When he was released from a Soviet prison in 1990, Yevgeny Prigozhin went to work as a hot dog salesman. Soon, the budding entrepreneur—who had just served nine years for robbery and fraud—began moving up in the world of gastronomy. He became the manager of a chain of grocery stores in St. Petersburg, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s hometown, and eventually expanded into the restaurant business. In […]
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Council of Europe is ready to help Belarus on its way to reforms, the CoE leaders said in a joint statement. The statement was made by the Greek Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chair of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers, Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, the President of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly, Rik Daems, and the Secretary-General of the 47-nation […]
Peer-to-peer crypto marketplace Paxful said it’s partnering with BiLira, the group behind the Turkish lira-backed stablecoin bilira (TYRB), and crypto trading platform Cointral as part of a push to trade cryptocurrencies in Eastern Europe. Paxful said the move follows strong growth in trading registrations by Turkish users over the past year. Both BiLira and Cointral are based in Turkey. In an emailed statement, Paxful said it recorded […]
More than 100,000 new Covid cases have been reported across Europe in one 24-hour period for the first time, as the continent struggles with the second wave of the virus and many nations record their highest-ever infection rates. The second wave of the novel coronavirus appears to be hitting Europe harder than the first, at least when it comes to the spread of the virus. Statistics […]
Paris Europe Struggles to Contain Coronavirus Cases Europe struggles to contain surge of coronavirus cases https://t.co/KkakWt7uKL — Guardian US (@GuardianUS) October 5, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Citizens of Madrid cannot leave their city, Ireland is about to introduce tighter national restrictions, and bars in Paris have been ordered to close for two weeks in an effort to contain the surge in COVID-19 cases in Europe. Here […]
On Saturday, Germans marked the thirtieth anniversary of East Germany’s incorporation into the Federal Republic. On the occasion, the eastern German town of Dessau unveiled a monument to former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev for his personal contribution to German unity. Without the USSR as a whole and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev specifically, Germany would have been left divided, and the Kremlin would have been left without […]
BERLIN (Sputnik) – Russia is remaining an important partner for Europe as the stable peace in the region may be ensured only together with Moscow, Vice President of the lower chamber of the German parliament Wolfgang Kubicki said. “Russia has always been and is remaining an important partner in the common European home. The stable peace will be ensured in Europe only together with Russia, not […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/1e/1080623294_0:0:2700:1519_1200x675_80_0_0_d398b251b68985e932cd59f49352576d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009301080623676-15-minute-easy-covid-19-test-cleared-for-use-in-europe/ The test, rolled out on the market by Becton, Dickinson and Company, has been available in the United States since July 2020. A US medical tech company has announced its SARS-CoV-2 antigen test meets EU standards for health, safety, and environmental protection and will be available for purchase end of October. The producer claims that it delivers results in […]
The coronavirus has claimed more than 1 million lives around the globe, the latest dark ‘milestone’ for the worldwide pandemic first detected some 10 months ago, which continues to spread across several hotspots. Infecting more than 33 million since first emerging in the Chinese city of Wuhan last December, the global Covid-19 death toll surpassed the 1 million mark on Monday night, according to data gathered […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009221080541258-macron-europe-will-not-compromise-with-washington-on-iran-sanctions/ French President Emmanuel Macron called for a “modern new consensus” on tackling global challenges in his speech to the 75th UN General Assembly on 22 September. Europe will not compromise with the United States on Iran sanctions, French President Emmanuel Macron told the UN General Assembly by video. “We will not compromise on the activation of a mechanism that […]
France has rejected allegations by a senior US State Department official that the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement has stored chemicals that can be used to make explosives in the European country, emphasizing that there is no evidence to substantiate such claims. “To our knowledge, there is nothing tangible to confirm such an allegation in France today,” French Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Agnes von der Muhll told reporters […]
World Health Organization official Dr. Hans Kluge tells reporters that COVID-19 cases are rising in Europe. David Barrett/AP hide caption toggle caption David Barrett/AP World Health Organization official Dr. Hans Kluge tells reporters that COVID-19 cases are rising in Europe. David Barrett/AP The World Health Organization warned on Thursday that weekly coronavirus case numbers are rising in Europe at a higher rate than during the pandemic’s […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – French President Emmanuel Macron said the heads of the Southern Countries of the European Union bloc, also known as the Med7 were willing to conduct a responsible dialogue with Turkey in the wake of toughened Eastern Mediterranean tensions. “With Turkey, we want to resume a responsible dialogue, without naivety and in good faith,” Macron wrote on Twitter. He also said it was important […]
A European Central Bank (ECB) panel tasked with exploring a central bank digital currency (CBDC) is set to reveal its findings in the near future, followed by a public consultation, said ECB President Christine Lagarde. Speaking at the Deutsche Bundesbank’s conference on banking and payments in the digital world Thursday, Lagarde addressed the competition to dominate payments on a global scale and considerations for a euro-zone […]
Between 25 August and 1 September, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi embarked on a diplomatic charm offensive in Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, France, and Germany for the first time since the COVID outbreak. French politician Karel Vereycken has explained why media claims about a growing chill between the EU and China are untenable. Commenting on Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s European tour, Western media outlets mentioned […]
The ambitious multi-million pound project will work along with two major government investment strategies aimed at bolstering domestic technologies amid Washington’s contentious trade war. Chinese tech giants such as Huawei Technologies and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) are set to launch a “domestic replacement” fund by the end of 2020 to boost mainland firms hit by US sanctions, reports revealed. China Europe Capital, a venture capital […]
Austrian financier Jan Marsalek disappeared on June 18, the same day the 40-year old was fired from his position as chief operating officer of Wirecard, a German financial services provider. A €1.9 billion hole had been discovered in Wirecard’s accounts by an independent auditor and Marsalek had been fingered as the one responsible for it. Investigative journalists affiliated with Bellingcat, a digital forensic website, suggested that […]
Anti-mask and anti-lockdown sentiment is growing throughout Europe, leading to mass demonstrations against what they consider to be an encroaching government tyranny. Hundreds flocked to Edinburgh’s Parliament Square on Saturday in a massive demonstration against mandatory mask-wearing and further lockdown measures in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Walking into parliament square, for a brief moment, one might assume the flock of South African demonstrators against […]
US’ Anti-China Call To Arms Has Not Won Over All Of Europe By Jiang Feng, South China Morning Post. September 2, 2020 US’ Anti-China Call To Arms Has Not Won Over All Of Europe2020-09-022020-09-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/chinas-foreign-minister-visits-europe.png200px200px Above photo: China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi visits Europe. Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s tour of Europe comes at a time of heavy US pressure for the EU to step back from its dialogue and […]
Russia is closely following events in Belarus, gripped by post-election protests, but while doing so it’s shown much more prudence than the West, President Vladimir Putin said, firing back at the claims of Moscow’s meddling. “We believe this is, first and foremost, an internal matter of the Belarusian society and the people of Belarus,” Putin told the ‘Rossiya 1’ channel in an interview aired on Saturday, […]
Some 50 people were evacuated from the migrant rescue boat Louise Michel that got stranded off Malta’s coast after taking more than 200 people aboard. After one person died, the crew accused Europe of ignoring its pleas for help. The vessel, which reported rescuing a total of 219 people from the sea over the past few days, including “many women and children,” had become so “overcrowded” […]
BRUSSELS (Sputnik) – The leaders of the European Union, Charles Michel and Ursula von der Leyen, on Friday thanked outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for contributing to building stronger relations between Japan and the EU. “I would like to thank PM [Shinzo Abe] for the close and strong partnership the #EU & #Japan have built under his leadership. You have helped make Japan a pillar […]
The Trump administration has struck a small-scale trade agreement with the European Union that could send more American lobster across the Atlantic. Europe has agreed to suspend tariffs on imports of live and frozen lobster from the U.S. for at least 5 years. In exchange, the U.S. will cut tariffs by 50% on some European products, including crystal glassware and cigarette lighters. While the agreement covers […]
A new research report published last Thursday in the journal Current Biology suggests that syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease, may have spread through Europe before Christopher Columbus ever set sail to the Americas in the late 15th century. The most popular hypothesis is that syphilis and other infections caused by varieties of the Treponema pallidum bacterium, including yaws, an infection of the skin, bones and joints, […]
HELSINKI – The Finnish government’s budget proposal for 2021 has allayed concerns of delays or reduced funding for the Armed Forces’ (FAF) HX Fighter Program. The plan will effectively increase the military’s budgetary framework in 2021 by $2 billion to $5.8 billion to meet phase one of the project’s procurement costs. The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has forced Finland to significantly increase international […]
100 Years ago today– The Miracle of the VistulaOn the Feast of the Assumption Guest post by Adam Skarski Poland celebrates the 100th anniversary of one of the most important Battles of the XXth Century, yet one that is completely unknown to a broader audience – the Battle of Warsaw. On the 15th of August 1920, the Polish Army not only defeated the Red Army, but […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): The Indian government earlier placed absolute restrictions across the country to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. An unintended effect of this survival strategy has been a reported spike in loneliness and depression, with 43 percent of Indians claimed to be suffering, according to smart-tech healthcare platform GOQii. Banking on easy mode payments like Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies, drug traffickers from Europe […]
German And U.K. Officials Warn Of A Possible New COVID-19 Wave In Europe by Bill Chappell/npr The European Union successfully flattened the curve of COVID-19 cases in the spring – but a second wave could be building in parts of the EU, according to both British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the head of Germany’s disease agency. “I’m afraid you are starting to see, in some […]
US cranks up pressure on Europe over Russia pipeline projects: Report …from PressTV, Tehran [ Editor’s Note: Pompeo is making moves now to be the new US führer after Trump goes down, but does not understand that both are considered national security threats by loyal factions inside US military and Intelligence. By loyal I mean those who are not in it for the money and the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107955/26/1079552690_0:85:1400:873_1200x675_80_0_0_0811c487d09a4a8663315d00f9e10c9e.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/business/202007251079980004-completion-of-nord-stream-2-to-cut-europe-gas-prices-by-25-consulting-company-says/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – European prices for natural gas would drop by about one quarter if the Nord Stream 2 pipeline connecting Russia to Germany were completed, the consulting firm Wood Mackenzie said in a report on Friday. “If Nord Stream 2 remains unfinished, European benchmark TTF gas is expected to average about $4 per million British Thermal Units next […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/18/1079975475_0:172:3072:1900_1200x675_80_0_0_128aadb3b9f02660928d906924124e1e.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007241079978010-us-must-follow-asia-europe-to-get-covid-19-baseline-to-nearly-zero-health-expert-fauci-says/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The United States needs to follow European and Asian nations and reduce its daily rate of new coronavirus cases to a few hundred, instead of easing restrictions at far higher levels, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Disease Director Anthony Fauci said on Friday. “The European and Asian countries locked down at 95 percent”, Fauci said […]
The EU’s Recovery Plan agreement has been widely hailed, but some argue that it is taking Europe down a dangerous path. Our main discussion features returning guest Tuomas Malinen, CEO of GnS Economics. In this discussion, Tuomas and NLW discuss: Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial […]