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Ankara went into maximum alert on Monday, in a desperate attempt to stop the collapse of the lira and capital market, after the country was thrown into a new political crisis, with the arrest of a formidable opponent of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu, as reported by the international press. The Turkish lira fell by nearly 2% against the dollar, and the bond market was hit by a massive wave of sales as soon as the markets opened. However, by noon, the emergency measures taken by the Central Bank of Turkey (TCMB) and the regulatory…

The French Foreign Minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, criticized on Tuesday the Russian interference in the presidential elections in Romania, insisting on the “concrete Russian threat” towards European states. Jean-Noël Barrot rejected, on Tuesday during his visit to Singapore, the analysis of Steve Witkoff, the emissary of US President Donald Trump. The official stated, on Sunday, in an interview for Fox News, that he does not believe that Vladimir Putin “wants to take over the entire European territory”, arguing that it is a “theoretical” threat, because the Russian President “wants peace”. ” We are analyzing the facts, and the idea is that…

The Oriol region of Russia has become the first in the country to offer financial incentives to high school girls who give birth. Governor Andrei Klicikov has signed a decree granting financial support to school-aged girls in order to help them keep their children, according to  The Moscow Times. . According to local news, this measure is part of a larger program already implemented in 40 regions of Russia, offering students at least 100,000 rubles (approximately $1,200) to encourage childbirth. Last week, Klicikov expanded the program to include teenage girls still in school. Criticized for this decision, the governor responded…

From the streets of Belgrade in Serbia to those of Skopje in North Macedonia, a slogan echoes throughout the Balkans: “corruption kills”, chanted by students outraged by the deaths of dozens of people in accidents believed to have been caused by corrupt systems, AFP reported on Tuesday, according to Agerpres..In Serbia, the first demonstrations erupted in November after the collapse of a concrete roof at the country’s second largest city, Novi Sad, which had just been renovated.Sixteen people, including two children, died.Soon, part of the country blamed the disaster on corruption, as the train station had just been reconstructed at…

The issue of rotation of Russian soldiers participating in the invasion of Ukraine remains one of the most sensitive, and the Ministry of Defense is analyzing it, stated Vladimir Putin, responding to a question from writer and “patriot Z” Zahar Prilepin regarding the possibility of rotation for mobilized soldiers. “The Ministry of Defense is considering this and, of course, it is a pressing issue. We haven’t forgotten about it,” said Putin, but immediately implied that mobilized soldiers should not expect a quick return home. “We will base our decisions on the realities on the front lines,” he added. According to…

Over 80% of Ukrainians believe that Ukraine should continue fighting even if the United States ends all support for the country, according to a KIIS survey (International Institute of Sociology in Kiev) conducted between March 12-25, reported by Ukrainskaia Pravda. There is a clear consensus among Ukrainians that the country should continue to fight regardless of the situation – 82%. Only 8% of respondents stated that they would be more inclined to accept surrender in such circumstances, according to the survey. In all regions, there is an overwhelming majority – from 78% in the east to 83% in the west…

A photograph of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky posing in front of a painting depicting the Kremlin on fire sparked strong reactions from the Kremlin. The image was published on Monday by Time magazine. Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov harshly criticized the image, stating: “This probably illustrates best the level of intellectual development and inner state of the one posing for such images,” he stated, according to DPA agency, quoted by Agerpres. The painting, titled “Dream”, was created in 2022 by Georgian artist Sandro Antadze and is considered by Zelensky as a symbol of the victory he desires in the war…

The Russian-Ukrainian armistice in the Black Sea announced by the US and the suspension of strikes on energy infrastructure of the conflicting parties will only come into effect after the Western restrictions on Russian exports of cereals and fertilizers are lifted, the Kremlin warns in a statement released Tuesday night, as reported by Agerpres. The United States announced on Tuesday that it has reached separate agreements with Ukraine and Russia to ensure safe navigation in the Black Sea and a limited ceasefire in which the two countries will reciprocally cease attacks on energy infrastructure elements. In the agreement reached with…

By Yevhen Mahda Speculations on the historical memory are becoming Russia’s primary weapon in the hybrid confrontation with European countries. They are directed at EU members as well as the Eastern Partnership countries. Kremlin’s New Historical Policy In December 2019, the President of Russia fired a hybrid doublet. Vladimir Putin’s words about ‘the indigenously Russian lands given to Ukraine’ and ‘Count Potocki, who invented the Ukrainians’ were the first shot. Unfortunately, no official from Kyiv shot back. Putin’s second ‘shot` had a different target: Poland’s historical memory. Polish people were accused of anti-Semitism and cooperation between the Second Polish Republic…

Four years after the formal departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union, businesses in the kingdom are once again facing the consequences of Brexit. The British government is finally implementing the post-Brexit regime at the border, where checks will be introduced for imports of plants, meat, and other animal products from the EU, for the first time since the UK’s departure from the bloc.Called the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM), this regime, delayed five times, will be implemented in three stages, starting with documentation requirements for EU businesses sending animal and plant products to the UK as of…