Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan today stressed to Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Anderson that Ankara expects concrete steps in terms of its concerns about terrorist organizations, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported, according to Reuters. In a telephone conversation, Erdogan also said that the arms embargo imposed on Turkey after its invasion of Syria in 2019 […]
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Australia: Prime Minister Scott Morrison Conservative Alliance loses election
The Conservative coalition lost the parliamentary elections held today in Australia, according to forecasts published by the media after counting about half of the votes. Outgoing Prime Minister Scott Morrison acknowledged his defeat. The Labor Party under Anthony Albanese appears to be well on its way to forming a government, according to ABC television, but […]
Australia-Elections: Government does not appear to be securing a majority of seats
The ruling Conservative Alliance in Australia is not expected to secure enough seats to form a government in today’s election, as predicted by two television stations. According to the vote count so far, the conservative alliance of Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the opposition Labor Party is losing ground in favor of smaller parties and […]
Bild: China uses German research on its military
Universities across Europe are actively collaborating with Chinese military institutions, according to Bild, while the Chinese leadership is using new knowledge from joint research on strategic military equipment. At least 48 German universities are actively involved in this cooperation, the same publication adds. Army made in Germany This is the conclusion of an international survey […]
Handeslblatt: How the president of Argentina wants to sell his gas to Germany
Argentina’s hopes of overcoming its own economic crisis and establishing itself as an energy supplier to the European continent are deeply buried, notes Handelsblatt. THE “vaca muerta”, a rock formation in the southeast of the country, is considered the second largest shale gas field in the world. The war in Ukraine and the debate over […]
Erdogan’s reaction to Mitsotaki’s speech in Congress: “Let’s reconsider the issue of strategic partnership”
Under the headline “Erdogan’s reaction to Mitsotakis: He said no third parties should intervene, but he went and spoke to the US”, the daily Hurriyet reports that during a meeting of the AKP Central Committee (May 19), President Tayyip Regarding the statements of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis who protested against Turkey, Erdogan said that […]
Germany: The ethno-populists are on a path of disintegration
The 2022 election results for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party were disappointing. Just a coincidence or an indication of divisive tendencies in the party? In recent years, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) has been represented in all 16 local German parliaments. The party leadership claimed that the AfD was not just a protest […]
Deutsche Welle: The new French ‘Bourne government’
The composition of the new government was presented in Paris. Change at the Foreign Ministry where the diplomat Catherine Colonna diffuses Jean-Yves Le Drian. Υφυπ. Development Chrysoula Zacharopoulou. As of yesterday, the French have a new government, permanent or temporary, depending on the results of the June parliamentary elections, which could change the data: With […]
Japan protests China drilling in East China Sea
Japan has formally protested to China, accusing it of exploring disputed oil fields in the East China Sea. The Japanese Foreign Ministry said yesterday that it had protested at the Chinese embassy in Tokyo, accusing Beijing of building 17 drilling rigs in an area where the two countries’ Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) overlap in the […]
Lavrov: French and European policy in Mali is ‘colonial’
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday denounced the “colonial mentality” of France and Europe in Mali, welcoming his counterpart Abdullaye Diop in Moscow. “(France) ‘s dissatisfaction with the Mali authorities’ desire to seek the help of foreign security forces is nothing but a reversal of the colonial mentality that Europeans should have put aside […]
