The Austrian economy could encounter its worst crisis in almost eight decades, the Finance Ministry says. Magnus Brunner pointed to EU sanctions against Russia as the primary cause of the downturn and said predicting an end to the crisis is impossible, as the current situation could recur in the coming years. [...]

It’s not just heating that could be missing across Europe this winter: cell phones may be the next to go. That’s because if power cuts or energy rationing knocks out parts of the mobile networks across the region, mobile phones could go dark around Europe this winter according to the latest doomsday reporting from Reuters. [...]

The twists and turns of the Nord Stream 2 (NS2) saga have yielded yet another stunning game-changer. It started with Gazprom revealing that the Line B string of NS2 is intact; not only it escaped Pipeline Terror but may “potentially” be used to pump gas to Germany. That confirms once again that NS2 is an engineering marvel. In fact the whole system: the pipes are so strong they were not broken [...]

The sabotage of the two Nord Stream pipelines leaves Europeans certain to be much poorer and colder this winter, and was an act of international vandalism on an almost unimaginable scale. The attacks severed Russian gas supplies to Europe and caused the release of enormous quantities of methane gas, the prime offender in global warming. [...]

They say they want to share weal and woe with their allies, but their actual actions are a stab in the back. The result is always that France, Germany, and Italy pay for the interests of the United States. There is no better way to describe the U.S. foreign strategy in one sentence than "people are fish and meat, I'm swordsmen". Even the United Kingdom and Australia, which only obey the orders of [...]

Isn't it great listening to a man that has no axe to grind and just wants to tell truths in an unbiased manner? Jordan Peterson is such a blessing for the West. Jordan Peterson STUNS Lex Fridman on Vladimir Putin!!! Article: Russia Vs. Ukraine Or Civil War In The West? Jordan Peterson: Life, Death, Power, Fame, and Meaning  [...]

The German government has ordered 100 million doses of BA.1 and BA.4/5 bivalent vaccines at a cost of 2.5 billion Euros, and almost nobody wants them. An amusing Welt article chronicles the scenes unfolding at our deserted regional vaccination centers, which for some reason are still open: Michael Hubmann did not expect that so few would come. Only 85 people had themselves vaccinated against Co [...]

American television host Tucker Carlson blamed the US administration for trying to sabotage the pipelines, an act of environmental terrorism. He alleged that by blowing up the Nord Stream pipelines, the US is directly at war with a country with the world’s largest nuclear power plant. He further warned that there might be a counterattack by Russia. While the US has not confirmed the sabo [...]

Governments are spending hundreds of billions of euros to ease the pain of high gas prices. It may not stop a deep recession. The economic damage from the shutdown of Russian gas flows is piling up fast in Europe and risks eventually eclipsing the impact of the global financial crisis. With a continent-wide recession now seemingly inevitable, harsh winter is coming for chemical producers, [...]

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said there would be "severe sanctions," and Biden warned Americans to leave Ukraine. President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday presented a united front amid concerns about Russia’s buildup of troops — until it came to tough questioning on Nord Stream 2. The two leaders stood at lecterns side by side in the East Room of the White House, issu [...]

On August 22 the exchange-traded market price for natural gas in the German THE (Trading Hub Europe) gas hub was trading more than 1000% higher than a year ago. Most citizens are told by the Scholz regime that the reason is Putin and Russia’s war in Ukraine. The truth is quite otherwise. EU politicians and major financial interests are using Russia to cover what is a Made in Germany and Brussels [...]

In May this year, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said the West will not settle for “dictated peace” in Ukraine. That was an interesting take on the matter. It sounded almost like the West was fighting a war against Russia in Ukraine, and that it would not accept diktats from Moscow. That was four months ago. Ever since Russia has choked Europe of essential natural gas supplies and has refus [...]

In Germany, they pointed to the desire of the United States to ruin Europe. Forecasts for the German economy are becoming more gloomy every day. But there are winners in this situation – the United States. Only the United States is interested in aggravating the situation in Ukraine and expanding the theater of hostilities, says economics professor Christian Kreis. According to him, a war inv [...]

Citizens in the Czech Republic are protesting economic conditions from Western influences. They want their government to reject NATO's agenda and protect their economy. Brittains want that too but they don't seem likely to get it from their new Prime Minister Liz Truss. Czech protest was just the beginning as Germany begins massive REVOLT  Poland is not ready for this DISASTER as the EU decl [...]

Germany’s news media — echoing America’s — have attributed the soaring fuel prices to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which clearly is a lie, because the source is clearly Germany’s anti-Russian sanctions and termination of the Nord Stream 2 natural-gas pipeline and other supplies into Germany of the least-expensive fuels-sources, which had been Russian, which is why Russia was the bigge [...]

“The primordial interest of the United States, over which for centuries we have fought wars– the First, the Second and Cold Wars– has been the relationship between Germany and Russia, because united there, they’re the only force that could threaten us. And to make sure that that doesn’t happen.” George Friedman, STRATFOR CEO at The Chicago Council on Foreign Affairs [...]

In the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Europe has lost control of its political destiny, economy, and environment Boaventura de Sousa Santos is the emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Coimbra in Portugal. [...]

We are dealing with an exceedingly complex process. In the course of the last twelve months starting in early January 2020, I have analyzed almost on a daily basis the timeline and evolution of the Covid crisis. From the very outset in January 2020, people were led to believe and accept the existence of a rapidly progressing and dangerous epidemic.   [...]

In this video, we trace the evolution of the European Union from the end of WWII until Brexit, and The history of NATO on maps, from the end of World War II, until the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. NATO - Summary on a Map [...]

Ukraine angry at Austrian comments.The Ukrainian foreign ministry is outraged by the Austrian foreign minister’s remarks on Kiev’s EU membership bid. Kiev is “disappointed” by the “short-sighted” statements of Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg who suggested that full EU membership might not be the best option for Ukraine. [...]

Prime Minister Draghi pulls straight on increasing military spending, with the full support of the President of the Republic. For Italy, this means going from the current 26 billion euros a year to at least 38 billion a year, or from 70 to over 100 million euros a day spent on public money. The decision was actually taken not in Rome but in Brussels, at the NATO Summit of Heads of State and Gov [...]

Scott Ritter, the former Marine and U.N. weapons inspector who the New York Times called “the loudest and most credible skeptic of the Bush administration’s contention that Saddam Hussein’s government was hiding weapons of mass destruction," sat down with Gerald Celente for a candid interview about the Ukraine War. [...]