Senate Speaker Chuck Sumer said Sunday he would mobilize at the request of President Joe Biden’s government to add provisions to the $ 33 billion bailout package in Ukraine so that U.S. authorities can proceed with seizures. resources of Russian oligarchs, to liquidate them and send the revenue directly to Kyiv. “Ukraine needs all the […]
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The Ministry of Energy met today for an extraordinary meeting on the method of payment for natural gas
The government and the energy market expect a united European stance on payments to Gazprom for the gas market and clarification of the model of payments that does not violate the framework of European sanctions against Russia, from today’s extraordinary meeting of the Council of Energy Ministers, in Brussels. Sources from the Greek energy companies […]
Chile-Covid-19: Country reopens land borders after three years
Chile has announced that it is reopening 22 land border crossings that had been closed since March 17, 2020 with Argentina, Bolivia and Peru due to the coronavirus epidemic. Only goods could pass through these crossing points, which were closed to human traffic. “Today, Sunday, May 1, border traffic will be normalized,” said the Chilean […]
Zelensky on ERT: The war will end when Ukraine wins
The president of the war-torn Ukraine V. Zelensky gave an exclusive interview to ERT and Giannis Souliotis, where, among other things, he spoke about Greece and the Greeks, but also about the contradictions in the support that his country receives. He spoke of a war that threatens peace not only in Eastern Europe but around […]
Armenia: Thousands Protest in Yerevan Against Any Assignment to Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh
Thousands rallied in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, today to warn the government against any transfer to Azerbaijan of Nagorno-Karabakh, a territory the two countries have been disputing for 30 years. Protesters demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Nicole Pasinian and held placards reading “Karabakh” or “Armenia without Turks”, referring to Turkish-speaking Azeris. Opposition groups called […]
IfW: Which countries and to what extent they support Ukraine
Assistance from other countries to Ukraine after the outbreak of war has been very unevenly distributed and its volume is usually not in line with the economic performance of donor countries, according to the German Institute for World Economy (IfW, Kiel). This emerges from the evaluations of Ukraine Support Tracker, a new database on government […]
Swedish PM: Joining NATO will help secure the Baltic
Sweden’s Prime Minister Magdalena Anderson has told party members that NATO membership will give the country “a special responsibility” for security in the Baltic Sea, according to an article by the TT news agency, according to Bloomberg. “If Sweden is attacked, then we have a better chance of getting support from other countries, but you […]
Welt for Ukraine: The attackers are under attack
Moscow is protesting the attacks on its territory after its invasion of Ukraine. The noise about that is huge. The Russians are now realizing at the borders themselves what “demilitarization” means, Ukrainian presidential adviser Podolyak said, according to a Welt article. There is a lot of reaction in Russia because in the Russian offensive against […]
Italy: From today the Italians take off the masks in many interiors
As stipulated by the relevant decision of the Draghi government, from today the Italians are no longer obliged to wear protective masks indoors, except for certain exceptions. More specifically, masks are no longer needed in all businesses, including cafes and restaurants. The same goes for workplaces, but the recommendation “to cover the mouth and nose” […]
Hungary: EU should avoid Russian energy sanctions
Hungary has reiterated its opposition to extending European Union sanctions against Russia on energy, with a high-ranking official warning that such a move would hurt Member States more than Moscow, according to Bloomberg. The EU is set to propose a ban on Russian oil by the end of the year due to its war in […]
