LAST UPDATE: 12.30 Former President (1994-1998) Jose Maria Figueres has a clear lead in the presidential election held yesterday, Sunday, in Costa Rica, according to data released by the election authority after counting at least 75% of the vote, followed by the former Minister of Finance Rodrigo Chavez. However, he would need at least 40% […]
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Biden ‘can’t wait’ to visit Israel this year
US President Joe Biden is “looking forward” to visiting Israel later in the year, he said on Sunday during a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in which “the warm and historic partnership” between the two countries was reaffirmed. House. “The president thanked the prime minister for inviting him to visit Israel and […]
Chile’s foreign minister has resigned
Chile’s Foreign Minister Andres Alamand announced on Sunday that he had resigned as Secretary-General of the Iberoamericana (SEGIB) following criticism of his absence from office. crisis in the northern part of the country, in neighboring provinces of Bolivia and Peru. “I have resigned,” Alamand said in Santiago after returning from a trip to Spain after […]
Biden telephoned Macron on Ukraine
LAST UPDATE: 23:59 French President Emmanuel Macron had a new telephone conversation tonight with his American counterpart in a “coordination logic” in view of his trip to Moscow tomorrow, said a source in the French Presidency. During the 40-minute telephone conversation, the two leaders briefed both sides on contacts made over the weekend aimed at […]
Iraq: MPs ‘threaten’ to boycott tomorrow’s vote to elect new president
Iraq’s Supreme Court on Sunday rejected the candidacy of the country’s former foreign minister for the presidency amid allegations of bribery, with many lawmakers reacting by boycotting the vote to elect a new president. intensifying the political controversy. An Iraqi court has ruled that the candidacy of Hoshyar Zebari, a pro-Western Kurdish veteran Iraqi politician, […]
J. Borel: The energy transition will continue to change geopolitical balances
The energy transition will continue to change geopolitical balances, EU High Representative Josep Borrell said on his blog, adding that power is shifting from those who control fossil fuels to those who develop clean energy technologies. That would require countries that now rely heavily on fossil fuel exports to diversify their economies, and “we need […]
‘Window’ by Olaf Solz to send additional troops to Lithuania
German Chancellor Olaf Solz has left a window for the deployment of additional troops in Lithuania to bolster NATO’s eastern wing in response to a Russian-led troop rally on the border with Ukraine. The United States has ordered the deployment of an additional 3,000 troops to support NATO in Poland and Romania amid concerns about […]
British Foreign Secretary: Russia’s claims that it is not planning an invasion of Ukraine are false
British Foreign Secretary Liz Tras said on Sunday that Russia’s claims that it had no plans to invade Ukraine were false and that the United Kingdom and its allies were determined to “increase costs” for Moscow if it acted further. as reported by Reuters. Citing a Washington Post tweet about US assessments of Russia’s plans, […]
Bulgaria: Energy Minister Says There Is War Against Government Energy Policy
War is raging against the Bulgarian government’s energy policy, Energy Minister Alexander Nikolov said today in an emergency press conference to deny allegations that the new management of the state-owned Bulgargaz sold 60,000 MWh of gas to Romania under a previous agreement. He stated that it was not about one but about 18 agreements and […]
Ukraine: Kiev seeks to mitigate risk of Russian attack to protect Ukrainian economy
Ukraine has been wary of “revelation predictions”, saying the chances of a “diplomatic solution” with Moscow remain “significantly higher” than the likelihood of a military “escalation” following US warnings of a possible large-scale Russian invasion. “Do not trust predictions about the revelation,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba wrote on Twitter. “Ukraine has a strong army […]