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Ursula von der Leyen suddenly says the EU can no longer count on the old reliable unwritten rules for me, but not for thee By Rachel Marsden, a columnist, political strategist, and host of independently produced talk-shows in French and English. https://www.rt.com/op-ed/authors/rachel-marsden/rachelmarsden.com · ©  Omar Havana/Getty Images · When European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen had to come up with a …

The PM’s statement followed a presidential veto that blocked Warsaw from tapping billions in defense loans from the bloc  · Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, February 26, 2026, Warsaw, Poland ©  Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto via Getty Images · [RT] There is “a real threat” that Poland could leave the EU, Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said, after the country’s president vetoed a bill that would have allowed Warsaw to tap…

Hungarian PM has accused the EU of taking “the war upon itself” · Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban addresses supporters in Budapest, Hungary, March 15, 2026. ©  Janos Kummer / Getty Images · [RT] Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has accused Brussels of dragging the EU into a direct war with Russia through potential troop deployments to Ukraine. · Speaking at the ‘Peace March’ in Budapest on Sunday, which drew…

The rebuke has followed the European Commission’s proposal of a fact-finding mission to inspect damage to the Druzhba pipeline · ©  Thierry Monasse/Getty Images · [RT] Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has ridiculed an initiative launched by Kiev’s EU backers to restart Russian oil flows through the Druzhba pipeline, calling it “blackmail.” · The accusations came after the European Commission last week proposed a fact-finding…

The Middle East escalation has cut off a number of American allies from the vital Strait of Hormuz · FILE PHOTO. © Getty Images / MAGNIFIER · Oil producers in the Gulf region have lost an estimated $15.1 billion in energy revenues since the launch of the US-Israeli strikes on Iran, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing estimates by analytics firm Kpler. · The US and Israel conducted coordinated strikes on the…

Kiev has intensified attacks on Russian civilian sites recently, backed by Western arms supplies · RT- FILE PHOTO. ©  Mikhail Voskresensky/RIA Novosti · European leaders are not interested in a diplomatic settlement to the Ukraine conflict, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. He stressed that the only recent diplomatic outreach by EU states – a visit by a French presidential envoy last month – did not bring “any…

It’s possible that Putin’s spokesman was signaling that one, some, or all of the major terms stipulated in spring 2022’s peace deal are no longer relevant as regards the endgame that Russia has in mind. · Andrew Korybko · Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov recently said that “The reality has changed altogether” when asked about Russia’s commitment to the Istanbul Accords that were initialed in spring 2022 but ultimately derailed by the UK and…

<small><em>Photo credit: AI-generated image (ChatGPT/OpenAI)</em></small> · The FCC chair, Brendan Carr, threatened broadcasters over their coverage of the war with Iran. · Carr suggested broadcasters could face consequences — including license issues — if their war coverage spreads what the administration considers distortions. · This is a chilling precedent. · The media is attempting to cover a rapidly unfolding war while operating under…

New Zealanders recently received reassuring economic messaging from the banking sector, including commentary from Kiwibank suggesting that global oil market movements could ease domestic fuel pressures and improve inflation prospects. But behind the optimism lies a deeper structural problem. · Unless the New Zealand Government takes immediate action on internal fuel pricing and supply resilience, any short-term economic gains will disappear…

For far too long the government, its advisors and the media have been maintaining the fiction that criticism of mRNA Covid vaccines is outside of “settled science”. In other words, safety concerns being widely voiced are false and unfounded. In fact mRNA vaccines are wrongly being claimed as safe in the face of incontrovertible evidence of risk. Last week the Royal Commission on Covid-19 Phase 2 opened the lid of Pandora’s Box, but it didn’t…