di Cesare Sacchetti Molti hanno ancora di lui un’idea distorta, quella di un uomo al servizio del proletariato, colui il quale fondò una filosofia che in tale immaginario collettivo è una sorta di scudo a difesa dell’operaio, del povero o dell’emarginato. Alcuni pensano davvero che il comunismo di Karl Marx sia stato veramente tutto questo, […]
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Associação Animais de Rua vai colaborar com o Município.
Com o objetivo de controlar de forma mais eficaz a população de gatos errantes ou de rua, a Câmara Municipal de Loulé vai pôr no terreno o programa CED (Captura-Esterilização-Devolução). Para levar a cabo esta operação, a Autarquia contará com o apoio da Associação Animais de Rua, entidade que tem o know-how e trabalho realizado noutros municípios.
Após a identificação das colónias, os gatos serão capturados, esterilizados e devolvidos à origem. A Autarquia fornecerá a vacina da raiva e os microchips, enquanto que a Associação Animais de Rua será responsável pela esterilização.
Até à data já foram identificadas cerca de 100 colónias e mais de 500 gatos de rua no concelho, uma população tendencialmente crescente, pelo que este processo passará pela esterilização em massa. “Só assim será possível fazer esse controlo”, garante Ana Poeta, responsável da Autarquia pelas questões do Bem-Estar Animal.
O objetivo é que exista uma entidade responsável pela gestão da colónia, acompanhamento sanitário e controlo populacional. O gato não deixa de ser um animal errante; continua a viver na colónia, mas sob um programa oficial de controlo. O CED permitirá diminuir o número de doenças do sistema reprodutivo e doenças contagiosas, redução de ruídos e odores ou diminuição de acidentes.
Para dar resposta à extensa lista de espera para a esterilização, a Autarquia conta com a Associação Animais de Rua para que este processe seja célere.
O Município está a realizar o levantamento e recenseamento do número de colónias e de animais, bem como uma lista dos cuidadores/as. Face ao aumento dos animais de ruas, a Câmara de Loulé pretende implementar uma estratégia a curto e médio prazo, sendo fundamental promover ações de sensibilização e esclarecimento junto da comunidade, a criação de uma rede de cuidadores/as, bem como a recolha de alimentos. “Os animais errantes são uma responsabilidade municipal”, sublinha Sofia Rois, que considera ser “importantíssima a educação e responsabilização da comunidade”.
Outra das preocupações do Município são as condições existentes no Canil Municipal. Nesse sentido, está em fase de conclusão o projeto de execução do futuro Centro de Recolha e Bem-Estar Animal que irá nascer na freguesia de Benafim. Até lá a aposta passará pela formação de quem aqui trabalha, a melhoria das condições de estadia dos cães e gatos, por exemplo através do enriquecimento ambiental, o apoio do Banco Local de Voluntariado para passear os animais, estando também em marcha uma campanha de adoção. Potenciar a figura do “animal comunitário”, por exemplo, através do apadrinhamento por parte de uma escola ou de um lar são outras das iniciativas que estão previstas.
“O Município de Loulé nunca teve uma visão para o bem-estar animal como está a ter neste momento”, sublinha o presidente, Telmo Pinto.
Após uma reunião entre os responsáveis da Autarquia e a Associação Animais de Rua, prevê-se que as duas entidades possam construir um plano estratégico para o bem-estar animal neste território.
Para assuntos do Bem-Estar Animal no Município de Loulé contactar:
O Museu Municipal de Faro (MMF) vai acolher, durante o mês de agosto, um conjunto de visitas guiadas dedicadas a duas exposições que têm marcado a atual agenda cultural e expositiva do Algarve, reforçando a ligação entre património, arte e história num período de forte afluência turística à cidade.
A programação contempla visitas à exposição dedicada à coleção de Miguel Duarte, que reúne um núcleo de obras de arte portuguesa dos séculos XIX e XX. A mostra integra trabalhos de nomes incontornáveis como Silva Porto, Marques de Oliveira, Falcão Trigoso, Aurélia de Souza, José Malhoa, João Vaz, Bernardo Marques, Cruzeiro Seixas e Júlio Pomar, entre outros, distribuídos por vários espaços temáticos, que propõem um percurso por diferentes estilos e momentos da arte portuguesa. Esta exposição contará com duas visitas guiadas no mês de agosto: no dia 8, às 17h00 e no dia 15, às 18h00. Ambas terão a participação da curadora da mostra, Raquel Henriques da Silva, professora jubilada da Universidade Nova de Lisboa e reconhecida especialista em História da Arte, com vasta obra publicada sobre estes períodos.
No dia 15 de agosto, a visita contará ainda com a presença do colecionador Miguel Duarte, que partilhará com o público o seu gosto pela arte, as motivações deste projeto e os critérios que orientaram a aquisição das obras que compõem o acervo.Também nesse dia está prevista a apresentação do catálogo da exposição, uma publicação com um cuidado gráfico bastante elevado e que se assume como documento de estudo, conhecimento e salvaguarda deste espólio, reforçando a ação editorial da autarquia e do museu nas áreas do património e da museologia. Ainda no dia 15 de agosto, às 16h00, o MMF promove uma visita à exposição “Olhar a paisagem a partir das coleções do Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga (MNAA)”, com a participação de Marta Carvalho, do MNAA e Samuel Rama, da Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha. A iniciativa propõe um diálogo entre a perspetiva da historiadora e a visão do artista, ajudando o público a conhecer e interpretar algumas das obras em exposição, que incluem peças das coleções do MNAA e do Museu Municipal de Faro.
Num momento em que o Algarve e a cidade de Faro recebem milhares de visitantes, o MMF reforça, com esta programação, a promoção de um produto cultural do território, associado ao património, à arte e à história.A participação nas visitas é livre, bastando aos interessados comparecer no Museu Municipal de Faro nas datas e horários indicados.Para mais informações, poder-se-á contactar o MMF (email: museu.municipal@cm-faro.pt).
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You don’t have to live in El Cerrito, California, or have ever used Nextdoor, for this essay to resonate. For Oakland Review of Books, Amy Brown recounts buying her first home in the East Bay city and swiftly becoming the villain of her local Nextdoor—after her uncharitable Bluesky posts about the seniors opposing a library tax made their way back to her neighbors. Honest and funny, Brown’s essay explores being locally online—that weird, often uncomfortable place between online and IRL—and shows how (not) to talk to people you’ll run into at the grocery store.
Still, I spent multiple nights lying awake, thinking that everyone in this town must know I’m a bitch now. My son is supposed to start TK at the public school in the fall. What if his classmates’ parents use Nextdoor? What if the nice lady across the street who organizes a monthly dinner for our block uses Nextdoor? What if my neighbor already told everyone that the woman who moved into the house on the corner is an asshole? Does everyone I see on the street think I’m an asshole? Can they tell I don’t belong here? Do I have to go crawling back to my hometown and get a job at the car seat manufacturing plant?
Il valore di un immobile dipende da dove si trova ed è in larga parte il valore del suolo su cui sorge. È una rendita di singoli che nasce da investimenti collettivi. In più, spesso si eredita, alimentando disuguaglianze. Tassarla è equo ed efficiente.
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BREAKING NEWS ON AUGIUST, 11, 2026
Introduction by Fabio G.C. Carisio
A court in Damascus has handed down a death sentence to former President Bashar al-Assad in absentia, Qatari TV channel Al Jazeera reported.
According to it, former head of the political security directorate in the Syrian province of Daraa Atef Najib was also given a capital punishment sentence. The court found them both guilty of “crimes committed during the civil war.”
Although the sentence was pronounced by a court of judges, it should be remembered that the regime-change led by former jihadist terrorist Al Jolani assumed the interim presidency without elections but only with the approval of the NATO countries that have financed the Syrian Civil War since 2011 (and by CIA since 1983).
Intel Reminder. CIA TOP SECRET FILE: US WAR IN SYRIA PLANNED SINCE 1983
Since then, an Islamic dictatorship has been imposed that has changed all institutional hierarchies, eliminating from every center of power any official loyal to Assad or even those not aligned with the former jihadist regime.
Read below to better understand the political situation in the country.
POSTED ON AUGUST, 10, 2026
by British journalist Vanessa Beeley – originally published on her Substack
All links to previous Gospa News posts or videos have been added in the aftermath
UK National Security Advisor Jonathan Powell visited the ‘reformed’ Al Qaeda chief, rebranded as Ahmad Al Sharaa but better known as the head of some of the most savage terrorist factions in Syria since 2011 – Abu Mohammed Al Jolani.
Officially talks centred around ‘enhancing bilateral relations” and coordination ‘in a manner that serves shared interests and contributes to regional stability’. Stability however is not something that can be historically attributed to the British in West Asia.
Jonathan Powell, former Chief of Staff under former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and strongly linked to the MI6 was very much a part of the history of grooming Jolani to become the brutal ruler of Syria. I covered Powell’s long-term involvement in a previous article here. The role that Powell played in supporting Blair and the Weapons of Mass Destruction narratives that took Britain to war against Iraq is a well-documented one.
Also attending was so-called Foreign and Expatriates Minister Asaad Al Shaibani, another former Al Qaeda Levant founder now coached by MI6 in international relations.
What was not on the meeting agenda? The ongoing security vacuum in Syria, the daily abductions now expanding to include Sunni Muslim Syrians not only the routinely persecuted religious minorities including Christians, Alawites, Druze, Shia and Ismaili. The nation’s bankruptcy and crony capitalist regime bleeding the country dry and further impoverishing the Syrian people. The lack of water, electricity, fuel and hope.
The rising inflation and crippling food prices. The repression and extra-judicial executions, torture, sectarian violence and lawlessness. The descent of Syria into a rubbish tip with roads covered in detritus and filth and no functioning systems of authority other than Saudi-backed religious Sheikhs now determining regional laws based on their oppressive version of Islam.
Nope none of this was discussed. What was clearly discussed however was the role of the Russian personnel in Syria. Two days after Powell’s visit the following happened:
Syria and Russia reached a memorandum of understanding to “reorganise” Moscow’s presence on the Syrian coast. Civilians facilities are to be transferred to HTS state management which removes any slender hope of protection for the Alawite minorities should Jolani’s thugs escalate the attacks as they did in 2025.
Russian military bases will be transformed into joint training centres which means that Russia will be training alongside Al Qaeda, the terrorist entity that they had fought against since their entry into the war in 2015.
The agreement follows 18 months intensive negotiations between the Jolani quisling regime and Moscow which included visits by Jolani and Shaibani to the Kremlin where they were welcomed with the pomp and ceremony reserved for ‘heads of state’.
Their genocidal campaigns were not mentioned during these meetings to my knowledge. The Syrian people were secondary to Russian interests in maintaining a foothold on the Syrian coast as a launchpad to Africa.
Civilian facilities like Hmeimim Airport will be under the control of HTS and the fourth commercial shipping berth at Tartous Port.
The memorandum sets a deadline of no more than three months to complete the transition, after which the new arrangements will take effect, according to the ministry.
This serious capitulation by Moscow may be attributed to the build up of Ukrainian special forces in Syria or to the ongoing threats from factions within Jolani’s militia who want revenge for the Russian bombs that fell when they were slaughtering Syrians in the US/UK-led regime change war to topple the former Syrian government.
The Shaibani Foreign Ministry has stated that this is the most significant development since negotiations began 18 months ago. “It opens the way for a new phase in Syrian-Russian relations”. One where Russia is increasingly isolated in the ‘Middle East’ and dependent upon forces allied with Ukraine to ensure the security of their bases and personnel inside Syria.
Russian News Agency TASS reported the following:
Russia has two military facilities in Syria – a Russian navy logistics center in the port city of Tartus and the Kmeimim airbase located near the city of Jableh in the Latakia governorate. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a meeting with journalists from Arab countries on October 13, 2025 that Damascus was interested in preserving Russian military bases in Syria, which, however, could be reorganized to serve other purposes.
In February 2025 Jolani spoke with Russian President Putin. According to the TASS press release:
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syria’s new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa have exchanged views on the situation in the country, the Kremlin press service reported, citing the content of the telephone conversation between the heads of state.
“The sides held a substantive exchange of views on the current situation in Syria,” the statement said. “The Russian side stressed its principled position in support of the unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Syrian state,” the press service said.
Under the former President Assad, Russia could negotiate from a position of strength. Since the fall of Damascus and the rise to power of foreign mercenaries (including Chechen terrorists) under the banner of a MI6-remodelled Al Qaeda, Russia negotiates from a position of vulnerability and will continue to do so until perhaps they no longer have a presence in the region.
by British journalist Vanessa Beeley – originally published on her Substack
APPENDIX TO THE ARTICLE
by Carlo Domenico Cristofori – originally posted inside the previous Gospa News analysis Weapons Lobby – 22
«As I had predicted in my first article related to Trump’s apparent decision to use the quisling, unelected Syrian “President” Abu Mohammed Al Jolani (Ahmed Al Sharaa rebrand) as a battering ram against the resistance in Lebanon»
British journalist Vanessa Beeley wrote in her Substack titled “What did Jolani and Trump agree at the Ankara NATO summit and was Erdogan sweet-talked into alliance?”.
She pointed out two crucial topics:
«The irony is almost beyond satire: Julani and Shibani proudly pose with a signed decree from Donald Trump declaring Syria removed from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism, despite Julani having led Jabhat al-Nusra, an organization long designated as a terrorist group by the U.S. itself and many other governments. If there were ever a definition of geopolitical hypocrisy, this would be it: yesterday’s “terrorist” becomes today’s photo opportunity, not because history changed, but because political interests did» she added confirming our previous investigation about.
«Removing the designation is expected to unlock international trade, allow Syria to reconnect with the global financial system, and attract significant foreign investment, particularly from Gulf states» Beeley added.
Donald Trump, when asked whether he still wants Syria to help address Hezbollah’s presence in Lebanon: They could help. We’ll find out. I think we’re making a lot of progress. They could help. They would do a very good job.
When Trump was later asked whether Jolani had made any commitments regarding the Lebanese Resistance during their meeting. Trump responded:
“He did. I am not going to say what he said, but yeah, he was great today”.
In light of all this, the meeting between the American president and the Lebanese president Joseph Aoun becomes very suspicious.
Trump said that the Israeli army is “in the process” of withdrawing troops from Lebanon: “They are in the process of redeploying to other areas.”
Meanwhile, on the battleground, the Lebanese army said Israeli soldiers fired in the vicinity of its troops, who were beginning their deployment to a southern village under an agreement with Israel, whose army said it had fired “warning shots.”
The framework agreement reached between Israel and Lebanon at the end of June provides for the deployment of the Lebanese army in “pilot zones” evacuated by Israel—which occupies a portion of the south of the country it calls a “safe zone”—on the condition that Hezbollah disarms.
The pro-Iranian group opposes the agreement with Israel and refuses to be disarmed due to the hundreds Israeli violations of the numerous truces…
This is why Trump has even asked for help from the Syrian army of the former Al Qaeda terrorist… This prediction by the British journalist was confirmed by a recent article on the Al jazeera TV (link among the sources)….
«Sitting alongside his Lebanese counterpart, Joseph Aoun, at the White House on Tuesday, United States President Donald Trump repeated a suggestion that Syria could intervene in Lebanon to “do something with Hezbollah”» the media has reported.
«Despite widespread opposition, Trump has multiple times floated the idea that Syria, under new President Ahmed al-Sharaa, could militarily interfere in the neighbouring country, whose government has come under US and Israeli pressure to disarm the Iran-backed group» Al Jazeera added in a detailed geopolitical analysis.
by Carlo Domenico Cristofori
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Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey recently signed the “Mecca Joint Defense Agreement”. Many analysts believe this trilateral pact is aimed at checking Iranian and Israeli “hegemony” in the tumultuous Middle East region.
Meanwhile, the biggest question running through India’s nearly 1.5 billion people is how this trilateral defense pact will impact India, which has fought multiple wars with Pakistan and maintains a tense relationship with Islamabad.
Despite hogging global media limelight for playing the role of mediator in the ongoing Iran war, Pakistan’s position back home looks scary with relentless terror attacks and a deteriorating security situation.
Pakistan continues to face tremendous domestic pressures. Protests in Pak-controlled Kashmir have intensified since mid-2026, with scores of innocent protesters killed by the security forces.
Islamabad imposed a communication blockade, ordered foreign journalists to leave the region, and limited access to international media outlets, including Al Jazeera’s digital platform.
This is no ordinary region. India claims the Pak-controlled Kashmir as its own and has vowed to integrate it with Jammu and Kashmir. Reportedly, pro-India slogans and flags were seen in the demonstration.
Then, regions like Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) are Pakistan’s Achilles’ heel. Separatism in these two regions appears to have gone beyond the control of the Pakistan Army, and looks as volatile as East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) during 1971. The question is how long Pakistan can hold these two regions, and at what cost.
Dismal economic conditions, disgruntled population, and heightened tensions with neighboring India and Afghanistan have intensified Pakistan’s problems. The question is: does Pakistan have the financial muscle or resources to fight a five-front conflict — Balochistan, KPK, Kashmir, India and Afghanistan, simultaneously?
On top of it, Pakistan has signed a defense pact with Saudi Arabia and Turkey, which means they should be prepared to fight outside the country as well, probably against Houthis in Yemen. That would open a sixth front.
Indian military exposed Pakistan’s defense architecture during Operation Sindoor last year in May. India not only managed to breach Pakistani defenses to hit multiple terror targets in the first wave of attacks, but India also launched precision strikes that impaired critical Pakistani military infrastructure across the country.
Indian military targeted multiple airbases including Nur Khan (Chaklala) near Rawalpindi, Mushaf (Sargodha), Murid, Rafiqui, Rahim Yar Khan, Sukkur, Jacobabad, Bholari, and others—using supersonic BrahMos and other precision munitions.
Satellite imagery confirmed the heavy damage, including destroyed runways, hangars, command-and-control centers, and loss of up to 14 aircraft (as per IAF) and scores of personnel on the ground. Pakistan also claimed downing multiple Indian jets, but it could hardly penetrate the Indian air defense network, led by the S-400.
Operation Sindoor demonstrated that Pakistan’s defenses could be easily penetrated and its Air Force could be crippled even with limited, restrained strikes.
Meanwhile, Turkey is already a member of NATO, arguably the most powerful Islamic country in terms of military. It does not really need Pakistan or Saudi Arabia to defend itself. Saudi Arabia, on the other hand, has been battered by Iran and Houthi rebels. But when the US could not completely defend it, what can Pakistan and Turkey do?
In the case of Pakistan, it is the most vulnerable of the three.
The Mecca Joint Defense Agreement, signed on 7 August 2026 by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey, assumes utmost importance for Islamabad. The pact’s core clause treats an armed attack on any one party as an attack on all three.
It directly follows the September 2025 Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.
For Riyadh, it’s another insurance policy, but for Pakistan—still repairing airbases more than a year later—the pact is aimed at sending a strong deterrence message to India, which has pledged a devastating response to any terror attack on the country.
Collective defense commitments from Riyadh and Ankara are sure to boost Pakistan’s morale, but Turkey (and Saudi Arabia) have been supporting Pakistan since 1947 and have never managed to turn the tide against India.
For instance, during the 1971 war, Turkey provided critical military and diplomatic support to defend Pakistan’s territorial integrity. Operating under the CENTO defense pact, Ankara provided substantial material support to Pakistan by providing aircraft assistance and military hardware, but to little avail.
Even politically, Turkey refused to recognize the newly independent state of Bangladesh for over two years. It only recognized Bangladesh in February 1974 after Pakistan did.
Meanwhile, India has already established strong military ties with Ankara’s adversaries, Greece, Cyprus, and Armenia. India also shares robust military ties with Israel. There might not be a formal agreement on paper, but India-Israel ties go beyond any melodramatic pact.
No doubt, the Mecca pact embeds Pakistan in a broader Islamic-world security architecture at a moment when its conventional defenses have been publicly tested while the country’s biggest province, Balochistan, continues to fight for its liberation, just like East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
For a country simultaneously battling insurgencies in Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Pakistan-administered Kashmir while managing tense borders with both Afghanistan and India, the Mecca defense pact is far more valuable to Pakistan than it is to either Saudi Arabia or Turkey.
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Foram inauguradas esta quarta-feira as obras de requalificação da Extensão de Saúde da Tôr, um investimento que pretende reforçar os cuidados de saúde de proximidade no interior do concelho de Loulé.
Passado quase um ano após ter recuperado a autonomia administrativa (a Tôr voltou a ser freguesia nas eleições autárquicas de 2025), este momento reveste-se de especial importância para um território marcado pelo envelhecimento demográfico e integra uma estratégia local de fixação de população.
Como frisou André Pedro, presidente da Junta de Freguesia da Tôr, “durante demasiados anos” verificou-se uma degradação desta Extensão de Saúde, com problemas ao nível de infiltrações nas paredes e desgaste no mobiliário, afetando o dia a dia de trabalhadores e atendimento dos utentes. “Os nossos profissionais de saúde mereciam um local digno para exercer a sua missão, e os nossos cidadãos mereciam ser recebidos com o máximo respeito e conforto”, afirmou este responsável.
As instalações, que desde o mês de maio integram a Unidade de Saúde Familiar Soberana, vão prestar cuidados de saúde primários a 506 utentes. O serviço será assegurado por um médico de família, um enfermeiro e um secretário clínico.
Telmo Pinto, presidente da Câmara Municipal de Loulé, destacou o facto desta intervenção constituir-se como uma importante medida de coesão territorial: “É a garantia de que quem vive no interior do concelho não tem de percorrer quilómetros para ser atendido, não tem de adiar uma consulta, não tem de sentir que viver longe do litoral é viver com menos direitos”.
A reabertura deste espaço de saúde complementa outras medidas recentes da Autarquia na Tôr, com vista a atrair população a esta freguesia do barrocal, mas que se encontra a poucos quilómetros da cidade de Loulé. Destaca-se o investimento em telecomunicações, a revisão do PDM que contempla áreas para construção de infraestruturas públicas e a promoção deste território recentemente reconhecido pela UNESCO, através do Geoparque Algarvensis.
Também a melhoria dos serviços de saúde constitui um fator para “atrair pessoas e dar-lhes razões concretas para escolherem viver aqui”.
Telmo Pinto recordou a aposta que o Município de Loulé tem feito na área da saúde, destacando a construção do Centro de Saúde Universitário e do edifício do INEM. Em relação a este último, o presidente da Autarquia pretende pedir explicações ao Governo, numa altura em que foi anunciado o encerramento do CODU – Centro de Orientação de Doentes Urgentes.
Para além desta intervenção na Tôr, a Câmara Municipal de Loulé adquiriu também monoblocos (instalações temporárias) para a Unidade de Saúde Familiar Estrela do Mar, em Quarteira, para o Centro de Saúde de Loulé e para a Unidade de Saúde Familiar Soberana. Estão também em curso melhorias no Centro de Saúde de Loulé e planeadas as futuras instalações da USF Soberana, que serve atualmente 8963 utentes.
Durante a cerimónia, Telmo Pinto falou também da construção do futuro Hospital Central do Algarve, o “projeto estruturante para a saúde de toda a região”. A Associação de Municípios Loulé/Faro já dispõe de 13 hectares de terreno para ceder à construção desta infraestrutura. Por outro lado, as duas autarquias fecharam há duas semanas o seu “contributo futuro para a construção das áreas envolventes”, um investimento de 1 milhão de euros. “Loulé não é um espectador deste processo, é parte interessa e ativa. Não será por nós que o Hospital não se concretizará!”, sublinhou ainda o edil.
Da parte da Unidade Local de Saúde do Algarve, Rúben Martins destacou a parceria com o Município de Loulé e lembrou a importância de atrair profissionais às zonas do interior. “A ULS procura constantemente as melhores soluções para colocar os médicos de família em todos locais, o que não é fácil porque há escassez de recursos humanos. Temos procurado que não falte apoio às comunidades ao nível da saúde”, notou.
India appears poised to overlook Russia’s Su-57 fifth-generation stealth fighter and opt for a sixth-gen aircraft instead.
Defense Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh recently clarified that New Delhi has “not thought about” new Sukhoi variants, prioritizing the upgrade of the Su-30MKI fleet under the ‘Super Sukhoi’ program and the indigenous Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) instead.
Moscow’s aggressive pitch—including local production, full source codes, and a two-seat variant—has failed to sway planners wary of diverting resources from self-reliance goals.
With AMCA still a far away and China fielding growing J-20 numbers, India is actively exploring partnerships in sixth-generation programs.
India’s Ministry of Defense has reportedly initiated efforts to join the French-led sixth-generation fighter program. This was stated in a report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defense, presented in Parliament, according to news agency PTI.
The ministry has sought a roadmap from the French side for acquiring such aircraft. The panel noted that two major consortia are developing sixth-generation fighters: one involving the UK, Italy, and Japan; another involving (now-defunct) France and Germany.
The Indian Air Force plans to partner with one of these groups so that India does not fall behind in advanced combat aircraft technology.
In 1962, the USSR agreed to transfer technology to produce nearly 800 MiG-21 jet fighters for India, which it had earlier denied to China. They helped India set up factories for the aircraft, aero-engines, and avionics.
India’s relationship with the Soviet Union grew strategically, culminating in the 1971 Indo-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation.
Through the 1971 India-Pakistan War for the liberation of Bangladesh, the Soviet Union stood by India against US and Chinese intimidations.
During the Cold War, India and the USSR maintained a “special and privileged strategic partnership” that was built on five major components: politics, defense, civil nuclear energy, anti-terrorism cooperation, and space.
Even after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, India maintained warm relations with Russia’s successor state. The first major political initiative after the dissolution was the Strategic Partnership signed by the two countries in 2000.
The IRIGC (India-Russia Intergovernmental Commission) is the main body responsible for conducting official affairs between the two countries at the governmental level. Both countries are members of international bodies, including the UN, BRICS, G20, SCO, and Russia-India-China (RIC) grouping. Russia supports India’s bid for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council.
India is one of the largest markets for the Russian defense industry. Approximately 60 percent of the Indian military’s hardware today is of Russian origin. Military hardware supplies and, more recently, joint-venture production have been key pillars.
The Soviet Union was the first to support Make in India defense production.
The MiG-21 factories set up in the early 1960s later produced the MiG-27 (170) and the Su-30 MKI (230). Su-30 MKI was a joint D&D project. Russia also learned a lot from the Su-30 MKI project and imbibed some of these ideas for its Su-30SM aircraft.
222 Su-30 MKI were produced under license at HAL’s Nashik plant since 2004. An estimated 920 AL-31FP turbofans were manufactured at HAL’s Koraput Division. The Su-30MKI is the backbone of the IAF’s fighter fleet.
In 1965, Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF) was set up at Avadi, Chennai, with Soviet assistance. HVF products included Russian-designed T-72 Ajeya and T-90 Bhishma tanks.
In September 1965, the Soviet Union and India signed the first contract for the delivery of naval equipment, including four Project I641 diesel-electric submarines, five Project 159E corvettes, and five Project 368P motor boats. The Agreement also envisaged rendering Soviet technical assistance for the construction of a submarine naval base in Vishakhapatnam.
Recently, two frigates, the INS Tushil and INS Tamala, were built by Russia at the Yantar Shipyard, while the remaining two are under construction at Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL) in India through technology transfer.
Russia is reportedly expanding its shipbuilding cooperation with India, with two Indian shipyards being considered for the construction of four non-nuclear icebreakers. Russian shipbuilding officials have reportedly offered New Delhi their nuclear-powered design for an Indian Navy aircraft carrier.
GSL is also constructing 24 river-sea class cargo ships for Russian clients in the Caspian Sea by 2027. Cooperation with India in shipbuilding has its benefits for Russia, as the unit cost per vessel is projected to be half of what it would cost Russian shipbuilders.
Between 2012 and 2016, Russia accounted for 68% of India’s defense imports. Russia and India’s cooperation is not limited to a buyer-seller relationship but includes joint research and development, training, service-to-service contacts, and joint exercises.
India and Russia have a strong success story with Joint Ventures (JVs). The BrahMos is a medium-range ramjet supersonic cruise missile that can be launched from submarines, ships, and fighter aircraft. BrahMos Aerospace is a joint venture between the Indian Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and Russia’s NPO Mashinostroyeniya. The missiles are already being exported.
Under an over ₹5000 crore contract signed in July 2021, over 610,000 AK-203 assault rifles are to be manufactured in India with technology transfer from Russia, by the JV Indo-Russian Rifles Private Limited (IRRPL).
Indian companies hold a controlling 50.5 percent share, and Russian companies hold 49.5 percent. The level of indigenous content has already reached 50% and is rising rapidly, with a target of 100% in the near future.
India and Russia have also agreed to expedite the delivery of spare parts of Russian-origin military platforms by setting up a JV in India.
Notwithstanding the above, some JVs did not take off. India had withdrawn from the joint Fifth-Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) program due to technical issues. Finally, Russia continued the project and today has a successful Sukhoi Su-57 ‘Felon’ 5th generation fighter.
Following the selection of the Ka-226T to meet an Indian requirement for 197 helicopters, an agreement was signed in December 2015 to create a JV between Rostec, Russian Helicopters, and HAL to build the helicopters at a new factory in Tumakuru, India.
Later, India decided to make its own Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) based on the indigenous ‘Dhruv.’ India’s LUH is delayed, and Russia has been pushing the case for Ka-226T again.
Similarly, India canceled the Indo-Russian program to develop a new Multirole Transport Aircraft (MTA) for both countries through a JV between Russia’s UAC and India’s HAL.
In February 2023, on the sidelines of the Aero India 2023 air show, the Russians offered to jointly develop the Il-276. However, India would prefer the aircraft to be powered by a European engine rather than a Russian one.
India has operated a wide range of Soviet and Russian combat jets that formed the backbone of the Indian Air Force for decades. Key types include the prolific MiG-21 (in multiple variants including Bison), MiG-23 (BN and MF), high-altitude MiG-25, ground-attack MiG-27, and air-superiority MiG-29 (including upgraded versions).
From the Sukhoi stable came the Su-7 fighter-bomber and the highly successful Su-30MKI, which remains the IAF’s primary multi-role platform that India is looking to upgrade.
India’s decision to effectively rule out the Su-57 marks a noticeable shift. After decades of reliance on Russian fighters—from the MiG-21 to the Su-30MKI—New Delhi is prioritizing the AMCA program and partnerships in sixth-generation projects.
While the historic Indo-Russian defense ties remain strong in other domains, the rejection of Moscow’s most advanced stealth jet signals a clear preference for next-generation technology.
With China rapidly expanding its stealth fleet and AMCA still years away, India appears to be choosing long-term capability over Russian platforms.
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Situada numa zona nevrálgica de Lagos, encostada às antigas muralhas e com a frente voltada para a Praça do Infante, a Igreja de Santa Maria é um marco incontornável para quem percorre o centro histórico daquela cidade.
A sua história é feita de resiliência: construída originalmente em 1498 como Igreja da Misericórdia, o templo sobreviveu ao devastador sismo de 1755 – que destruiu a antiga igreja paroquial, levando Santa Maria a assumir esse papel – e a um grave incêndio em 1888.
Arquitetonicamente, o edifício que hoje admiramos é um exemplar do estilo neoclássico, fruto das importantes obras de recuperação ao longo dos séculos.
A sua fachada destaca-se pela simetria perfeita, com duas torres sineiras laterais que emolduram o portal central, uma janela de sacada e um nicho para imagem.
No interior, a nave única revela um ambiente de sobriedade e elegância, enriquecido por retábulos da segunda metade do século XVIII e três capelas colaterais.
É um testemunho vivo da evolução de Lagos, onde a arquitetura de defesa das muralhas se cruza com a imponência da fé.
War stories, new colors, and the joy in getting hands on in art and gardening.
Il nostro governo ha sospeso il sistema Schengen sugli arrivi dalla Spagna dopo i fatti di Ceuta. Una decisione che solleva dubbi di legittimità. Perché il provvedimento non sembra né necessario né proporzionato rispetto alla minaccia individuata.
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