Tag: Europe

Born as Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger in 1927, Benedict grew up in a turbulent time for Germany, then known as the Weimar Republic, in the village of Marktl which sits close to the German-Austrian border. During the Nazi regime of the 1930s and 40s, Benedict's family was harassed by the German...

The Biden administration has announced Thursday a new $600 million package of military aid to Ukraine as the war in Eastern Europe nears its 7-month length, supplying Ukraine with highly requested HIMAR ammunition among various equipment, ammo, and arms. This comes after a previous $2.9 billion infusion of aid...

Demonstrations have emerged in Madrid ahead of the June 28 NATO summit which is to take place in the Spanish state capital. Protesters are claiming that NATO has abused their tax money for imperialism, exploitation of global populations, and theft of natural resources across the world. The Spanish state has...

Roman Ratushnyi, a former student activist and current prominent civil activist from Kyiv, Ukraine, and servicemember of the 93rd Mechanized Kholodnyi Yar Brigade, was killed fighting in Kharkiv region against Russian forces. Notably he participated in the Revolution of Dignity at the age of 16, and was a civil...

On Monday afternoon, U.S President Biden announced the signing of the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 into law. Saying: "This bill provides another important tool in our efforts to support Ukraine and its people in their fight to defend their country and democracy against Putin’s brutal war"....

Belarus has announced a "sudden check" of the response time and readiness of their military reaction forces, part of the larger Armed Forces of Belarus, reported the country's Ministry of Defense early Wednesday morning. Adding that the test of the reaction forces does "not pose a threat to neighboring...