IR-PRESS - Independent review

Current affairs

Fico: Europe has begun to understand the need for negotiations with Putin

29 October 2026 00:54

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has stated that Europe has finally realized: to end the war in Ukraine it is necessary to negotiate with Russian President Vladimir Putin. He called this an

The UK will allocate a record £10 billion to Ukraine

28 October 2026 22:43

The UK will provide Ukraine with an additional £10 billion — about €11.4 billion — in economic and military support. This is the largest financial aid package for Ukraine that London has

Europe will not enter the first round of negotiations on Ukraine

One-sided game: what is wrong with the Youth Olympic Games?

Analytics

28 October 2026 14:02

Netanyahu is still ahead, but he does not have a majority

The final results of the Knesset elections will not become clear before the end of the week: the count still includes the “double envelopes” with votes from military personnel and other voters

Italy has not sent military aid to Ukraine for ten months

27 October 2026 13:30

Italy has not sent military shipments to Ukraine for about ten months, La Repubblica reports. The new, 13th aid package, according to the newspaper, is ready, but its approval keeps being postponed.

The AfD proposes weakening the EU under the threat of Dexit

Far-right groups took to the streets in France

Blog

One-sided game: what is wrong with the Youth Olympic Games?

28 October 2026 14:37

The Youth Olympic Games in Senegal can be called long-suffering. They were supposed to be held back in 2022, but Covid intervened. The competitions

Kyiv as a factor of electoral risk

27 October 2026 22:03

The autumn of 2026 has become for Europe a period of a large-scale protest wave caused by a deep economic crisis. Across the continent,

Elections in Israel. None of the groups will be able to form a government on its own.

27 October 2026 13:11

Middle East and US expert, political scientist Alexander Kargin: I believe that neither the “pro-Netanyahu” bloc of parties — consisting of Likud, Dati Zionut, Otzma

Have you noticed that in all the current political showdowns, from Belgrade to Delhi, the same factor is increasingly sticking out — the age factor

26 October 2026 22:03

Igor Dimitriev, political consultant: Vučić has today effectively been pushed out of politics by students. In neighboring Albania, students are burning ministries and demanding

The US wants to see Orbán as UN Secretary-General: the White House has already made the offer

26 October 2026 13:20

The Trump administration is considering former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán as a potential candidate for the post of UN Secretary-General and would like

Investigations and fact-checking

14 October 2026 14:08

Current affairs

Fico: Europe has begun to understand the need for negotiations with Putin

The UK will allocate a record £10 billion to Ukraine

Europe will not enter the first round of negotiations on Ukraine

One-sided game: what is wrong with the Youth Olympic Games?

Analytics

Netanyahu is still ahead, but he does not have a majority

Italy has not sent military aid to Ukraine for ten months

The AfD proposes weakening the EU under the threat of Dexit

Far-right groups took to the streets in France

Blog

One-sided game: what is wrong with the Youth Olympic Games?

Kyiv as a factor of electoral risk

Elections in Israel. None of the groups will be able to form a government on its own.

Have you noticed that in all the current political showdowns, from Belgrade to Delhi, the same factor is increasingly sticking out — the age factor

The US wants to see Orbán as UN Secretary-General: the White House has already made the offer

Investigations and fact-checking

Fake: After strikes on Yandex data centers, there are fewer pro-Russian bots online

Fake: mobilized soldiers from the Irkutsk region brought plague to the Zaporozhye region

Fake: An outbreak of plague occurred at a military training ground in Belovodsk

Fake: Miners were called to take part in rallies in the LPR

A coordinated disinformation campaign has been launched in the Russian information space ahead of the elections