Palestinians, between the river and the sea, can live in peaceful liberty.” Read the article HERE.
Economics
DeStatis: Gross domestic product in the 3rd quarter of 2023 down 0.1% on the previous quarter
BRAVE NEW EUROPE cannot verify the statistics provided by DeStatis. DeStatis is not an independent body, but part of the German government Gross domestic product (GDP), 3rd quarter of 2023 -0.1% on the previous quarter […]
Climate Crisis
Tim Sahay, Kate Mackenzie: Oil and Politics in the Mid-Transition
, A world with terminally declining oil demand has never been experienced before, but the growth era for fossil fuels is ending, as many producers, investors and forecasters are acknowledging. This does not put climate […]
EU politics
German Foreign Policy: On Alert” Over Slovakia
Germany increases pressure on Slovakia. The reason: The new government of Slovakia, a country economically dependent on Germany, plans to discontinue the policy of economic liberalism and tends toward friendship with Russia. Read HERE
Geopolitics
Kyiv Independet: As Bakhmut counteroffensive lags, soldiers burnt out from horrors of war
These are the horrors and reality of the war in Ukraine: Of the original 110 people that his company had when it was formed in June 2022, only four remain in action – the rest […]
EU politics
Eldar Mamedov: EU’s vaunted unity is disintegrating over Gaza crisis
Hamas’s attack and Israel’s response have pitted member states and institutions against each other, and it’s spilling over in public. Read HERE