The Finnish government has recently cut social and healthcare benefits and significantly raised financial support for Kiev Finnish Finance Minister Riikka Purra has warned of growing pressure on the country’s public finances. The warning comes just days after the government unveiled a multi-year fiscal plan that combines increased military aid to Ukraine with domestic spending cuts. The government’s fiscal plan for 2027–2030 was presented earlier this week. It includes cuts of €240 million to social and healthcare spending but €300 million in increased military support for Ukraine. “The state of public finances is extremely difficult, and the debt-to-GDP ratio is approaching 90%,” Purra said in an interview with the outlet Yle on Saturday. “We’ve been hit not only by external shocks,” she highlighted, adding that the nation struggles with high unemployment, near-zero economic growth and an aging population.” The fiscal plan agreed by the government sets out public spending cuts ...
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Cases target individuals alleged to have committed abuses during the civil war, reportedly starting with Atif Najib, blamed for sparking the 2011 revolt Syria is set to launch the first trials of prominent figures from the ousted government of former President Bashar Assad, the country’s Justice Ministry has announced. In a post on X, the ministry said proceedings would begin with cases tied to Daraa – where the protest movement that later spiraled into civil war began – framing the move as a key step toward accountability. Protests began in Daraa following the arrest and alleged torture of 15 students accused of writing anti-government slogans amid the broader Arab Spring uprisings. Demonstrations turned deadly when security forces opened fire, escalating into a nationwide revolt that became the 13-year Syrian Civil War, killing more than half a million people. A Moscow - and Ankara-brokered truce in 2020 put an end to major fighting for nearly four years. But in late 2024, a rebe...
Trump’s decision to drag the US into war was largely shaped by the Israeli PM’s “fanatical” and misguided agenda, the economist says American economist Jeffrey Sachs has sharply criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, arguing that US President Donald Trump’s decision to attack Iran was heavily influenced by what he described as Netanyahu’s “fanatical” and misguided agenda. Trump has repeatedly faced criticism, both domestically and internationally, for pursuing policies widely seen as closely aligned with Israeli interests across both his first and current presidential terms. Analysts and political opponents have often pointed to a broader shift in US foreign policy that allegedly favors the agenda of the Jewish State under Netanyahu. “Trump’s decision basically led by Netanyahu,” Sachs told US conservative journalist and podcaster Tucker Carlson. In a video interview published on Friday, the economist noted that Netanyahu has an agenda, stressing that the US presid...
There are concerns that Vilmos Katai-Nemeth, a lawyer and aikido black belt, could become a symbolic “figurehead,” according to media reports Hungary's incoming prime minister, Peter Magyar, has picked a blind lawyer to become the cabinet minister responsible for DEI affairs as part of a sweeping government overhaul following Viktor Orban’s election defeat. Magyar made the announcement on X on Friday, naming Vilmos Katai-Nemeth, 52, alongside transport pick David Vitezy. “For the first time in Hungary’s history, a blind Hungarian citizen… will lead the Ministry of Social and Family Affairs – including responsibility for accessibility and equal opportunities,” he wrote. Katai-Nemeth has struggled with vision problems since childhood and lost his sight at 16 due to a hereditary retinal atrophy disease. However, he went on to qualify as a lawyer, and is a practicing attorney. He also earned a black belt in aikido – the first blind master in this disciple in the world – and has dev...
Two Eurofighter Typhoons were cleared to attack the UAVs as they flew over Ukraine, the Romanian Defense Ministry has said Two British fighter jets that scrambled from a Romanian air base received a green light to shoot down Russian drones flying not far from the border with the NATO country, Romania’s Defense Ministry has said. Romanian and UK officials have stressed that the warplanes never entered Ukraine’s airspace, or opened fire on Russian UAVs. In a statement on Saturday, the Romanian Defense Ministry said that RAF Eurofighter Typhoon jets deployed at the 86th Air Base in Fetesti lifted off at 2 AM and established radar contact with a target 1.5 km from Reni, a Ukrainian port town on the bank of the Danube, barely a stone’s throw from Romanian soil. “The pilots had authorization to engage the drones,” the ministry said, adding that multiple explosions were subsequently reported in Reni. Read more EU doubles down on disputed ‘drone wall’ initiative against Russia After ...
US networks did not cover a video in which a nuclear safety officer spoke about Ukraine corruption and strikes on children in Iran, Michael Casey has told RT Major US networks have turned a blind eye to an explosive undercover video in which a senior Pentagon official spoke about Ukraine’s rampant corruption and civilian casualties resulting from the war on Iran, O’Keefe Media Group journalist Michael Casey has told RT. Speaking to RT on Friday, Casey weighed in on footage that O’Keefe Media Group released earlier this week, apparently showing Andrew Hugg, a Pentagon nuclear safety officer, revealing secrets to a woman he met on a dating app. The official was recorded confirming that US airstrikes did cause collateral child casualties in Iran, discussing nerve agents stored in Maryland, and alleging that Ukrainian officials had pocketed US taxpayer funds going back to the Obama administration. Read more Ukrainians stealing in hopes of living in Dubai – US military official to un...