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Europe’s far-right launches attacks on neighboring nations

December 21, 2017 by Dennis Kefalakos Leave a Comment

This newspaper had predicted that Europe’s extreme right wing, almost fascist political parties, unable to deliver their phoney promises after reaching government posts, will try to play the aggressive chauvinism card. Old Continet’s’s nations have paid dearly in the past millennia for jingoism and chauvinist violence. However, after many decades of peace in Europe and […]

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Trump: Hostile to Europe, voids Tillerson’s “ironclad” ally pledge

December 7, 2017 by Dennis Kefalakos Leave a Comment

At the end of last week, Rex Tillerson, the US State Department Secretary was intentionally undermined by President Donald Trump. This surprise move from the White House came only hours after the former gave an “’ironclad’ promise of U.S. support to its oldest allies in Europe”. To undercut this pledge, the White House leaked information […]

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Trump’s pounding of Iran less harsh than expected, leaves arrangement open

October 16, 2017 by Dennis Kefalakos Leave a Comment

Trump did again what he has been good at. This time he pounded the non-nuclear proliferation agreement with Iran. To be reminded, this was the P5+1 nations (US, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany) agreement of 2015 with Iran , by which the latter country accepted to stop its nuclear program and be duly inspected […]

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Trump’s Russian affair spills over and upsets Europe

July 27, 2017 by Dennis Kefalakos Leave a Comment

The turmoil in the American political system, caused by President Donald Trump’s Russian affair is having spillovers in Europe. Of course, it’s not the first time that Trump and his out of control political ‘inspirations’ instigate trouble for the Old Continent and the rest of the world. This time however, the US Congress prepares new […]

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Mario Draghi didn’t do it but Kim Jong-un did

September 12, 2016 by Dennis Kefalakos Leave a Comment

Last Thursday, Mario Draghi, the President of the European Central Bank, was unable to move the capital and money markets with his customary monetary policy Press conference in Frankfurt am Main. On the contrary, North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un, a global castoff, did it the next day just by pressing a button. However, it took […]

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The EU Diplomacy in North Korea promotes peace or war?

April 8, 2013 by Leo Buonapartis 2 Comments

It was last Friday that the seven EU embassies located in Pyongyang received a formal warning by the North Korean regime to evacuate the premises and leave the country as soon as possible. As it was explicitly stated by the world’s most obscure totalitarian regime, the local authorities could not guarantee their safety after the […]

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