Russia and Turkey are among the third countries the EU is monitoring for their possible role in smuggling migrants to Belarus, according to Commissioner for Foreign Affairs Peter Stano. Asked during a briefing to the press about possible Russian and Turkish involvement in the situation with Belarus, Peter Stano reiterated the EU’s call on Russia […]
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Poland-EU-Belarus: Warsaw accuses Minsk of ‘state terrorism’
Polish Prime Minister Matthew Morawiecki today accused Belarus of “state terrorism” in the crisis caused by the influx of migrants on Poland’s border with Belarus, which is also the European Union’s eastern outer border. “It is clear that what we are facing here is the manifestation of state terrorism,” the Polish prime minister said during […]
Strike and mobilizations in a city in central Tunisia after the death of a protester by tear gas
A general strike and protest rally was held today in a central Tunisian city following the death of a protester by tear gas during a demonstration against the reopening of a landfill. Abderazek Laseheb, 35, died Tuesday morning in Agareb, a town in Sfax province, when police fired tear gas to disperse a crowd trying […]
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has launched the evaluation of the Moderna vaccine for children aged 6-11
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has begun evaluating an application to extend the use of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, Spikevax, to children aged 6 to 11 years. Spikevax is a vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19, which is currently approved for use in people 12 years of age and older. The EMA’s Committee for Medicinal […]
COP26: Preliminary draft agreement calls on countries to strengthen national climate plans by the end of 2022
Britain, which is hosting the UN Conference on Climate Change CO226 in Glasgow, today unveiled a draft political decision to be negotiated these days in which countries are invited to reconsider and strengthen their national plans for combating climate change by the end of 2022. The first draft of the “COP Central Decision” calls on […]
Ethiopia: Tigris rebels rape and beat women in Amhara province, Amnesty International denounces
Fighters from Tigray raped, beat and abducted several women in August in Amhara province, where fighting between rebels and government forces in northern Ethiopia has escalated in recent months, according to an Amnesty International investigation. The NGO gathered testimonies from 16 women who complained of being abused by members of the Popular Front for the […]
Syria: Three killed in Kamisli by Turkish drone attack
Kurdish forces today accused Turkey of killing three civilians in a drone strike targeting a car in the city of Kamisli, which is under their control in northeastern Syria. The Kurdish administration in northern and eastern Syria said in a statement that “the Turkish state targeted a car with a drone” on Tuesday in Kamisli, […]
Belarus v. Poland for ‘mistreatment of migrants’
Belarusian authorities have accused Poland of abusing four migrants on the border between the two countries, where a migrant crisis is unfolding, a source of great tension between Minsk and the West. “We saw a lot of injuries on the bodies of the migrants, the Polish forces of their order behaved violently and drove them […]
The situation on the border between Belarus and Poland is deteriorating
Polish Prime Minister Matthew Morawiecki on Tuesday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of being the “brain” behind the wave of migrants trying to cross into Poland from Belarus, warning that the “hybrid” attack would jeopardize the EU. Morawiecki’s accusations come as thousands of desperate migrants are trapped in the cold on the Polish-Belarusian border, where […]
Dozens of people crossed from Belarus to Poland
Two large groups of migrants crossed the border into Belarus and entered the territory of Poland, the Polish news agency PAP reported late at night. Dozens of migrants managed to drop parts of the fence in the villages of Krinki and Bialoveza, the agency explained, citing a report by local radio station Bialystok. The radio […]
