The possible “options”, in response to the EU’s Turkish unilateral action in Varos, will be considered by the EU Foreign Affairs Council on Monday (December 13th) in Brussels. The draft so-called “option paper” to be considered by EU foreign ministers includes possible legal and policy measures. The draft was discussed late in the afternoon of […]
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Boris Johnson: Its credibility is being questioned after the imposition of new measures
The press is mocking him, even malignant within his party: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson now sees his credibility being questioned for imposing new restrictions on the Omicron variant at a time when his government is in turmoil due to violations of the rules. imposed on Covid-19. For days now, newspaper revelations have been piling […]
Germany: The Soltz government begins its term with full machines
First crisis meeting on the pandemic, visits to Paris and Brussels, completion of the transfer of power: the German government of Olaf Solz begins its term with full machines. The ninth post-war German chancellor to succeed Angela Merkel has taken up his post at the chancellery and is already working, knowing he will have no […]
France: The left rejects Indalgo’s proposal for a joint candidate
Prospective French left-wing candidates today rejected a call by Socialist Party candidate Anne Indalgo to rally behind a candidate, splitting the left, leaving her with little chance of winning the election. Indalgo, who is also the mayor of Paris, had warned a day earlier that if the left did not unite “it will not be […]
Cyprus and Spain demand respect for UN resolutions on Varos with a joint statement
LAST UPDATE: 16:02 Today, the President of the Republic of Cyprus, N. Anastasiadis, had a meeting with the Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sanchez. The meeting took place at 12.30 pm (Cyprus time) at the Prime Minister’s Palace Mocnloa, Madrid. Issues related to the European agenda, developments in the Cyprus issue and Turkish challenges in […]
Russia: Protest note at US embassy over Black Sea military activity
The Russian Foreign Ministry launched a note of protest at the US Embassy in Moscow over the increased military activity of the United States and NATO in the Black Sea. The protest lists examples of recent dangerous maneuvers by the US Air Force in Moscow, such as the most recent, on December 3, October 6 […]
Bulgaria: Talks on coalition agreement under way
As the future coalition government partners continue talks on the coalition agreement and the formation of a government, more details became known today. One of them is that each of the four parties will have a vice-president in the new government and there will be a fifth vice-president in charge of the “effectiveness of the […]
Solz warns Russia of ‘consequences’ if it attacks Ukraine
Germany’s new Chancellor Olaf Soltz has threatened with possible “consequences” for the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline connecting Russia to Germany in the event of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. “Our position is very clear, we want the inviolability of the border to be respected by all,” he said, when asked if the pipeline could be […]
Tsavousoglou incendiary rhetoric: ‘The only occupation in Cyprus took place in 1963’
The only occupation in Cyprus took place in 1963, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt ÇavuÅŸoλουlu said, adding that since then the United Nations peacekeeping force has been stationed on the island. According to the Cyprus News Agency, in a teleconference at a UN Ministerial meeting on peacekeeping co-organized by the South Korean Ministries of Foreign Affairs […]
France warns Russia of ‘massive and strategic consequences’ in case of attack on Ukraine
France today warned Russia of “strategic and massive consequences” of an attack on Ukraine as Moscow accuses it of mobilizing troops on its border. “Strong messages have been sent to Russia about the strategic and massive consequences of a new attack on Ukraine’s territorial integrity,” the French Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Since last […]
