When looking at the dominant forms of government in the past century, countries with autocratic regimes were in the majority for the longest time. A downward trend in autocracies only began after the end of the Second World War, accelerated by the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s. Since then, the two variants of government have been in a neck-and-neck race and were almost equally split in 2022.
A new analysis by the energy think tank „Ember“ has found that several countries in Europe could soon face bottlenecks in their national transmission energy grids, as more solar and wind power will be generated than these networks have capacity for.
Georgia, together with 12 NATO member countries and partners, will take part in the international naval exercise “Sea Shield 24”, which will be held in Romania from April 8 to 21, the press service of the Romanian Ministry of Defense reported.
According to the information, in addition to Georgia and Romania, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Moldova, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, the USA, Turkey and France will take part in the exercises.
Sarmatia Oil Pipeline Joint Stock Company has changed president, Trend reports via Sarmatia.
According to the decision of shareholders, the JSC was headed by Bozena Knipfelberg, a representative of the Polish company PERN S.A.
To note, the company was established in 2004 on the initiative of PERN Przyjazn and Ukrtransnafta for the completion of the Odessa-Brody-Plotsk-Gdansk oil pipeline.
The Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR, or Middle Corridor) is a green route, Kazakh National Economy Minister Alibek Kuantyrov said during the panel session "A New Dawn for Eurasia" at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Trend reports.
Over the course of the country's invasion of Ukraine, beliefs about who is a friend and who is a foe of Russia have consolidated among its population. There is one surprising exception, however - Ukraine itself.
Ukraine received another 5 thousand Starlink terminals from Poland. This was announced on August 22, 2022 by the Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine - Mykhailo Fyodorov.
"Our Polish friends handed over 5 thousand Starlink [terminals] to Ukraine." This will help Ukrainians to always be connected, and critical infrastructure sites to work in the most difficult conditions," Fyodorov wrote on his Telegram channel.
The Middle Corridor may become more competitive compared to the Northern Corridor.
This is what Iain Rawlinson, commercial director of the company “APM Terminals Poti”, which manages the Georgian port of Poti, told “Trend”.
„Therefore, to make the Middle Corridor remain competitive when the hostilities in Ukraine end and the situation in the region normalizes, it will need its exceptional efficiency in creating transparent rail and sea transport links“, he said.
The United States is still "a ways away" from any possible decision on whether to re-introduce U.S. troops into Ukraine, General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on Monday, even as he acknowledged low-level planning underway.
President Joe Biden decided to withdraw American troops from Ukraine before Russia's Feb. 24 invasion in order to avoid a direct conflict with a nuclear-armed adversary.
The member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, elected with the list of the party "United Russia" - Oleg Morozov has threatened Poland that Russia will attack it immediately after Ukraine. Morozov wrote about this in almost plain text in his Telegram channel.
