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East and West No. 10 – 16 May 2026
The new issue of East and West is out. Featuring: East and West. Independent newspaper. Online since 2016To help up stay independent, please consider fundingPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/east-and-west-151550389 (CLICK ON LINK TO DONATE)Go Fund Me: https://www.gofundme.com/f/east-and-west-newspaper CLICK ON LINK TO DONATE)You can find the latest issue of East and West below. Read East and West new issue… Continue reading
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100 intellectuals denounce Ukrainian professor for questioning narrative about war
On April 28, the Ukrainian newspaper Ukrainskaya Pravda published an open letter signed by more than one hundred scholars of Eastern Europe concerning a recent book by Ivan Katchanovski, a Ukrainian professor based in Canada. The book, The Russia-Ukraine War and Its Origins: From the Maidan to the Ukraine War, questions much received wisdom about… Continue reading
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East and West No. 9 – 2 May 2026
East and West‘s new issue is out. Featuring: East and West. Independent newspaper. Online since 2016To help up stay independent, please consider fundingPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/east-and-west-151550389 (CLICK ON LINK TO DONATE)Go Fund Me: https://www.gofundme.com/f/east-and-west-newspaper CLICK ON LINK TO DONATE)You can find the latest issue of East and West below. Read East and West new issue here or… Continue reading
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France and Poland simulate nuclear strikes on Russia during exercises
On April 23 and 24, France and Poland simulated nuclear strikes on targets in Russia and in Belarus in joint military exercises. Polish F-16s were tasked with long-range reconnaissance and target designation, including simulated cruise missile strikes with JASSM-ER systems toward high-value objectives in the Saint Petersburg area, while French Dassault Rafale B aircraft—equipped with… Continue reading
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The European Commission wants to decide what’s European and what’s not
One of the fundamental misconceptions of the Western Balkan countries – the product of decades of propaganda – is that the European Union today is the legal and political bearer of European culture (or, in our parlance: the motherland of Europeanism), and that as such it is in some privileged relationship with what our politicians… Continue reading
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European Peace Project – “We want more peace!”
This year as well, the European Peace Project is taking place. On May 9, participants aim to take the future of Europe into their own hands through a “performative speech act” and to send a signal against the erosion of fundamental European principles such as peace, democracy, freedom, and mutual understanding between peoples. The European… Continue reading
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East and West No. 8 – 18 April 2026
East and West‘s new issue is out. Featuring: East and West. Independent newspaper. Online since 2016To help up stay independent, please consider fundingPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/east-and-west-151550389 (CLICK ON LINK TO DONATE)Go Fund Me: https://www.gofundme.com/f/east-and-west-newspaper CLICK ON LINK TO DONATE)You can find the latest issue of East and West below. Continue reading
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Orbán defeated after 16 years: the EU cheers
On April 12, 2026, Hungarian voters delivered a decisive blow to Viktor Orbán’s long dominance. Péter Magyar’s Tisza Party swept the parliamentary election with roughly 53.6% of the vote and 138 seats in the 199-seat National Assembly—securing a two-thirds supermajority. Fidesz-KDNP slumped to 37.8% and 55 seats, while the far-right Our Homeland picked up about… Continue reading
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Pakistan may just have saved the world from nuclear armageddon
The two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran marked an unusual moment in diplomacy. Unlike the typical arenas of international negotiation, the initial breakthrough did not occur in Geneva or Vienna but in Islamabad, where Pakistani officials quietly facilitated communication between the two governments. Through discreet channels, Islamabad relayed proposals, clarifications, and assurances that… Continue reading
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US, Israel, and Iran Agree to 2-Week Ceasefire Hours After Trump’s Genocidal Threat
“A ceasefire is welcome, but if the terms Iran announced tonight are accurate, the United States and Israel are facing a truly humiliating defeat,” one expert told Common Dreams. This article was originally published on Common Dreams. By Jessica Corbett and Brett Wilkins According to The Associated Press, Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said in a… Continue reading
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East and West No. 7 – 4 April 2026
A new issue of East and West is out. Featuring articles on: East and West. Independent newspaper. Online since 2016To help up stay independent, please consider fundingPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/east-and-west-151550389 (CLICK ON LINK TO DONATE)Go Fund Me: https://www.gofundme.com/f/east-and-west-newspaper CLICK ON LINK TO DONATE)You can find the latest issue of East and West below. Continue reading
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New York Times covers Iran with No Reporters in Iran
A recent media analysis by Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), authored by Drew Favakeh and published on March 30, 2026, argues that The New York Times has provided structurally imbalanced coverage of the ongoing war involving Iran, Israel, and the United States. According to Favakeh, the imbalance stems primarily from the newspaper’s lack of… Continue reading
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Ukraine attacks Russian Baltic ports: Playing with Fire?
In the quiet hours of early March 31, residents across Estonia awoke to the piercing wail of emergency alerts on their phones. The EE-ALARM system, Estonia’s national hazard notification app, lit up with warnings of an “air threat” near the borders with Russia. Drones—linked to Ukraine’s ongoing counteroffensive—had entered Estonian airspace, prompting widespread alerts that… Continue reading
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East and West No. 6 – 21 March 2026
East and West‘s new issue is out. Featuring articles on: East and West. Independent newspaper. Online since 2016To help up stay independent, please consider fundingPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/east-and-west-151550389 (CLICK ON LINK TO DONATE)Go Fund Me: https://www.gofundme.com/f/east-and-west-newspaper CLICK ON LINK TO DONATE)You can find the latest issue of East and West below. Continue reading
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If Russia Loses: A Scenario
In the bestseller If Russia Wins, the German strategist Carlo Masala presents a stark warning: if Russia succeeds in Ukraine, Europe will face a far more dangerous future. His scenario imagines a weakened NATO, a complacent Europe, and eventually a Russian probe against the Baltic states—perhaps the Estonian city of Narva—testing whether the alliance still… Continue reading
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East and West No. 5 – 7 March 2026
A new issue of East and West is out. Featuring articles by: Thomas Fazi, “The end of the US-Russia detente?” Jan Oberg, “The Trump Regime proves again to be the single largest danger to humanity’s future” and others. East and West. Independent newspaper. Online since 2016To help up stay independent, please consider fundingPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/east-and-west-151550389 (CLICK… Continue reading
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Regime change in Iran?
Israel and the US start “Major Combat Operations” Against Iran The build-up had been going on for weeks. But in the end the attack came unexpected . In the early hours of 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel conducted coordinated air and missile strikes on targets inside Iran, including facilities in and around… Continue reading
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East and West on Patreon And Go Fund Me
In order to deliver independent news, East and West requires funding too. Support us by donating or sharing this link if you want our small newspaper to keep offering a fresh view of world events. You shall be blessed with a lot of gratitude. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/east-and-west-151550389 (CLICK ON LINK TO DONATE) Go Fund Me: https://www.gofundme.com/f/east-and-west-newspaper… Continue reading
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Finlandisation is not a bad idea
n Cold War discourse, especially in West Germany and the Anglo-American world, the term Finlandisation became shorthand for a small democratic state supposedly forced into self-censorship and foreign policy subservience under pressure from a great authoritarian neighbour. Yet the historical experience of Finland between 1944 and 1991 was more complex, more pragmatic, and less moralistic… Continue reading
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Russia Alleges UK and France Weigh Plans to Provide Ukraine With Nuclear Arms
Moscow has publicly accused the United Kingdom and France of considering plans to provide Kiev with nuclear weapons or related technologies. On 24 February 2026, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) issued a statement alleging that officials in London and Paris are contemplating ways to transfer nuclear weapons — including the possibility of an atomic bomb… Continue reading
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