Donald Trump was found guilty on all counts in the so-called hush money case. The trial, which has lasted several weeks, has revolved around whether Trump paid porn actress Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election and falsified the accounts to conceal money transfers. A presidential candidate with a prison sentence The sentencing has not…
Today, the governments of the three European countries Norway, Ireland and Spain decided to recognize Palestine as a separate state. The decisions can be said to be symbolic, are controversial and attract attention. Recognition is an acceptance of a two-state solution One thing that Israel and Hamas, which controls Gaza, have in common is…
President Salome Zourabishvili of Georgia vetoed what is a copy of a Russian law on foreign agents. The pro-Russian government is clearly on a collision course with the people who have taken to the streets to protest. This law will effectively close the door for Georgia to the EU. The law, which is a…
Tass reports that Russia will hold an “exercise in the use of tactical nuclear weapons”. The exercise takes place in the areas close to the Ukrainian border. The question is whether Russia is preparing to use these in Ukraine, or whether this is intended to scare Western countries away from further military support. Usage…
An OSCE report presented today reveals what we have actually known all along. Russia imprisons thousands of Ukrainians in the occupied territories, placing them in prison-like camps and using torture. The report from the OSCE makes for harrowing reading. The darkest Norwegian lawyer Cecilie Hellestveit, who co-authored the report, says that this is the…
In the shadow of the war in Gaza and Ukraine, a drama is unfolding in Georgia. The country may be heading for a popular uprising similar to that seen in Ukraine in the winter of 2013-14. The reason for the conflict is that the ruling party has introduced a law banning so-called foreign agents….