Latvian Defense Minister Artis Pabriks announced on Tuesday that military service will become compulsory again, amid rising tensions with neighboring Russia and the war in Ukraine. “Latvia’s current military system has reached its limits. At the same time, we have no reason to believe that Russia will change its behavior,” Mr Pabriks explained to the […]
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Ukraine: Civilians of Sloviansk are asked to leave
Russian troops today continue to advance in Donbass – eastern Ukraine – where the residents of Sloviansk, a new target of Moscow, are being asked to leave it amid heavy shelling. “My main advice: leave!”, the Ukrainian governor of Donetsk, Pavlo Kirilenko, said last night, addressing the residents of the city, adding that “during the […]
UN: 22 migrants from Mali dead in shipwreck off Libyan coast
Twenty-two migrants, including three children, all originally from Mali, died in a shipwreck off the Libyan coast, the UN said today, citing survivors who said people drowned or died of dehydration. After nine days at sea in an inflatable dinghy, 61 survivors, most of them from Mali, were rescued by the Libyan coastguard and brought […]
Norway: Oil and gas drilling strike ends
The strike in Norway’s energy sector has ended after the country’s government intervened, a union leader and the labor ministry said. Offshore drilling workers in Norway went on strike today, which would cut oil and gas production, especially the latter, by nearly 60%, worsening the strained situation with flows in Europe due to the war […]
Britain: Foreign Minister Liz Truss supports Boris Johnson
British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said she supports Prime Minister Boris Johnson “100%” after two of his cabinet ministers resigned earlier, as reported by the BBC. Finance and health ministers Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid tendered their resignations earlier, as Johnson himself sought to apologize for a fresh sexual misconduct scandal involving a member of […]
Turkey: Tear gas and 36 arrests at Pride march in Ankara
Turkish police today used tear gas and pepper spray to stop an LGBTQI+ Pride march in Ankara, making at least 36 arrests after authorities banned such marches in cities across the country for security reasons. Reuters reporters saw police pepper spray activists and drag them to the ground before handcuffing them and putting them into […]
Interview of Archbishop Elpidophoros for the Clergy and Lay Assembly of Agios Nikolaos
After two years, where there were restrictive measures due to the pandemic, the Clergy and Laity Assembly of the Holy Archdiocese of America returned again with a physical presence. This year’s Assembly marks the beginning of events to mark 100 years since the founding of the Archdiocese, which is the first province of the Ecumenical […]
Ukraine: Residents of occupied Mariupol receive 5 liters of drinking water per week
In the city of Mariupol, which is occupied by the Russian troops, its residents receive five liters of drinking water per week, while in order to get to the distribution points they have to take a place in the queue from early in the morning. The relevant announcement was made by the municipal council of […]
Ukraine: Pro-Russian Donetsk separatists seize and ‘nationalize’ two ships in Mariupol
Pro-Russian separatists seized two foreign-flagged ships in the port of Mariupol in eastern Ukraine, declaring they were now “state property”. These are the first such actions against commercial shipping, according to the letters obtained by Reuters. Mariupol, in the southeastern tip of Ukraine, came under Russian and separatist control in May after a months-long siege. […]
China: Schools, restaurants, cultural sites close in Xi’an after 18 new cases of coronavirus
Restaurants, bars, cultural venues and even karaoke rooms will be closed for a week in the major Chinese city of Xi’an after around 20 cases of Covid-19 were detected, authorities announced today. The historic and touristic city of 13 million inhabitants, a former imperial capital, is known throughout the world for the famous “Clay Army” […]
