Mark Almond

3 weeks ago | telegrafi.com | Mark Almond

Burimi: The IndependentPërkthimi: Telegrafi.comKonferenca për shtyp e Vladimir Putinit, në orën dy të mëngjesit të së dielës, nuk ishte breshëria e tij e radhës në betejën psikologjike për të formësuar perceptimet globale mbi atë që mban realisht fajin për luftën e Rusisë kundër Ukrainës. Rusia ishte e gatshme për bisedime paqeje në Turqi, për këtë të enjte, deklaroi Putini, pa ndonjë kusht paraprak. Kjo do të thotë se nuk do të ketë armëpushim si parakusht për bisedimet.

1 month ago | dailymail.co.uk | Mark Almond

MARK ALMOND: The question is can Trump now get concessions out of Russia? By MARK ALMOND Published: 20:36 EDT, 1 May 2025 | Updated: 20:36 EDT, 1 May 2025 If Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky is the sort of person who sees a half-empty glass as half-full, he will take some consolation from the fact that the deal his deputy PM signed in Washington yesterday is a lot better than the one he was offered in the White House two months ago.

1 month ago | thecritic.co.uk | Mark Almond

Behind the ovations for Britten’s masterpiece looms the death of opera in Wales There was thunderous applause at Cardiff’s Millennium Centre on Saturday night. It followed well-deserved ovations for the cast of, and production team behind, an outstanding performance of Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes.

2 months ago | express.co.uk | Mark Almond

OPINIONDespite Trump's suggestions on the campaign trail the world seems far from quieting down (Image: AP)Washington loves a scandal. The bizarre tale of how a reporter was added into a Signal app discussion of an impending air strike on Yemen between key US government officials has been consuming media attention. But the growing risk of US direct involvement in a growing Middle East conflict is the big issue.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Mark Almond

The mass protests across Turkey after the arrest of the opposition mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu, are the biggest challenge yet to Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s domination of the country since 2002. But this is no simple internal crisis of an ageing authoritarian crony regime; it cuts to the heart of the EU’s aspirations to be a pan-European superpower determining the political terrain of its neighbourhood.