Poland on Monday announced details on the planned fortification of its eastern border, including drones, anti-tank barriers and new operating bases. The plan, called Eastern Shield, envisages investments totalling around $2.5 billion and should be completed by 2028. “We have 700 kilometres of border to secure, 400 kilometres of which are with Belarus,” said Deputy […]
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will announce details of the planned security reinforcement of his country’s eastern border on Monday. The plan, called Protective Shield East, envisages investments totalling the equivalent to about $2.5 billion to secure the border, which is also forms part of the European Union’s external border. Poland, a member of NATO, […]
While virtually every environmental group across the nation celebrated the Biden administration’s historic steps to lower pollution last month, John Beard sat patiently. After years of advocacy and hundreds of scientific studies, the federal government designated two “forever chemicals” as hazardous substances. This move makes it easier to mandate the removal of these man-made compounds […]
Hours after the Senate passed a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills early Saturday morning, Representative Stephen Lynch announced that portions of $213.4 million heading to Massachusetts will soon be put to use. As one of the 202 community projects scheduled across the commonwealth, the town of Weymouth will use $1,383,069 of new funding to […]
Ukraine’s leadership is seeking to kickstart a mobilization campaign to replenish the ranks in 2024. For that, it needs an updated legal framework. The government submitted a new draft of the mobilization law to Ukraine’s parliament on Jan. 30, more than two weeks after withdrawing its initial, contentious version. Compared to the current legislation, the […]
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey will reinforce its newly established permanent bases in northern Iraq in the coming months, after 12 Turkish soldiers were killed in the region, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday. The twelve were killed last week in northern Iraq in clashes with the militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) based […]
The Ukrainian counteroffensive has stalled. For the first time since the outbreak of the war, the feeling that Russia may actually be winning is taking root. The long-applauded western resolve in support of Ukraine is waning. The western Balkans are broiling. And next year’s presidential election in the US does not bode well for Europe. […]