In December 2019, I wrote a blog about a planned union between Russia and Belarus. Recently, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) published a report on this. The report states that Russia is in the final stages of a 10-year strategy to annex Belarus. ISW uses the term annex and not union….
Many Ukrainians who have left the country since the war began say that food prices in Europe are too high. Is this really true? Let’s take a look in this blog and talk about the current prices of some products. Of course, I’m not going to write about all the products, because it would…
It’s a day for reflection. What was Biden’s term as president like and what will the next 4 years with Trump be like. The US is a divided country politically when power changes hands. A change to Biden is a change to the predictable. 4 years with Trump will be 4 years with something…
It’s been less than an hour since a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. This gives hope for something more than a six-week agreement. A ceasefire should not be confused with a peace agreement. A ceasefire is when two parties agree to lay down their arms in a given time window. A peace agreement is…
Donald Trump wants the US to have control over the world’s largest island. Greenland, on the other hand, has been fighting a battle for independence for many years. I’ve taken a closer look at Greenland under Danish rule and why Greenlanders want independence. Independence from the colonial power Denmark In practice, Greenland was a…
And so, the holidays are approaching and I think it’s time to talk about the two most famous winter holidays. These are the New Year and Christmas. What can I say about them? In Europe and Ukraine, they are celebrated differently. While all over the world Christmas is more important than the New Year,…