After Russia’s operation against Ukraine, Ukraine laid mines in the region around Odessa and Mykolaiv ports. The Sea of Azov came under Russian control. Thus, the grain export of Ukraine, most of which are done from these ports (90% of the total), came to a standstill. Ukraine ranks second in the world in grain production after the USA. Ukraine exports ...
Sweden and Finland have applied for NATO membership, NATO authorities have stated the accession process, which usually takes up to 2 years, but a Turkish veto, announced repeatedly by President Erdoğan, has halted the process. Diplomatic traffic between the two countries and Turkey as well as between Brussels and Ankara has taken up pace – with a look at the ...
In connection with the Ukraine crisis, there is a global food crisis. Ships loaded with grain cannot leave Ukrainian ports due to mines reported to have been laid by Ukraine. Moscow-based newspaper Izvestia announced that Turkey and Russia had agreed on a joint plan to end the food crisis. According to the plan, which is said to cover only the ...
It is predicted at the moment that the Russia-Ukraine hostilities will not end anytime soon. An agreement could have already been reached, especially after the talks in Istanbul, but there are those who are working to prolong the war as long as possible. We are talking in particular about the United States, the United Kingdom and the NATO circles headed ...
Last week, the public agenda in Turkey has been busy with three main topics. First was the expected diplomatic visit to Israel and Palestine, by the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. Second were the discussions over a possible military operation against the terror elements, mainly the PKK/YPG, across Northern Syria. Third was the championship of the Turkish basketball team Anadolu ...
Egypt is now experiencing a real economic crisis, reflected in sequential rises in commodity prices and the decline in the country’s fixed foreign exchange reserves, which has caused a significant drop in the value of the pound against the dollar. Despite what the Egyptian media say, that the crisis is one of the results of the disruption in supply chains ...
By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein * The Covid 19 pandemic that began in 2020 has had a notable impact on the international system, but it has been Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine that has generated structural changes that are resulting in a profound transformation of the system, forging a situation unpublished in recent years, only comparable to what began to ...
Turkey is once again in the center of different corridors: one currently in debate is to be opened from Odessa to the world, in order to export stored wheat. The other runs along the north of Syria, where Turkey has already pursued three different military operations to establish a safe zone against what it calls the “corridor of terror” by ...
By Douglas Bolívar / Caracas , Venezuela The visit of a United States delegation to Venezuela and the consideration of lifting of sanctions have pulled into focus the tasks between the Venezuelan government and the opposition. We spoke on their status with Luis Eduardo Martínez, a veteran deputy for the oppositional Acción Democrática in the National Assembly. Martínez is in ...
The Ukraine crisis was the main item on the European Council’s meeting 30-31st of May, which concluded with some decisions and more debates. Among the agreed measures are: – A sixth package of sanctions against Russia will cover crude oil, as well as petroleum products, delivered from Russia into Member States, with a temporary exception for crude oil delivered by ...