The US President, Joe Biden, has chosen 64-year-old Carolyn Kennedy, the last child of the assassinated former President John F. Kennedy who is still alive, to fill the position of US Ambassador to Australia, his services reported in a bulletin made public. The appointment of the former ambassador of the Barack Obama administration to Japan […]
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The Menendez bill for the defense cooperation with Greece was passed by the Senate
The bill on the new US defense budget (NDAA) was approved by the plenary session of the Senate. The budget package also included as an amendment the bill on US-Greek defense cooperation, which was tabled in June by the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Robert Menendez. This development means that the Menendez bill […]
Ol. Solts: ‘Decade of Innovation’
The new German Chancellor, Olaf Solz, presented today in Parliament the goals of the governing coalition. At the beginning of the government announcements he referred to the treatment of the coronavirus pandemic. The fight against the virus is an immediate priority for the government and will be carried out with “great determination”, Mr Solz said. […]
Threats of sanctions against Bosnian Serbs
It has been 26 years since the Dayton Accords ended the Bosnia-Herzegovina civil war, and the dividing line between Serbs, Croats and Muslims is returning. A few days ago, the Republika Srpska of Bosnia, on the initiative of former President Milorad Dodik, approved a bill paving the way for Serbs to leave the security forces […]
EU Summit on Thursday – What’s on the agenda
The letter of invitation to the Summit on Thursday 16 December was sent by the President of the European Council Charles Michel to the leaders of the 27 member states. Mr. Michel emphasizes that every effort should be made to address the reluctance towards coronavirus vaccination, while noting that both the issue of energy and […]
Britain-Omicron: Boris Johnson, pandemic outbreak, MEP uprising and scandals
Involved in a series of scandals, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face the wrath of his majority in the House of Commons today on the occasion of the vote for the introduction of delayed, restrictive measures in the face of another outbreak of the epidemic in the country, this time due to the Omicron […]
Historic meeting between Israeli and UAE leaders
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met Monday in Abu Dhabi with UAE strongman Mohammed bin Zayed, a historic meeting that marks a “new reality” in the region. Trade relations were the focus of talks on the second day of a visit by Bennett, the first head of the Israeli government to an Arab Gulf monarchy. […]
Bulgaria: The new Bulgarian government is sworn in
Bulgaria’s new government was sworn in after a vote in parliament today. At a special plenary session, the legislature approved the appointment of Kirill Petkov, who was nominated for prime minister by the parliamentary group Continue to Change, as well as the composition and members of the new government. A total of 238 deputies from […]
Netherlands: Four parties agree on government formation under Mark Rutte
Nine months after the parliamentary elections, four parties reached an agreement to form a coalition government in the Netherlands, paving the way for Mark Rutte to remain prime minister for another term, the fourth since 2010. Negotiations began shortly after the parliamentary elections in mid-March. At the end of October, the country broke its previous […]
Christian Lindner: Let’s have a discussion about the right fiscal policies
Germany’s interest in maintaining fiscal discipline at home and at European Union level is accompanied by a desire to ensure adequate public investment in economic reform, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said today. Speaking on the sidelines of his first visit to France, during his meeting with the French Minister of Finance, Bruno Lemerre, the […]
