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Helen Lackner: There’s Still No End in Sight to Yemen’s Catastrophic War
The brutal war that no one in the West wants to talk about, because it’s western allies dishing out the brutality. Read the article HERE.
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Corruption
Berto Sagrera: Spain fails to comply with UN resolution on rights of Catalan political prisoners
El Nacional.Cat reports that the Spanish Government has dismissed the UN’s opinion that the state had violated the political rights of Catalan pro-independence leaders when they were imprisoned after the 2017 referendum. Read the article […]
Economics
DeStatis – German Production in January 2023: -1.6% year on year
Output rose 3.5 per cent in January from the previous month, although this mostly was a rebound from December’s fall. But DeStatis always selects the positive numbers. That is what happens when your paymaster is […]
Economics
DeStatis: German Manufacturing in January 2023: new orders fell by 10.9% year on year
This is is not the growth EU politicians and mainstream media were talking up a couple of months ago. Read HERE
Economics
South China Morning Post – China trade: exports, imports dip further at start of 2023, testing resilience of economic recovery
Booming world economic recovery anyone? Read HERE
Corruption
Andreas Sartzekis: Rail disaster in Greece: “Our dead, their profits”
This article on ‘International Viewpoint’ documents the dilapidated and privatised state of Greece’s railways. Read the article HERE.
Corruption
Politico: EU watchdog probes Commission’s business trip rules amid Qatargate
The EU Commission’s top transport official took free flights to Doha while his team were negotiating a major aviation deal. Read the article HERE.
National Politics
Kyiv Independent – Ukrainian soldiers in Bakhmut: ‘Our troops are not being protected’
“During their brief visits to the nearby town of Kostiantynivka, Ukrainian infantrymen told the Kyiv Independent of unprepared, poorly-trained battalions being thrown into the front line meat grinder to survive as best they could with […]
Economics
Reuters: How crypto giant Binance became a hub for hackers, fraudsters and drug traffickers
For five years, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance served as a conduit for the laundering of at least $2.35 billion in illicit funds, a Reuters investigation has found. Read HERE
Economics
Bill Mitchell: Abandoning the euro would have essentially zero negative income effects for the vast majority of Member States
“I am still one that considers the only viable future for the 20 Member States is to exit the EMU, restore their own currency sovereignty, and then negotiate inter-governmental agreements at the European level (by […]