Iran conflict exposes limits of US military and political strategy
If neither Tel Aviv nor Washington is willing to back down, they may seek to push Iranian forces away from the shores of the Strai…
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Breaches at arms manufacturers expose Czech–Slovak security gaps
An arson attack on LPP Holding’s premises caused damage worth hundreds of millions of Czech crowns. The company told Statement tha…
Polish president’s Hungary trip fuels row over Russia stance
The Polish president visited Budapest shortly after the Hungarian Kremlin whistleblowing scandal, stirring up the waters not only …
Surrogate motherhood in the Third Reich and the Bible
In Europe, Christianity reshaped family law, curbing practices such as polygamy and arrangements akin to surrogate motherhood. Yet…
Narvian People’s Republic: is Estonia at risk of a Ukraine-style scenario?
Since February, Russian-language narratives have circulated on social media calling for the creation of a pro-Russian ‘People’s Re…
Ukraine makes first gains since 2023 – but Russia still advances
The front stretches for more than a thousand kilometres, yet the attention of military analysts and the Ukrainian and Russian gene…
Teacher who exposed Russian school propaganda wins Oscar
Mr. Nobody Against Putin, directed by Russian teacher Pavel Talankin and American filmmaker David Borenstein, won the Oscar for be…
The collapse of Yugoslavia and the NATO bombing of Serbia
Even decades later, many Serbs still see the Kosovo saga as a historic injustice. The collapse of Yugoslavia, the NATO bombing of …
From communists to capitalists: NATO’s war in Afghanistan
The terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001 plunged the United States into the invasion of Afg…
Veto fight over EU defence loan shakes Polish politics
The Polish government and the presidential office have been at odds for years. This time, it appears that certain branches of our …
Latin American volunteers: from Ukraine to the underworld
Among foreign nationals killed while fighting for Ukraine in the Russian–Ukrainian war, Colombians have long formed the largest gr…
Middle East conflict could trigger unprecedented migration to Europe
After the US-Israeli attacks on Iran, Israel expanded ground operations in southern Lebanon. Iran, in turn, launched air strikes o…
No more missiles? How the attack on Iran could affect the war in Ukraine
The regime did not collapse even after the death of its supreme leader, and an end to the escalating conflict in the Middle East i…
How the war has changed life in Russia
Every prolonged war eventually reshapes life far beyond the battlefield. Russia is no exception.
Corruption scandal in Ukraine’s energy sector widens
The resignation in November and subsequent dismissal of justice minister Herman Halushchenko by the Ukrainian parliament have trig…
Kremlin tightens grip on the internet
Western websites and messaging services have been throttled for more than a year, leaving them inaccessible in some regions and ba…
Orbán's new challenger: A change of course or just a different tone for the same policy?
Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok has called elections for April 12, and the opposition TISZA party currently has a slight lead ove…
Merz at a conference in Bavaria: Europe needs its own nuclear umbrella
Threats from Beijing and Washington, and negotiations with the French president. Merz outlined what he believes threatens the old …
Deadly or "just" dangerous? Russia continues to use chemical weapons in Ukraine
Similar to World War I, combat gas on the front lines means more casualties.
Half of Moldova is already part of Romania. Sandu is in favor of the rest becoming part of Romania as well
The historical region known as Moldavia is inhabited on both sides of the Moldavian-Romanian border by ethnic Romanian-speaking Ro…
The EU-India agreement is not just about tariffs. A center for Indian migration to Europe will be established
The mother of all agreements, as both sides agree to call it, will bring European Union countries not only economic growth and a b…
A pragmatist from Belarus? Lukashenko's political prisoner calls for dialogue
Lukashenko is an ally of Russia, but he is still a long way from wanting to become part of the Russian Federation. According to a …
Warsaw has published millions of safety manuals. Poles should also be prepared for war
Seventeen million copies filled mailboxes across the country. Thanks to the brochure, people learn how to increase their chances o…
Iran on the brink. The fall of the Islamist dictatorship could lead to civil war
The military invasion of Iraq, justified by the lie that Saddam Hussein's regime possessed weapons of mass destruction, brought no…
Greenland as Danish territory, also under US protection, according to Axios sources
According to sources at Axios, Copenhagen can celebrate thanks to Mark Rutte. Trump has apparently ruled out the possibility of a …
Russian schoolgirl called Russians fighting for Ukraine heroes. She faces prison camp
A military court established under the now defunct Russian Western Military District ruled that 17-year-old Yeva Bagrova had parti…
Dark clouds loom over the Russian opposition. Vilnius and Kiev have reshuffled the deck.
One year-end report by Leonid Volkov caused a storm in the Russian opposition waters. However, the dispute quickly spread beyond t…
Tymoshenko will not be sent to prison for the time being. She will not be leaving Ukraine anytime soon.
A bail of €660,000, a ban on leaving the Kyiv region, and a ban on contacting other suspects. This is the temporary punishment for…
Greenland's foreign minister: We will strengthen cooperation with the US, but we do not want to be their property
The foreign ministers of the US, Denmark, and Greenland met on Wednesday to discuss the future of the world's largest island, whic…
Polluted soil and water, piles of dead animals. The drone war is also having a severe impact on nature.
While politicians and soldiers focus primarily on the primary impact of drones, i.e., destroyed equipment, fallen and maimed soldi…
Where in Lviv did the Russian Oreshnik strike? CNN also revealed its technical parameters.
Moscow and Kyiv agree that a Russian ballistic missile struck Lviv in western Ukraine. However, the two sides' claims differ signi…
A 14-year-old student wearing a T-shirt with the words "Hitler kaput" attacked a school in Kiev. He was allegedly linked to the Kremlin.
A ninth-grader wearing a helmet and a T-shirt with the words "Hitler kaput" inflicted several stab and cut wounds on his teacher a…
Tusk's coalition patchwork unlikely to survive the upcoming elections
A December poll on voting preferences in Poland confirmed the weakening of the current government and the strengthening of the rad…
Not everyone welcomes the ban on nighttime alcohol sales in Warsaw
This year, a ban on nighttime alcohol sales will come into effect throughout the Polish capital. However, it has already been in p…
The Islamist regime may be on its last legs. Protests in Iran continue unabated.
Inflation or the continuing rule of the ayatollahs? The protests have spread significantly, gained intensity, and the original cau…
The media is speculating about a possible occupation of Greenland. What would America gain and Europe lose?
US President Donald Trump has made it clear that, in the interests of "national security," he will acquire the island by hook or b…
The defeated Maduro's await trial in the US. President faces life imprisonment
Sixty-three-year-old Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores are being held in a Brooklyn jail after US forces captured them in Caracas i…
The war criminal who gave the interview to daily Štandard was lecturing children at a school in St. Petersburg
More than a decade ago, Alexei Milchakov became famous for his photographs of himself eating a freshly cut puppy's head. On social…
Half a million video and a place in the presidential office: Budanov is riding high in the New Year
Kyrylo Budanov, the head of Ukrainian military intelligence, still has his famous smile on his face. In 2026, he celebrates one su…
Russian and Belarusian opposition. Two abysmally different worlds
The opposition groups opposing the policies of Moscow and Minsk are united by the fact that they operate in exile and are divided …
Special operation declassified: the commander of the RDK Denis Nikitin is alive
Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine (HUR MoD), spoke alongside Nikitin…
Fourth Christmas and New Year's Eve with guns in their hands. The ceasefire in Ukraine is grazed even during the holidays
As in previous years, the Christmas holidays and the arrival of the New Year did not bring the warring parties the ceasefire known…
A bountiful supply of mischievous activity. Eight people have already been arrested in Poland
Military saboteurs and smugglers, Poles and foreigners, men and an underage girl - the security forces of our northern neighbour w…
Denis Nikitin, commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps, was killed at the front
The founder and commander of the RDK fought on the side of Ukraine from the first day of the invasion. His death was announced by …
Racial attack at school near Moscow may lead to ban on paganism in Russia
A 15-year-old Russian stabbed a Tajik five years younger than him. The Russian Orthodox Church has long wanted to enforce a comple…
Czech bank angers customers from occupied Ukraine. Allegedly behaves as if they were from Russia
December was marked by problems with bills for the Ukrainian diaspora in the Czech Republic. A number of Ukrainians were confronte…
Poland has detained a Russian archaeologist at the request of Kiev. He faces a sentence of up to ten years
Leading Russian scientist Alexander Butagin has been carrying out archaeological work in occupied Crimea since 2014 and exporting …
Berlin, with the support of the AfD, has pushed through both domestic freedom violations and digital spying
The federal state in the heart of Germany has passed an amendment to a law that introduces biometric facial recognition with the h…
Russia sends members of its military behind bars for the murder of a US soldier in Ukraine
This is the second case in which a Russian court has convicted Russian soldiers whose killing on Ukrainian territory went beyond t…
He wanted to fight the Lukashenko regime. So far, he is fighting a woman and embarrassing himself and the opposition
The release of Belarusian oppositionist Syarhei Tsikhanovsky this summer was followed by the world media, with Trump himself calli…