Khrushchev and the Albanians. One of the strangest stories of the Cold War.

NEW 🧮 comprehensive Brexit trade analysis suggests hit from new trade barriers worsening in 2023 as UK decouples from EU supply chains… uses 3 full years data to analyse trends by sector/ sub sector/ nation 27% export hit vs its no Brexit model: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

On enlargement, Ukraine is lucky that UvL demoted Varhelyi and gave the job to a pretty professional Slovenian ex-diplomat in Marta Kos rather than a Polish figure who might face domestic pressures over farming and historical legacy issues

As Sofia celebrates its City Holiday, here is a colorized photo of downtown Sofia in the 1930s. Part of the Banya Bashi mosque visible to the right, with Lions' bridge in the far side of Maria Louisa boulevard.

Now days later we have an official response to Dendias’ speech from the weekend. A halfhearted one to say the least.

How do you say Springfield in Hungarian?

In July 2012, Hezbollah carried out a terrorist attack at Burgas airport in Bulgaria. It killed five Israelis and a Bulgarian (Muslim) bus driver. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Burg…

Pre-election stunt? In any case, it doesn't augur well for Georgia's chances to join Ukraine and Moldova in opening accession talks with the EU.

Gunfight in the center of Moscow between rival oligarchs, with Kadyrov's gangs providing security for one of them. They can't amicably divide the assets of a Russian version of Amazon, so they've brought their gunslingers to enforce the claim. The attackers claim Putin's support.

“Norta Global Ltd. was behind the deal, although on paper it was BAC Consulting that actually signed the contract with Gold Apollo… the Bulgarian company did the shipping and the same Sofia company sold the devices to Hezbollah,” Telex reports. More: telex.hu/belfold/2024/0…

"Artillery shells sold by Indian arms makers have been diverted by European customers to Ukraine and New Delhi has not intervened to stop the trade despite protests from Moscow, according to eleven Indian and European government and defence industry officials... Among the

business rivals using private armies to settle corporate disputes, the 90s are back baby

Highly recommend this article: pravda.com.ua/eng/articles/2…

Today is the anniversary of the day Azerbaijan launched its fateful military operation against Karabakh. My thoughts for Carnegie Europe on what are the prospects for a negotiated ARM-AZ peace. carnegieendowment.org/europe/strateg…

India does a Serbia

Very useful database from my colleagues at Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center It contains a trove of data on trade, investment, diplomacy, arms sales, military deployments etc by US, China and Russia in the region (North Africa, the Mashreq, Gulf, Iran, Turkey & East Africa's Arab League members

💥EU to announce €35bn for Ukraine as part of $50bn G7 loan backed by immobilised Russian assets - pushing ahead without the US in a bid to lock down financing by the end of the year ft.com/content/9240f4… w Paola Tamma

Yet another demonstration of Ankara's balancing act. The announcement comes in the heel of the official confirmation of Turkiye's application to join BRICS+.