#War

Azovstal fighters surrender. Cuzzelli (LUMSA): “We are facing the fog of war”

SIR discusses the state of the war that broke out almost three months ago with retired Brigadier General Giorgio Cuzzelli,…

Moldova, a country on its last legs. Sandu (President), doors open to Ukrainian refugees. “Help us. We are Europe”

An intense – and applauded – speech by the President of the Republic of Moldova, Maia Sandu, at the European…

Ukraine: EU Commission, €248 million to support 5 Member States hosting refugees fleeing the war

EU Commission: war in Ukraine. Von der Leyen, “energy savings, less fossil fuels, renewables”. Solar panels on commercial and public buildings

EU Commission: war in Ukraine, Europe takes action. Energy independence, security and defence, the country’s rebuilding

Russia: “Anti-war students” activist movement travels on the web. Stories of “acts of disobedience” on Telegram

NATO. Alessandro Politi: “NATO membership for Sweden and Finland risks prolonging the war”

The possibility of NATO membership for Sweden and Finland – shattering decades-long, if not centuries-old, established conditions – is on…

Monastery of the Order of Saint Paul in Mariupol seized by the Russians. The parish priest: “The city is in shambles”

The Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit monastery in Mariupol, where the Pauline Fathers lived and served, has been…

EU-Japan: strong condemnation of Russia’s aggression in Ukraine. Michel (European Council) in Hiroshima tomorrow to send “message of peace”

Ukraine: Pejcinovic Buric’s visit (Council of Europe). “Unimaginable sufferings. Stop the Russian attack”. Aid package

Russia. Isavnin: Putin’s words might suggest a willingness to negotiate

Putin’s speech was not what we had imagined: not a call to “mobilisation or new declarations of war, or words…