Book Review: “Wanted Man” by Gary Cartwright – The story of Mukhtar Ablyazov
“Wanted Man” is the story of Mukhtar Ablyazov, somebody described by the British press as “the world’s richest fraudster”. It
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Author: Jacobytes
Ukraine’s Democratic Progress
The first results of yesterday’s Presidential election clearly confirm the pro-European direction of Ukraine, with all three of the leading
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New investment in air fright services at Brussels Airport
One of the world‘s largest air services providers, dnata, has increased its global footprint by opening a new cargo centre
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Slovakia at crossroads
In the first round of the Slovakian Presidential elections last weekend, first place has been won with 40.6% of the vote by Zuzana
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Astana to hold Global Security Conference in 2020
The pursuit of peace is one of the highest of human endeavours. A high level conference at the Brussels Press
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Letter from Slovakia
I made a lightning tour of Slovakia last week, visiting six regions in three days, to catch the political mood
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It will take a generation to set the UK’s ship of state back on course
Has Europe Forgotten Caledonia? The population of Scotland according to the last census is 5,295,000, of which roughly 5% originally
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The crowded and colourful playing field of Ukraine’s presidential election
With less than ten weeks to go to polling day on 31 March, there are nearly 20 candidates running in
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European Commission Must Face Reality Following Romanian Court Ruling on Protocols
Romania’s Constitutional Court has ruled, in a 6-3 vote, that secret protocols between prosecutors and the country’s intelligence service, the
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Spare a thought for Donbass and its Civilians in 2019
As the European Parliament returns from its winter recess for the first plenary of 2019, the war in the East
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