Brussels Signal
'Human rights doesn't mean everyone has the right to migrate' In Interview: Tom Vandendriessche MEP
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- 'Human rights doesn't mean everyone has the right to migrate' In Interview: Tom Vandendriessche MEP
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- 37:25
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Flemish MEP Tom Vandendriessche, from the Flemish Interest party, comes to the Brussels Signal studio to talk with Justin Stares about plans for a new state in Belgium, immigration, and censorship; he gives details about his court case against Meta. #censorship #meta #immigration
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- "Bring the Euro back under political control," says French MEP @Nicolas_Bay #Euro #EU #France
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- 0:52
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- French MEP @Nicolas_Bay explains the ‘Great Replacement’ theory #asylum #immigration #france
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- In Interview, Reconquête MEP Nicolas Bay: 'Bring the European Central Bank under political control'
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- 47:39
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- French MEP Nicolas Bay, the sole member of the Reconquête party in the European Parliament, comes to the Brussels Signal studio to talk with Justin Stares about the Euro, national sovereignty, immigration, the future of Europe and June's EU elections. Interview in French with English subtitles.
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- "I don't want EC President Von Der Leyen to come back!" says @RobRoosMEP #EU #UseYourVote
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- " Opinion crimes are an auto-immune disease of the West," says @RobRoosMEP #freedomofspeech #eu
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- 0:59
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Dutch Euro MP Rob Ross came to the Brussels Signal studio to talk with Justin Stares about the "terrible" state of free speech in the EU.
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- In Interview: Rob Roos MEP. State of EU free speech is 'terrible'
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- 26:23
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Rob Ross, the outgoing vice president of the European Parliament's rightwing ECR group, comes to the Brussels Signal studio to talk with Justin Stares about EU free speech legislation including the Digital Services Act. #dsa #europeanparliament
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- @juanfernandolopezaguilar2293 talks about the situation in Catalonia. #spain #amnesty #catalonia
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- 0:59
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- MEP @juanfernandolopezaguilar2293 on the ongoing migrant crisis on the Canary Islands
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- "We had no EU solidarity whatsoever! That is unacceptable and that is unfair."
(S&D) group MEP Juan Fernando López Aguilar on the ongoing migrant crisis on the Canary Islands.
#immigrationeurope #migrationafrica #migration #immigrationpolicies #europe
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- "Asylum is a right" Canary Islands MEP Juan Fernando López Aguilar
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- 37:23
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Socialists and Democrats (S&D) group MEP Juan Fernando López Aguilar speaks with Brussels Signal about the EU's controversial migration pact, the Spanish amnesty law, and the future of Europe after the coming June elections.
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- @NigelFarageOfficial on what Trump's re-election could mean for both the #UK and the #eu
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- 0:41
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- "Trump is as big of a believer in the nation-state as I am, and when it comes to the EU, I do think there are times when Trump makes me look like a Europhile!"
Nigel Farage responds to Peter Caddle on what Trump's re-election could mean for both the #UK and the #EuropeanUnion.
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- The NatConBrussels2 is being shut down by the authorities.
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- 0:56
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The #NatConBrussels2 event hosting Europe's most prominent #conservative #politicians is being shut down by the authorities after receiving an order from the left-wing local mayor.
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- Signal Digital Podcast: Biden admin warms to EU big tech clampdown
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- 19:56
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Is Joe Biden's White House considering EU-style legislation aimed at reeling in big tech? Head of News Justin Stares talks with tech correspondent Peter Caddle in the second Brussels Signal Digital podcast. #bigtech #dsa
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- EU Migration Pact approved amid protests outside European Parliament
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Rightwing and leftwing Euro MP traded insults as the European Parliament approved #eulegislation known as the Migration Pact. Protestors gathered outside the Parliament claiming the law would make conditions for migrants worse, while right-wingers said it was not strict enough. #migration #eu #policy #europeanparliament
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- Politics and Heterodox Social Sciences with Eric Kaufmann
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- 52:05
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Eric Peter Kaufmann is a professor of politics at the University of Buckingham. He was appointed in October 2023, following his resignation from his post at Birkbeck, University of London, after two decades of service, citing political differences. He is a specialist on Orangeism in Northern Ireland, nationalism, and political and religious demography. He has published on various subjects, and his books include “Rise and Fall of Anglo-America” (2004), “Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?” (2010), and “Whiteshift” (2018).
He is active on twitter/X under @epkaufm and you can find his homepage at https://www.sneps.net/
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- Are we on the verge of WW3?
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- #tiktok #data #eu #policy #brussels #news #podcast
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- Russian influence scandal: Krah responds
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- 0:49
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Lead AfD election candidate Maximilian Krah wants the Czech intelligence service to provide proof regarding accusations that his fellow party member, Petr Bystron MP, has taken Russian bribe money. #eu #news #policy #brussels #interview
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- Russian influence scandal: ‘Let’s hear it!’ Krah demands Czechs release incriminating audio
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- 18:36
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Maximilian Krah MEP, German AfD party list leader for the European Parliament elections in June, wants the Czech intelligence service (BIS) to provide proof regarding accusations that Petr Bystron MP, second on the AfD list, has taken Russian bribe money. #russia #eu
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- 'Don't panic!' In Interview: Moritz Körner MEP on the rise of populism
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- 36:46
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- German Liberal MEP Moritz Körner says there is no need to panic about the rise of both right-wing and left-wing populism because mainstream parties remain in a majority.
Other topics covered in this wide-ranging interview with Justin Stares include Germany's energy transition, the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, and internet privacy. #interview #eu #brussels #europe
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- Will the EU elections get hacked?
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- 0:52
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The European Commission has told social media companies to watch out for attempts to influence the June EU elections by foreign powers. If they don't, the threat of big fines hangs over them.
#elections #eu #policy #news #brussels #euelections2024
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- Protesting farmers should target the EU's Common Agricultural Policy, says Tilly Metz
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- 0:56
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- #europe #eu #policy #farmers #news #interview
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- Inside the European Parliament's 14-million-Euro art collection
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- 6:11
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The European Parliament art collection, which is insured for 14 million Euros, contains works by some of the continent's biggest artists. Justin Stares took a look for Brussels Signal.
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- 👉🏼 Is Europe facing a de-population crisis?
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- 0:46
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- What’s the solution? 🤔
#europe #eu #policy #depopulationcrisis #news #interview #immigration
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- We need more 'legal' immigration says Tilly Metz MEP
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- 0:57
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- #policy #europe #immigration #brussels #eu
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- Brussels Signal Interview: Green Euro MP Tilly Metz
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- 41:56
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Green Euro MP Tilly Metz came to the Brussels Signal studio to push her ideas for reform of the Common Agricultural Policy. The interview also touches on nuclear weapons, nuclear energy, immigration, the Ukraine War and the future of Europe. #eu #immigration #news #interview
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- Is Brussels waging a vendetta against US big tech?
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- 0:58
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- #tech #brussels #policy #eu #apple #news #interview
Is Brussels waging a vendetta against US big tech?
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- Spain's controversial amnesty law for Catalan separatists has been approved
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- 0:50
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- #Spain #amnesty #separatists #policy #news
Spain's controversial amnesty law for Catalan separatists has been approved
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- Where are Europe's tech giants?
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- "Europe really hasn't been as big of a player in this market as the other world superpowers."
Our Head of News Justin Stares speaks to tech correspondent Peter Caddle about the EU's desire to regulate big tech and its recent targeting of Apple.
Full interview 👉🏼 https://buff.ly/3VnqyOU
#technology #apple #interview #news #brussels #policy
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- Why is Brussels after Apple?
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- 28:30
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Brussels Signal's Head of News Justin Stares sits down with tech correspondent Peter Caddle to discuss the EU's recent targeting of Apple. What is behind the EC's €1.8bn fine? How does this all play into Europe's increasing desire to regulate big tech?
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- Russia's Vladimir Putin wins landslide presidential election
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- 0:18
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Russia's Vladimir Putin has been proclaimed the winner of the country's presidential election with 87.97% of the vote.
#putin #elections #policy #news #breakingnews #russia #brussels
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- 'We won't kneel!' Portugal's victorious Chega party talks tough on Brussels
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- 1:22
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Portugal's hard-right party Chega has emerged as the big winner in elections.
Although it is not yet known who will be part of the coalition in the next government, Chega's leader says that if it enters government it will be much tougher on Brussels and will also veto the entry of Brazil's left-wing president Lula. A speech by Chega's leader has gone viral in both Spanish and Portuguese. #portugal #europe
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- Eating snails at Carnival in Belgium
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- 2:32
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Justin Stares travels to Wavre in southern Belgium to taste the snails and fight off the confetti #carnival #belgium
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- LEAK: UNRWA admits ‘munitions’ were cached in its Gaza facilities
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- 0:41
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Brussels Signal has received a leaked document that indicates UNRWA – the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East – fears “munitions” have been stored on its premises in Gaza by armed groups.
Read more at https://buff.ly/3IrZN4u
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- Brussels Burns As Farm Protests Return To EU Capital
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- 0:44
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Brussels Signal reporters were on the ground at the farmers' protests in the de facto EU capital of Brussels on February 26 as agricultural workers demonstrated against the EU's green agenda. Here's what they saw.
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- Brussels Burns As Farm Protests Return To EU Capital
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- 4:24
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Brussels Signal reporters were on the ground at the farmers' protests in the de facto EU capital of Brussels on February 26 as agricultural workers demonstrated against the EU's green agenda. Here's what they saw.
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- 'No joining ECR until you change policy on Ukraine', Czech MEP tells Orbán
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- 0:53
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- "Until you change this policy, you can't expect us to welcome you into our family."
Czech MEP Alexandr Vondra tells Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán he must change his attitude towards Ukraine before his party can join the ECR group.
Watch the full interview at https://buff.ly/48t2vRE
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- Europe needs more children and less immigration, says Czech MEP Alexandr Vondra
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- 0:58
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Europeans must stop outsourcing reproduction to immigrants and start having more children, Czech MEP Alexandr Vondra tells our Head of News Justin Stares in an exclusive interview.
Watch the full exchange at https://buff.ly/48t2vRE
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- 'Europe must pay more to defend itself', says Czech MEP Alexandr Vondra
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- 0:59
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- The transatlantic bond is good for both Europe and the United States but 'the fact is that Europe must deliver more" on defence, says Czech MEP Alexandr Vondra.
Watch the full interview at https://buff.ly/48t2vRE
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- Russia has failed to protect Armenian civilians, says Armenian ambassador Tigran Balayan
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- 0:49
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- "Russian peacekeepers had a mandate to protect the Armenian civilian population in Nagorno-Karabakh. They have failed," says Tigran Balayan, Armenia’s ambassador to the EU.
Watch the full interview at https://buff.ly/3OOo34q
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- Azerbaijan does not want peace, says Armenian ambassador Tigran Balayan
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- 0:42
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- "We clearly see that Azerbaijan has an intention not to end the conflict with Armenia," says Tigran Balayan, Ambassador of Armenia to the EU, in an exclusive interview with our Head of News Justin Stares.
Watch the full interview at https://buff.ly/3OOo34q.
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- The EU Green Deal is 'against our nature'. In Interview: Czech Euro MP Alexandr Vondra
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- 43:47
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Alexandr Vondra, a senior member of the European Conservative (ECR) group in the European Parliament, comes to the Brussels Signal studio to talk about the Ukraine war, the Green Deal and a possible second Trump presidency. Interview by Justin Stares. #ukrainewar #donaldtrump #greendeal
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- Azerbaijan 'has no interest in peace': Armenia
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- 40:52
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Azerbaijan is more interested in continuing conflict than searching for peace, according to Tigran Balayan, Armenia's ambassador to the EU. He came to the Brussels Signal studio to give his country's analysis of the recent deadly border clash and to rebut claims made by the Azerbaijani Government. Interview by Justin Stares. #azerbaijan #armenia
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- Doomberg: Ukraine is on the back foot and Germany is spiralling into recession. These are facts!
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- 0:53
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Ukraine is on the back foot and Germany is spiralling towards a political and economic crisis, and those with expertise willing to point this out get shouted down because it goes against what people want to happen, Doomberg experts tell Brussels Signal.
Watch the full podcast at https://buff.ly/3T45mMA
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- Doomberg: Why the US economy is more resilient than Europe's
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- 0:31
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- The energy experts at Doomberg explain why the US economy is more resilient than Europe's.
Watch the full podcast here: https://buff.ly/3T45mMA
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- Sanctions and Energy with Doomberg
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- 45:32
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- In the second episode of the Brussels Signal Podcast Ralph Schoellhammer speaks with the smartest chicken there is: Behind the Green Chicken hides the outstanding team of Doomberg – a group of experts on everything from economics to commodities to energy. In this episode we will be talking about whether the world has an “energy blind spot,” why the sanctions on Russia failed and what could have been done different, and what the future of commodity and energy markets is going to look like.
Doomberg started in May of 2021 to highlight the fundamentals missing from many economic and policy decisions, and it quickly grew to be the most widely read finance newsletters on Substack (https://doomberg.substack.com/about). Their substack is written with wit&passion without ever being silly and the content is borne out of the team’s deep experience in heavy industry, private equity, and the hard sciences.
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- Is the EU's digital enforcer telling the whole truth about the Brussels free speech clampdown?
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- European Commissioner Thierry Breton says the EU's new Digital Services Act is not about restricting free speech but monitoring and rooting out disinformation, leading Justin Stares to ask: "Who is monitoring the European Commission?"
Watch the full video at https://buff.ly/3utJpgr
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- Explaining the differences between media regulation in Continental Europe and the US and UK
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- 0:55
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- 📽️ "Continental Europeans are more prepared to have the government get involved in media regulation than we would be in the UK and the US."
Our Head of News Justin Stares explains what is really going on in the corridors of power in Brussels amid attempts to clamp down on free speech.
Watch the full video at https://buff.ly/3utJpgr
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- EU observation mission is not helping to restore confidence between Armenia and Azerbaijan
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- 0:55
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Elchin Amirbayov, the envoy of Azerbaijan's President Aliyev, expresses to Brussels Signal his concerns over an EU observation mission that he believes is doing more harm than good in restoring diplomatic confidence between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Watch the full interview at https://buff.ly/3UGYkyy
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- We want disagreements with Armenia to be resolved diplomatically, says Elchin Amirbayov
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- 0:55
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Elchin Amirbayov, the envoy of Azerbaijan's President Aliyev, says he hopes the latest incident on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border is an isolated one and that disagreements can be resolved through diplomatic channels.
Watch the full interview at https://buff.ly/3UGYkyy
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- Armenia 'violated the ceasefire,' senior Azerbaijani official tells Brussels Signal
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- 0:50
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Elchin Amirbayov, envoy of Azerbaijan’s President Aliyev, tells Brussels Signal that Armenia has "violated the ceasefire" between the two nations after one of its snipers "heavily wounded" an Azerbaijani border guard.
Watch the whole interview at https://buff.ly/3UGYkyy

