Day Trip to Tallinn in Estonia
On the 7th September 2022, during the second week of my trip to Finland, I got a ferry across the Gulf of Finland, in the Baltic Sea, from Helsinki to Tallinn, the capital of the Republic of Estonia. From one…
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Great news from Minsk but where the **** was David Cameron?
There was encouraging news today about the Ukraine ceasefire – Like all of us, I’m hoping it will hold and lead to a lasting solution to the appalling escalation of violence that had been growing in East Ukraine all…
It’s time for something beautiful and inspiring to come out of Russia again.
Looking at Vladimir Putin’s chilly expression, I felt cold too this morning. I had just been looking at the appalling images coming from the destroyed and corpse-filled Donetsk Airport and despaired of the situation in Ukraine which is running…
Get real Vladimir Putin.
Dear President Putin, You know as well as everyone else knows. The unspeakable barbarity of that missile attack on a civilian plane, Malaysian Flight MH17 was committed by terrorists (known, for some reason, as separatists) with your armament support. Neither…
Remember the Light Brigade and the first Crimean War casualties.
There’s a lot of sabre rattling going on in Europe but, I hope, it is posturing between Russia and the United States. John Kerry seems like a sensible man and some of Vladimir Putin’s ministers seem more conciliatory than their…
Russian puppet, Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine has brought shame to Europe. He should go.
President Viktor Yanukovych, it’s a long time since we last saw civilians shot down on the streets of Europe by government troops. I’d hoped that we’d never see it again. If the new deal holds, and that looks unlikely, it…
Kiev needs a champion to defends its honour against its enemies.
WBC heavyweight world champion Vitali Klitschko may have hung up his gloves but as the leader of one of the Ukraine’s main opposition parties, he hasn’t forgotten how to pack a punch. He has shown his courage and his mettle…