Finally, more than a decade-and-a-half after it first applied, what is now North Macedonia appeared to be sprinting down the home straight to EU membership. A long-running name dispute with its southern neighbours Greece had seen Athens put up obstacle after obstacle to Skopje joining the bloc. But, last year, both countries came to a […]
Posts Tagged ‘quarrel’
Bulgaria quarrel threatens to put brakes on North Macedonia EU membership talks
November 10th, 2020 Awake Goy
Trump’s quarrel with mega-donor Sheldon Adelson could be good news for Mideast peace
August 9th, 2020 Awake Goy
The New York Times today buried some news that could turn out to be vital to peace in the Middle East over the next few months. Toward the end of a report on Trump’s bizarre press conference/campaign rally at his private club in New Jersey last night, the paper revealed that he is quarreling with […]
Why is Trump picking a quarrel with Iran?
August 29th, 2017 Awake Goy
Is it to make the world safe for Israel? By JULIAN BORGERThe Guardian, August 28, 2017 US intelligence officials are under pressure from the White House to produce a justification to declare Iran in violation of a 2015 nuclear agreement, in an echo of the politicisation of intelligence that led up to the Iraq invasion, according to […]