Samizdat – August 28, 2022 Belgrade has managed to convince seven nations to withdraw their recognition of Kosovo, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Saturday, addressing the nation. The president did not name specific countries that had told Belgrade they would do so but still praised the development as an achievement of Serbian diplomacy, demonstrating […]
Samizdat | August 26, 2022 Ukraine’s latest proposal to condemn Russia has attracted the backing of just 58 out of 193 UN member states, a far cry from the number that symbolically supported Kiev in the General Assembly in March. Kiev’s envoy to the UN Sergey Kislitsa heralded the proposed resolution on Wednesday, following the Security […]
The US Coast Guard vessel was diverted to Papua New Guinea after its call for access to a Solomon Islands’ port was ignored Samizdat | August 26, 2022 A vessel of the US Coast Guard was prevented from entering the Solomon Islands for a routine refueling stop, because the Pacific nation’s government did not respond […]
Samizdat – 26.08.2022 ANKARA – The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) used intimidation against Turkish businessmen involved in trade with Russia, prying into their real estate contracts with Russians, Turkish daily Yeni Safak reported on Friday. According to the newspaper, the CIA Turkey chief called and “openly threatened” the officials of construction companies with links to […]
When it comes to vaccines for children The Naked Emperor’s Newsletter | June 6, 2022 Last July, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) in the UK advised that children at increased risk of serious coronavirus (COVID-19) disease should be offered a vaccine. However they said that they are “not currently advising routing vaccination […]
By Sofia Chegodaeva | Samizdat | May 11, 2022 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that he regrets that the UN has missed the opportunity to reach a political solution on the Ukraine crisis. “To my great regret, the secretariat of this organisation, including its secretary-general, missed the opportunity to achieve a political settlement […]
Samizdat | May 6, 2022 India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, TS Tirumurti, has accused the Netherlands of “patronizing” his country after the Dutch ambassador to the UK publicly scolded New Delhi for abstaining on UN General Assembly resolutions on the war in Ukraine. “Kindly don’t patronise us, Ambassador. We know what to do,” Tirumurti wrote in a tweet […]
Taxpayers’ Union NZ | May 6, 2022 This week we released the results of a new scientific poll confirming what we have long suspected: New Zealanders don’t trust Government-funded media outlets to hold the Government to account. Payments from the likes of the $55 million “Public Interest Journalism” Fund present a clear conflict of interest to media outlets […]
By Nick Bowler | The Daily Sceptic | May 4, 2022 The U.K. has used just 142 million of the stockpile of 650 million vaccine doses it purchased, leaving an estimated £4 billion worth of vaccines unused and, at current levels of take-up, likely going to waste. The vaccines typically have an expiration date of six to 12 months after manufacture […]
Samizdat | May 2, 2022 Curated by the Security Service of Ukraine and officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Myrotvorets website publishes the personal info of so-called “enemies of Ukraine”. Several individuals whose names have been posted on the site have been murdered, and rights groups and governments have repeatedly called for it […]
