by Ljubodrag Simonović The following text is an excerpt from the book “The Olympic Deceit of the ‘Divine Baron’ – Pierre de Coubertin” by Ljubodrag Simonović. To contact the author: ducidrag@gmail.com As early as 1929, at the time of the great recession, “father” of the modern Olympic Games Pierre de Coubertin expressed his inclination towards authoritarian regimes, namely his ...
Dr. Bruno Kahl is a man of mystery. He stopped appearing frequently in the public sphere. His contacts with the press were limited since 2016. But his words have a specific weight whenever he approaches to the public opinion. Dr. Bruno Kahl is President of the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), the German foreign intelligence service. And he chose to give an extended ...
The President of P.R. of China, Xi Jinping, the Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel and President of France, Emmanuel Macron have held a trilateral summit on July 5. The three sides had already convened in April for a trilateral meeting. The meeting covered a wide range of issues. The Spokesperson of the German Chancellor, Stefan Seibert stated that international trade, ...
By Tunç Akkoç The parliamentary elections in Germany are now less than five months away. The political climate is heating up more and more. And recently, there is almost only a single person who draws all the attention: Annalena Baerbock. Baerbock, who was announced as The Greens’ candidate for Chancellery on April 19th, has started appearing on the covers of ...
By Tunç Akkoç They had shown up before in protest actions against Covid-19 restrictions. Their name is “Veterans for Law and Freedom”. They have established a platform consisting of retired soldiers who served in the armies of the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic. Their emblem is a combination of the flags of the Federal and Democratic ...
By Tunç Akkoç Nord Stream 2 is a project that aims to increase the natural gas supply from Russia to Europe. The construction was agreed upon in 2015. But since that day, discussions between the US and European countries have not stopped. The conflict went beyond discussion, and the involved Western countries and politicians have entered a fierce power struggle ...
Amid US-British attempts to raise tensions with Russia over the Ukraine and Belarus, the leaders of Russia, Germany and France held a video conference on March 30th. In the conference, Germany’s Chancellor Merkel, French President Macron and Russian President Putin discussed a wide range of issues: The Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V, the detention of Navalny, the situation in the Belarus, ...
Germany’s election year has started on March 14 with parliamentary elections in two of its federal states. More elections on state and local level will follow, and the “Super election year”, as the Germans call it, will reach its climax on September 26, when a new federal parliament will be chosen. Current Chancellor Merkel, governing since 2005 years, will not ...
Turkey was allied with the Germans in World War I. We entered the war as something fait accompli due to two German ships with Turkish flags (Yavuz and Midilli) in the Black Sea. We fought together on many fronts. We were defeated. We were occupied. They could not stand the fact that later, under the same conditions, the Turks did ...
Bashaga Fathi Bashaga, head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Government of National Reconciliation of Libya, was dismissed while in Turkey. The decision was not made by chance: the conflict between Bashaga and the head of the PNC Faiez al Sarraj has been going on for a long time. The moment it happened, however, was unexpected. In addition ...