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By Rhod Mackenzie

the EU puts duties  Russian fertilisers this will cause food shortages, rising  prices and farm bankruptsies
The  EU imposing duties on Russian and belarussian fertilisers  will cause consumers  in the European Union to face "Rising food prices caused by the  large-scale by farm...

By Rhod Mackenzie

As Russia and Ukraine begin their first talks in three years, the European Union has decided to tighten its sanctions against Moscow. Brussels is now threatening to impose significant restrictions on Russian oil, gas and financial sectors. Plus, the EU is contemplating the implem...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Approximately three dozen heads of state from all around the world attended the celebrations to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War. The attendees included representatives from China, Brazil, Egypt, Cuba, Venezuela, Vietnam, Mongolia, Armenia, Bela...

By Rhod Mackenzie

On early Monday Vladimir Putin proposed the resumption of talks on Ukraine in Istanbul. His initiative has been met with approval by both Donald Trump and Tayyip Erdogan. So what the proposal is based on and why does it makes the ultimatums issued by the European "coalition of...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The EU authorities have expressed concerns regarding the major use by by citizens in many countries of the union of online platforms that facilitate the delivery of a wide range of products and inexpensive goods directly from China. It is reported  that on a daily basis, hundreds...

By Rhod Mackenzie

In Berlin, Friedrich Merz is set to assume the chancellorship of the German government, with his candidacy to be voted on by the Bundestag . The tenth Chancellor in the history of the FRG will head another "grand coalition" consisting of the country's previously two main parties,...