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By Rhod Mackenzie

The name of the largest island on Earth (yes, Greenland again) is still making the headlines in the news. Trump and his team continue to make statements regarding Greenland. The Secretary of State, Mr Marc Rubio, is taking time out from his planning to invade and regime Cuba an...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Russia military technology scares the US sh*tless.

"Russia has demonstrated a new frontier in military technology to the world." This is how analysts have described the 2025 testing of the two new types of weapons for surface-to-air missiles—Burevestnik and Poseidon. Rhod Mack...

By Rhod Mackenzie

It appears that senior figures  in Russia's closest northwestern neighbours, Finland and Estonia, have significantly modified their rhetoric about Russia in the last few weeks of 2025. They have stated out loud that they no longer subscribe to the widespread Western propaganda bu...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo has issued an apology on behalf of the Finnish state to the indigenous Sami tribal  people, who have been subjected to forced assimilation as a result of the actions of the state . The pressure on the indigenous people of the Sami has incre...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Don't Mention The War

German Humour Is No Laughing Matter As Tusk Spars with Metz

There has been a rift in relations between German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. The talks in the German capital were intended to address current NATO issues.Rh...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Finland the most recent country to join the NATO alliance has stated it does not want to part of the group of countries providing the  security guarantees to Ukraine.Rhod Mackenzie look at the situation with Finland as they, as they consider that a matter for larger countries plu...