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Für die Europäische Union kann das Coronavirus ein Glück im Unglück sein
Die Coronavirus-Epidemie und die schweren wirtschaftlichen Folgen der Finanzturbulenzen der letzten Wochen sowie aufgrund der Maßnahmen vieler europäischer Länder zur Eindämmung der Ansteckung, könnten für die Europäische Union eigentlich zu einem Glück im Unglück werden. In den letzten Jahren waren die Eurokrise von 2010, der lange Flüchtlingssommer 2015, der Brexit 2016, das katalanische Unabhängigkeitsreferendum 2017… Continue reading
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For the European Union the coronavirus can be a blessing in disguise
The coronavirus epidemic and the heavy economic consequences provoked by the financial turbulences of recent weeks and the measures adopted by many European countries to contain the contagion may be a blessing in disguise for the European Union. In recent years the euro crisis of 2010, the long summer of refugees in 2015, Brexit in… Continue reading
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Forget 1984. The future is Brave New World
In recent years, with the growth of the internet and the possibilities of online surveillance, many began to imagine the present and even more so the future as some sort of world straight out of George Orwell’s famous novel 1984. A world with cameras everywhere and all powerful institutions gathered all possible information about every… Continue reading
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US may impose new sanctions on Russia, says the Wall Street Journal
According to The Wall Street Journal, which cites White House officials, the US government is considering introducing new sanctions against Russia. This time the reason for such a measure could be Russia’s abrupt walkaway from the deal with OPEC, which provoked a trade war with Saudi Arabia and a collapse in oil prices. At the… Continue reading
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“Russia is spreading disinformation on coronavirus”, claims the EU
A report by the European External Action Service’s strategic communications division, revealed by the Financial Times today, claims that “Russian pro-Kremlin media” are conducting a “significant disinformation campaign” to exploit the coronavirus pandemic crisis in Western countries by “destroying confidence in the emergency response”. The story has subsequently been taken up by much of the… Continue reading
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“We are going to have violence in the streets”, says economist Nouriel Roubini
In an interview with Yahoo Finance American economist Nouriel Roubini said the financial crisis provoked by the coronavirus pandemic could have severe consequences for many people: “We literally are going to have riots on the street and people going to the supermarkets and taking over everything and stealing it because people are going to start… Continue reading
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Eduard Limonov, Russian writer and politician with a penchant for provocation, dies at 77
The Russian writer and radical politician Eduard Limonov has died in Moscow yesterday. He was 77. Limonov, whose real name was Eduard Veniaminovich Savenko, gained celebrity as the author of provocative novels in the 1970s, after he emigrated from the Soviet Union in 1974. Born in Dzerzhinsk, an industrial town in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast… Continue reading
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Coronavirus and utopian dreams
Only a few weeks ago the world still believed in liberal dreams. Now thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, this all may look so obsolete very soon. Financial markets are tumbling and may plunge the world in an economic crisis greater than the one provoked by the crash of the US real estate bubble in 2008.… Continue reading
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How many Americans have coronavirus? It’s impossible to know
After having been sick all week, German-American former supermodel and now TV presenter Heidi Klum decided she wanted to get tested for the coronavirus. “I hope its just a cold, I would love to do the corona test but there just isn’t one here. I’ve tried with two different doctors and I just can’t get… Continue reading
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Protests in Kiev as Ukrainian government opens for talks with Donbass rebels
In a change of policy, Ukraine has agreed to include representatives of the Donetsk and Luhansk People Republics in negotiation talks. On March 11 representatives of Ukraine, Russia and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) signed in Minsk a document that envisages, among other things, the creation of a special Advisory Council… Continue reading
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德国媒体：“中国正躺在世界的面前”
本文是使用自动翻译器翻译的。 如有任何错误，敬请原谅 “在中国最成功的成就中，我们数瓷，纸和作弊”。因此，今天开始出现在德国顶级发行报纸《 Bild》上的一篇文章。文章的作者克里斯蒂安·斯滕泽尔继续说道：“距耶稣基督500年前，传奇的中国将军孙子曾称赞作弊是成功的策略。” “自那时以来，世界在与中国打交道方面并没有变得更加聪明。反之。电晕流行病的爆发以最痛苦的方式向我们展示：微笑的国度在于我们脸上的微笑。一遍又一遍”。 作者指责中国政府掩盖了新形式的冠状病毒的爆发，据一些消息来源称，这种新形式的冠状病毒已经在11月发生。这种说法在过去几周中经常发生，并与2003年的事件相呼应。2003年的事件是，中国被指控对SARS疫情不透明，这是一种急性呼吸道疾病，约有8000人死亡，774人死亡。 面对去年12月异常肺炎病例迅速增加的情况，中国于12月31日向世界卫生组织通报了新的病毒流行情况。这与中国医生意识到他们仅在治疗一种新型疾病的报道相符。在十二月下旬。尽管世卫组织这次赞扬了中国为应对冠状病毒而做出的努力，但西方许多人仍对中国应对危机感到担忧。 人们常常回想起中国医生李文亮的悲惨故事，他最初试图传播有关这种新疾病的新闻。然而，为了维护中国政府的公义，在李文亮对类似于WhatsApp 的中文消息传递应用程序微信发出警告的第二天，中国就向世卫组织通报了新的冠状病毒。 此外，中国还被指控淡化了这一流行病的流行程度，通过统计数字来掩盖真实的感染人数。但是注册的案件数量始终取决于所进行的特定测试的数量，并且在危机开始时，鉴于威胁的新性质，测试的数量非常有限。 在80％的人群中，冠状病毒感染会引起与普通感冒或流感无明显差异的症状。不仅在中国，甚至在德国，今天的欧洲或美国，也没有对所有表现出诸如咳嗽，喉咙发酸，发烧或四肢酸痛等症状的人进行冠状病毒测试。 这种测试非常昂贵且需要时间，并且由于紧急情况的紧急性质以及医疗服务面临的艰难决策，因此无法确定确切的感染人数，不仅在独裁的中国，甚至在模型中也是如此。欧美的“开放社会”。就人权而言，共产主义中国可能不是一个理想的例子，但这并不意味着可以利用一切机会，甚至是最近的灾难来抹黑她的政府。 更糟糕的是，中国的冠状病毒不幸不应该被当作沉迷种族刻板印象的机会。“笑中国话”是这种陈规定型观念中最疯狂的形式之一。如今，德国喜欢将自己塑造成一个宽容，国际化的国家，向不同的人和文化开放。但是，如这个最新的例子所示，肤浅的愉悦感和真实的思想和感受之间仍然存在巨大的差距。也许有一天有人会写关于微笑的德国人以及他们关于宽容和共同的欧洲价值观的空洞的口头禅。 Continue reading
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German media: “China is lying in the world’s face”
“Among the most successful Chinese achievements we count porcelain, paper – and cheating”. So begins an article that appeared today in Germany’s top circulation newspaper “Bild”. “Already 500 years before Jesus Christ the legendary Chinese general Sun Tzu praised cheating as a success strategy”, goes on the author of the article, Christian Stenzel. “Since then,… Continue reading
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Nadezhda Savchenko: “Corruption in Ukraine is good for our Western partners”
Ukrainian politician and former aviation pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, in a recent appearance on the Ukrainian TV channel Zik, said that corruption in Ukraine is a good thing for Ukraine’s Western partners. “It is not acceptable to prevent Ukraine from getting rid of corruption. We have to understand here that corruption in Ukraine is very lucrative… Continue reading
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Is Erdogan trying to revive the Ottoman Empire? – Myśl Polska
An extended version of this article appeared on Myśl Polska. You can find the original Polish here. We are increasingly worried about the objectives of current Turkish policy. Recep Erdogan causes conflicts on all fronts, tries to demonstratively show independence from all external forces, plays his own games in various regions of the former Ottoman… Continue reading
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Ukraine is tired of the “children of Soros”
“Sorosyata” or the “children of Soros” have been one of the most hottest topic in Ukraine over the last couple of months. Much of the discussion, conducted in tv channels and internet media outlets, has been strongly critical of the work of organizations and initiatives supported by the American financier and self-appointed philanthrope George Soros.… Continue reading
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“NATO should help Turkey”, writes the Economist
NATO should grit its teeth and help Turkey in Syria, says one of the leader articles in the last issue of the magazine The Economist. “Turkey is the only country trying to stave off this humanitarian crisis”, writes the British weekly about the situation in the Syrian North Eastern province of Idlib, the last big… Continue reading
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Turkey is not a Russian ally
Since Turkey bought the anti-aircraft S-400 from Russia last summer, against the explicit recommendations of NATO, there was much talk and fear about Turkey increasingly orienting herself towards Russia and departing from her alliance with Europe and America. The events of the last few days in Syria prove that this kind of talk was nonsense.… Continue reading
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Coronavirus paranoia is a healthy thing
The recent outbreak of Coronavirus in China has seen a rapid spread of the contagion from East to West. Overreaction to this inevitable pandemic is not only logical but more than welcome. The last couple of weeks have seen the birth of a new catchphrase in the mainstream media. The key phrase, one touted by… Continue reading
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“I believe in rational dialogue between Russia and Poland”, Sergey Markov on Myśl Polska
This interview originally appeared on Myśl Polska. You can find it here. Myśl Polska: You have recently expressed the opinion that we cannot succumb to hatred in Polish-Russian relations. Why such an appeal? Sergey Markov: Because of a few reasons. First of all, I am generally a supporter of peace in favour of a humanistic… Continue reading
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Турция – не союзник России
Когда Турция прошлым летом купила у России зенитный комплекс S-400 вопреки четким рекомендациям НАТО, было много разговоров и опасений, что Турция все больше ориентируется на Россию и выходит из своего альянса с Европой и Америкой. События последних нескольких дней в Сирии доказывают, что подобные разговоры были чепухой. После последнего столкновения в Идлибе, в котором 33… Continue reading
EAST AND WEST 