Europe
Rubio in Lisbon: “Portugal should buy the F-35”, Rangel says no decision has been made
At a joint press conference in Lisbon on October 8, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio openly urged Portugal to…
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Balkans
Greek Embassy in Skopje lodges a démarche over a banner with a map reaching Thessaloniki and Chalkidiki, unfurled in the presence of North Macedonia’s sports minister
Greece’s Embassy in Skopje protested to North Macedonia’s Foreign Ministry over a banner displayed by MZT Skopje fans at the…
Balkans
“The Serbian flag will fly over Prizren,” says Serbia’s Dačić; Kosovo reacts after Radoičić appears at a ruling-party rally
Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Glauk Konjufca accused Serbia on October 10 of continuing to harbour territorial ambitions, after Deputy PM Ivica…
Land Forces
Donetsk: Ukraine’s Operation Vivaldi has retaken 175 sq km around Lyman, while Russian sources say an assault on Sloviansk is receding
Ukraine’s counteroffensive around Lyman has reclaimed about 175 square kilometres, according to Al Jazeera, and even Russian channels admit the…
Middle East & North Africa
Araghchi: Netanyahu is seeking to save himself “like a degenerate gambler” with “more U.S. blood and treasure”; Iranian commander: “The enemy did not dare to enter”
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi attacked Benjamin Netanyahu again on October 10, while the commander of Iran’s Army ground forces…
Politics & Diplomacy
“It felt like a trap”: how Ukraine was blindsided by Trump’s turn on Russian diesel, and the threat to cut intelligence
According to the Kyiv Independent, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner told Ukraine’s delegation on October 9 that Trump was about…
Military & Defense
Zaporizhzhia: 20 dead in Russian glide-bomb strike, missiles hit Kyiv after US eases diesel sanctions
At least 20 people, three of them children, were killed in Zaporizhzhia on October 10, Ukraine’s emergency service says. Zelensky…
Middle East & North Africa
Kremlin: Putin relayed Iran’s plan to end the war to Trump, in coordination with Pezeshkian
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on October 10 that Vladimir Putin conveyed the Iranian side’s vision for resolving the conflict…
Politics & Diplomacy
Trump on Zelensky: “It’s time for Ukraine to get a new president”, and he “better damn well stop” hitting Russian refineries
Speaking to reporters on October 10, Donald Trump said Volodymyr Zelensky “could have settled this war many times” and that…
Analysis
Analysis: the Bergamini frigates, why the Hellenic Navy wanted them so urgently and what they change against the Turkish fleet [video]
Analysis: The Hellenic Navy’s official programme on the Bergamini and Fasan FREMM frigates. What kind of ships they are, what…
Analysis
Analysis: Barak MX, the common air-defence “dome” of Greece and Cyprus with missiles out to 150 km that troubles Ankara, with IAI’s official video
Analysis: IAI’s official video of the Barak MX, its four interceptors from 15 to 150 km, the architecture of the…
Cyprus
Üstel calls scenarios of an Israeli strike on the occupied north “dangerous” and attacks Greek and Cypriot armaments
Ünal Üstel, the “prime minister” of the breakaway regime in the occupied north of Cyprus, says discussions in Greek and…