While much of the attention surrounding the war in Ukraine has been focused on Russia’s slow advances in Donetsk, Ukraine has been conducting a counteroffensive for several months that was kept almost entirely out of the public eye for a long time. The operation has been named Vivaldi and is taking place mainly north…
Few people in history have left such a profound and lasting mark on the world as Genghis Khan. In just a few decades, he went from being the leader of a group of Mongol nomadic tribes to founding an empire that, after his death, would become the largest contiguous land empire the world had…
On August 24, 1991, the Ukrainian parliament proclaimed its independence. This proclamation came one year after the parliament declared Ukraine’s state sovereignty. Until then, Ukraine had been under Soviet rule and, prior to that, under Russian rule. The proclamation in parliament was confirmed by a referendum held on December 1, 1991. 90.92% of the…
A week ago, a drone was spotted near Leipzig/Halle Airport in Germany. A drone carrying an explosive device was discovered by chance next to a Ukrainian AN-124 transport aircraft. The explosive device likely had a malfunction. The questions I’m asking are: What happened? Why? And why was the response time from NATO and Germany…
At an extraordinary meeting of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), it was decided that all countries affiliated with UEFA would boycott all events organized by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA). Relations between UEFA and FIFA have long been strained. Following FIFA’s announcement after this year’s World Cup that it wants…
Newspapers, TV channels, and other media outlets have, among other things, the task of exposing what is happening in society. That is, to shine a spotlight on and reveal things that are being kept hidden from the public. Such journalistic work is often very time-consuming and requires significant resources. Investigative journalism is extremely important…