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Sights and sounds of Christmas in Ukraine—will the next Christmas be peaceful?

Eastern Europe Iuliia Mendel - December 24, 2024.

As my husband stokes the fireplace in our home in the Kyiv suburbs today, I find comfort in the warmth of the flames. Lighting the...

Comforting national address  

Russia Sergei Stepancev, TA Moscow - December 22, 2024.

Vladimir Putin understands well what the Russian majority wants. He held another gigantic annual press conference, similar to all the previous ones. The alleged facts he...

Will China's visa facilitation be enough to bring back tourists and business people from the West?

China Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - December 20, 2024.

China continues to ease visa restrictions step by step to encourage the arrival of international tourists and business people, at least to pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels. Wealthier...

Green light for restrictions on refugees from Ukraine who come from third countries

EU Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - December 19, 2024.

The top EU court in Luxembourg has allowed EU member states to suspend temporary protection for a number of refugees from Ukraine, who are third-country...

Europeans must press Trump to stand by Syria’s Kurds  

Middle East Harvey Morris - December 18, 2024.

Turkey has confirmed that its top priority in what Donald Trump this week termed its “unfriendly takeover” of Syria is the dismantling of a US-backed...

If Ukraine does not take the initiative towards peace, others will take the reins on its behalf  

Eastern Europe Iuliia Mendel - December 17, 2024.

Discussions about peace in Ukraine are both persistent and, let's be honest, a bit unrealistic. The prospect of long-lasting tranquillity, no matter how alluring, seems...

Surprised that the Kremlin betrayed Assad? You shouldn't be

Russia Sergei Stepancev, TA Moscow - December 15, 2024.

Betrayal is one of the Kremlin's traditional modus operandi at home and especially in relations with the world. In the past, the Kremlin has betrayed just...

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