Russia’s winter offensive in Ukraine is a failure. Little or no progress on the ground and huge losses of soldiers and military equipment means that Russia is taking action. The German newspaper Bild reports that the electricity has been switched off in several Russian prisons. This is done in an attempt to get more…
Indonesia’s capital Jakarta is sinking and gradually being swallowed by the sea. Since the 1970s, the giant city has sunk by 4 metres. Every year the city sinks further. This is the reason why Jakarta is to be replaced by Nusantara as the capital of Indonesia. Nusantara is a brand new city under construction….
Tonight, the champagne bottle is opened with a bang. We raise our glasses and say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one. The noble fruity bubbles are grown in the Champagne district of France. Harvesting takes place in early autumn. 120,000 seasonal workers work to pick the grapes by hand in…
As expected, Yekaterina Duntsova was not allowed to stand as a candidate for the presidential election in Russia. The election will be held in March 2024. In a previous blog I wrote that it was a presidential election where the outcome is given in advance. Yekaterina Duntsova did not pass the eye of the…
There are some common features of slavery in the USA, the colonialism that European countries engaged in from the 18th century and well into the 20th century. I would also like to draw a line to the immigration of our time. I may be pushing it a bit, but I see our time’s immigration…
The EU recently decided that accession negotiations between the EU and Ukraine can start. From such negotiations starting until Ukraine can actually gain membership takes a long time. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban left the meeting before the vote on whether the EU should start negotiations with the EU, previously he had blocked a…