“The fat man grows thinner. But the thin man dies.” FRANZ-STEFAN GADY, a Vienna-based military analyst, on Russia’s larger population and more effective recruitment, which allows the nation to replace ...
While cuts of pensions at face value are ruled out in Germany by law, Scholz warns that in ‘real’ terms, adjusted for purchasing power, pensions could nevertheless fall if his reform is not adopted.
Overnight missile and drone strikes on the front-line city of Zaporizhzhya in south-eastern Ukraine have resulted in at least one fatality, with 25 people injured, local authorities said on Thursday ...
Belarus is holding a presidential election on Sunday that will secure another five-year mandate for Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power for over three decades and crushed all opposition.
As one of his last official acts, in December US President Joe Biden approved the transfer of $20bn to a new World Bank-administered fund for Ukraine. This transfer is part of a larger $50bn loan ...