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vlgr Sep 7, 2026

The EU is securing a peaceful Arctic from the deck of a 35-year-old ship that almost wasn’t there

Trump’s push for American control of Greenland has given EU a reason to explain how they intend to secure it. Ursula von der Leyen has a forthcoming strategy and a 35-year-old Danish patrol ship whose sister vessel could not deploy for lack of sailors. Greece might recognise the level of reassurance.

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vlgr Sep 5, 2026

Ukraine Just Got More Expensive for Europe.

The Biden administration supplied Ukraine with billions of dollars in American weapons. Donald Trump has now concluded that this may have been an accounting error and says Washington intends to collect the bill after all.

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vlgr Aug 24, 2026

Ukraine Turns 35: Celebrate With a €6.1 Billion Gift Card

Happy Independence Day to the democracy whose elections are three years overdue. European taxpayers are picking up the tab - again. There is, admittedly, something unusually comic about celebrating the independence of a state whose survival depends on money, weapons and credit supplied by foreign governments.

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vlgr Aug 23, 2026

Turkey Has a Price. Was Syria the Deal, the US the Dealmaker and the EU the Financier?

Before Israel and the United States went to war with Iran, Turkish companies had already begun appearing inside major Syrian infrastructure projects. Was Syria the price of Turkish restraint, and did Washington mistake a transaction for an alliance? Was this a strategic error?

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vlgr Aug 11, 2026

US Cowboys, Middle Eastern Airspace and Reliable Partners

Y’all remember that awkward Ankara summit where everybody was promised everything, nobody got much of anything, Turkey was once again declared a reliable partner without getting its F-35s, and Trump supposedly flew home on the older Air Force One because the new Qatari jet wasn’t quite sophisticated enough yet? Turns out there weren’t two planes involved. There were three.

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vlgr Aug 6, 2026

Ukraine Now Monitoring Russian Troop Movements on Lunar Front

Ukrainian astronomers at the Main Astronomical Observatory have detected more than twenty large unidentified objects near the Moon, some allegedly the size of Manhattan. According to the researchers, the Moon may serve as a base for these craft, which could reach Earth in approximately twenty minutes, which would make them considerably faster than a Ukrainian trans-European cash transport.

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vlgr Jul 23, 2026

Turkish Sultanate supports their Turkish Cypriot brothers with an illegal bidirectional pipeline - escalation imminent?

Turkey has once again demonstrated its boundless generosity toward the Turkish Cypriots. After occupying the northern third of Cyprus for over half a century, Ankara has decided the best way to help its “brothers” is to build them a 101-kilometre undersea natural gas pipeline - without asking the internationally recognised government of the island. Wanna know why? Read here.

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vlgr Jul 8, 2026

Ankara Summit Special - Trump Tells Allies To “Talk That Talk, Walk That Walk”

Ankara, July 2026 - he most awkward NATO family reunion since Turkey bought Russian missiles and everyone pretended not to notice. Trump’s strategy of dangling a carrot in front of Erdoğan is in full swing, the results may vary.

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vlgr Jul 6, 2026

Trump Slaps Meloni with Digital Restraining Order – NATO Summit Drama Incoming

In the latest episode of The Real Housewives of the Western Alliance, the Donald drops a meme telling Italy's PM to back off. Spain and Germany are already on the receiving end of harsher treatment.

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vlgr Jul 1, 2026

Amid Economic Crisis, Turkey Officially Declares Itself History’s Most Compassionate Empire

In response to Israel's cabinet approving recognition of the Armenian Genocide, Erdogan doubles down on historical fanfiction.