French President Emmanuel Macron will discuss today with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan the threat of the latter to veto the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO, in the midst of the crisis caused by the war in Ukraine. The conversation will take place at 11:30 (Paris time; at 12:30 Greek time), according […]
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US summit: Cuban president will not attend ‘under any circumstances’
Cuban President Miguel Dias-Canel said on Wednesday that he would not attend “in any case” the US summit scheduled for next month in the United States, which has indicated it will not be invited. “I can assure you that I will not participate under any circumstances,” Dias-Canel said via Twitter, noting, however, “the courageous and […]
Steinmeier calls on Putin to end the war
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Wednesday called on his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to withdraw his country’s army from Ukraine immediately. “Respect Ukraine’s national sovereignty, stop hostilities,” Steinmeier said in a speech to the Stuttgart Catholic Church. “Mr Putin, end the suffering and destruction in Ukraine. Order your troops. “Do not deny direct and serious […]
UN Security Council: US to demand ‘within-day’ vote on tougher sanctions on North Korea
The United States will call for a vote in the UN Security Council to toughen sanctions against North Korea, a senior US official said on Wednesday after Pyongyang launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said he expected the vote to take place “in the coming days” on a […]
Beijing proposes regional free trade and security agreement in South Pacific
China has launched a major initiative to boost free trade and security relations with the South Pacific, but it has already been criticized by one of the countries for trying to bring the region closer to the “Beijing orbit”. The initiative takes the form of a draft agreement and implementation plan for a five-year period […]
Kalin to Sweden-Finland: Progress is impossible without concrete measures
Turkey will not give its consent to the accession of Sweden and Finland without having extracted “concrete measures” from these countries in relation to its security concerns, a senior official of the Turkish presidency warned today. Ibrahim Kalin, a spokesman for the Turkish presidency and a close aide to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, received delegations […]
Partygate: The highest spheres of power are blamed for the scandal
Crucial to Boris Johnson’s political future, the Partygate administrative inquiry blames the Downing Street leadership for the series of parties at the prime minister’s office and residence during the pandemics to deal with the pandemic. Although in recent weeks he has shown that he has overcome a scandal that threatened to deprive him of the […]
Antonio Guterres: Africa is the home of hope
The message is that the world must unite in solidarity with all Africans to enhance food security and make food accessible to all, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in Africa today. “Africa is the home of hope. On Africa Day, we celebrate the enormous potential of this diverse and dynamic continent,” Antonio Guterres said in […]
Erdogan’s Turkey intensifies flirtation with Egypt
In a new step towards strengthening relations between Egypt and Turkey, Turkish Economy and Finance Minister Nureddin Nebati will visit Egypt on June 1st. The visit, the first by a Turkish minister in Cairo in nine years, marks an important step in Turkey-Egypt bilateral relations following the 2013 diplomatic rift. In a May 18 statement […]
The parallel universe of Russian television
In the world of Russian state television, everything is going well in the battle to rid Ukraine of “fascists” and “Nazis”. Anyone who turns on Russian state television today feels like they are entering a parallel reality. In the news of 11 last Sunday on Rossija-1 channel, the presenter declared that the steel factory “Azofstal […]
