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  • Greece – A Southern Europe Energy Hub

    This post contains an abbreviated chronology of the development of the ‘Vertical Corridor,’ a means of supplying natural gas to the countries of Central and East Europe that have been impacted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This energy delivery route is being made possible in large part thanks to the efforts made by Greece to…

    Labhrais O’Coileain

    April 1, 2024
    Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Caucasus, Egypt, Europe, Geopolitics, Greece, Natural Gas, Pipeline, Russia, Russia Ukraine, Security, South Caucasus, TANAP, TAP, Türkiye, Trade Relations, U.S., Ukraine
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  • Armenia and Azerbaijan: Baerbock Calls for New Negotiations

    German news agency, ZDF, using as its sources the German news agency, dpa, and the French news agency, AFP, published an article on its internet site on November 3, 2023, concerning the invitation by German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (of the Alliance 90/Green Party) to Armenia and Azerbaijan to renewed negotiations under her mediation to…

    Labhrais O’Coileain

    March 6, 2024
    Armenia, Azerbaijan, Geopolitics, Germany, South Caucasus, Soviet Union
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  • Armenia Seeks Rapprochement with Azerbaijan, Agrees to Military Cooperation with Greece, late-February, early March 2024

    Armenia, a majority of whose population belongs to the Armenian Apostolic (Orthodox) Church, finds itself the recipient of an unenviable piece of real estate that is squeezed between the two overwhelmingly Muslim nations, Turkey and Azerbaijan. This tension led to the 1915 genocide against the Armenians by the Turks of the Ottoman Empire, and more…

    Labhrais O’Coileain

    March 5, 2024
    Armenia, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Christianity, Europe, Genocide, Germany, Greece, Military Cooperation, Nagorno-Karabakh, Russia, Türkiye
  • Israel: Demonstrations Demand Resignation of Government, Early Elections, mid-February 2024

    Turkish internet news site Haber Global (HG) [World News] on February 17 filed the below article, reporting on recent demonstrations taking place across Israel that were demanding the resignation of the Netanyahu government and holding early elections. [Comment: The objective of my translations is to not only inform the reader of events seen from the…

    Labhrais O’Coileain

    February 29, 2024
    Gaza, Hebrew, Israel, Middle East, Netanyahu, Palestine, Türkiye, Translation
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  • Psalm 14: “The Fool Has Said In His Heart, ‘There Is No God’.”

    1למנצח לדוד For the director of music for David > Disclaimer: I rarely consult commentaries. Only when my translation doesn’t make sense or I just can’t begin to understand the meaning of a verse despite its being correctly translated do I refer to one, that of Delitzsch, whose commentaries are based on his analysis of…

    Labhrais O’Coileain

    February 29, 2024
    Bible, biblical interpretation, Christianity, Greek, Hebrew, Israel, Psalms, Uncategorized
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  • Shock for German Foreign Minister While in Ukraine, Hurriedly Returns Home, Late February 2024

    The Haber Global [World News] Turkish news internet site reported on February 25, 2024, that German Minister of Foreign Affairs, Annalena Baerbock, cut her trip to Ukraine in half because of security concerns. She was visiting the Black Sea port at Mykolaiv. The spokesperson for the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the Foreign…

    Labhrais O’Coileain

    February 25, 2024
    Europe, Geopolitics, Germany, Russia, Russia Ukraine, Turkey, Ukraine
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  • Armed Attack on Church in Burkina Faso, Africa; Many Casualties, Late February 2024

    The Turkish internet news site Yeni Çağ [New Age] reported on February 25, 2024, that unknown persons carried out an armed attack during the Sunday service at the Dori Catholic Church in the village of Essakane. The statement, made from the scene of the crime, claimed that in the attack 15 persons perished and 2…

    Labhrais O’Coileain

    February 25, 2024
    Africa, Church, Persecution, Roman Catholicism, Türkiye, Terrorism
    faith
  • The Political Dangers of a Rift in the Relations of Blacks and Jews

    This article, originally appearing in the February 7, 2024 edition of the New York Times, was featured on the Greek-language internet site of the Greek newspaper, Kathimerini, on February 13 under the banner of the New York Times|International Edition. The New York Times has maintained a 25-year partnership with Kathimerini, offering to its Greek subscribers…

    Labhrais O’Coileain

    February 19, 2024
    African-American Jewish Relations, Antisemitism, Elections, Gaza, Genocide, Hamas, Israel, journalistic activism, Netanyahu, Palestine, Radical Islam, Terrorism, U.S., UN
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  • Türkiye will speak against Israel at the UN International Court, mid-February 2024 Report

    The Russian internet news site mk-turkey.ru, which reports Turkish news in the Russian language, on February 11, 2024, issued an article taken from the Turkish news source, Haber Global [World News], which is based in Türkiye but owned by Azeri businessmen Elnur Abdullayev and Mammad Gulmammadov. The channel’s slogan is “The Free [as in ‘Independent’]…

    Labhrais O’Coileain

    February 13, 2024
    Antisemitism, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Gaza, Genocide, Geopolitics, Hamas, Israel, journalistic activism, Lebanon, Middle East, Radical Islam, Russia, syria, Türkiye, Terrorism, U.S., UN
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  • President of Türkiye: Ankara Will Not Allow the World To Forget the Crimes of Israel Against Humanity

    The Russian-language edition of the Turkish internet news site, Anadolu Ajansi, on February 10, 2024, published the above-entitled article, written by Ulviyya Amoyeva and Kaan Bozdoğan in a manner that confirmed the tenor of the Turkish President’s remarks. Erdoğan provocatively promised to continue to fight for an independent, sovereign state with territorial integrity with a…

    Labhrais O’Coileain

    February 11, 2024
    AKP, Antisemitism, Erdoğan, Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Palestine, Türkiye
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