Following the Archduke’s assassination, Berlin deliberately used the crisis in relations between its satellite Austria-Hungary and Russia’s satellite Serbia as an excuse for a general war that would establish German hegemony from Belgium to Baghdad. ... There had been numerous Balkan wars in..…
On this occasion, as honorary president of the foundation that owns the modest residence, the Count of Paris, Jean d’Orléans, a pretender to the throne of France and descendant of the sovereigns Louis XIII, XIV and XV (but also, among others, the wigged and crowned heads of Emperor Francis I of..…
Nord Stream 2 is led by Russian state gas Gazprom, with 50% of the funding provided by Germany's Uniper and BASF's Wintershall, Anglo-Dutch firm Shell, Austria's OMV and France's Engie... Any sanctions on European companies involved in the project could increase friction with countries including..…