Paschal Donohue praises the “brave people of Ukraine”

Paschal Donohue

Eurogroup president Paschal Donohue has praised the “brave people of Ukraine” He spoke after meeting the treasury secretary of the U.S. Afterwards, the Irishman said, “The meeting that we had had one item on the agenda.  “That item was the transatlantic macroeconomic outlook and risks. And understandably, this discussion here today focused on the respective…

Reintke Elected as Leader of Greens

Terry Reintke

Greens/EFA MEPs have elected Terry Reintke MEP as the new leader of the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament. The former Vice-President of the Group shares the Group Presidency with Philippe Lamberts. She takes over from Ska Keller MEP, who announced last month she was stepping aside from her role as President.  Reintke said, “I am…

Brexit past, present and future

Brexit past present and future

Boris promised us that Brexit would mean we would have our cake and eat it.  Liz Truss, keen on growth, has pledged to increase the size of the pie. Meanwhile, thanks to both of them, the nation is now in the soup! writes Philip Bushill Matthews. It is nearly 50 years since the country had…

On the same slippery slope… Former Kazakh politician Galymzhan Zhakiyanov has once again appeared on the pages of the media in Mongolia 

Galymzhan Zhakiyanov with Mukhtar Ablyazov

Former Kazakh politician Galymzhan Zhakiyanov has once again appeared on the pages of the media in Mongolia. It is reported that a criminal case has been opened against Zhakiyanov on fraud and misappropriation of a large sum – according to the latest data, it is about 755,000 US dollars, writes E. Srasenbin. In addition, there…

Winds of Change for the “Freedom” party FPÖ in Austria

Heinz Christian Strache

The multiple crises facing Europe in terms of defence, health, energy, immigration, inflation and the economy are generating ground shaking political changes in all countries as voters call for strong leadership prepared to deal with the problems that most concern citizens. In Lower Saxony in Germany today a vote for the regional government returned a…

Trust, or trussed?

Truss

When eight central and eastern European countries joined the EU in 2004, an opinion poll showed their people placed greater trust in EU institutions than their own governments: the latest Eurobarometer poll confirms that this was not an isolated result. Based on information gathered across all EU Member States in February and March of last…

Benin under the spotlight at the UN Human Rights Council; Rogatien Biaou speaks out

Rogatien Biaou

On Tuesday 27 September, the issues of human rights and political oppression in Benin were raised at the 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, composed of 47 member states, in which Benin is occupying a seat until 2024. An oral statement co-sponsored by two NGOs, CAP/ Liberté deConscience (France) and Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF) expressed…

More Russian Propaganda, Again?

Will Russia deliberately shell and fire on residents of the occupied territories during their pseudo-referenda? The Ukrainian authorities have suggested that the Russian Federation could be planning to carry out a number of terrorist acts against civilians by shelling the civilian infrastructure during the illegal referenda in the temporarily occupied territories of Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Donetsk…