Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday welcomed the “personal role” of US President Joe Biden in his quest for peace in eastern Ukraine, in his first remarks since US President Bidolin’s talks with Russian President Biden. During a press conference, Zelensky also expressed hope that Ukraine and Russia could agree on a new ceasefire and […]
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Turkey – Poll: Kemalist CHP Leads – Erdogan’s AKP’s Second
The ruling Republican People’s Party (CHP) is the ruling opposition party with a higher percentage than the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of Tayyip Erdogan. According to the latest Eurasia Research poll, the CHP increased its vote to 30.4%, while the AKP fell to 27.6%. The Eurasia Research poll, according to philenews.com, was conducted […]
DW: New German Chancellor Olaf Solz
395 “Yes” and 303 “No” for the Social Democrat politician. Inauguration of chancellor and ministers within the day. Chancellery pick-up in the afternoon. After 16 years of Angela Merkel’s rule in the country, Germany today acquired a new chancellor. With 395 votes in favor, 303 against, 6 abstentions and 3 invalid, the German parliament elected […]
Boris Johnson: Apologizing for video of executives joking around during lockdown
LAST UPDATE: 15:43 The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologized today after the video that was released and which shows his staff joking and laughing for a party on Downing Street during the lockdown last Christmas when such events were banned. Johnson said he was outraged to see the video. “I unequivocally apologize for the […]
Margaritis Schoinas: Push for cross-border police cooperation for quick detection of criminals
The European Commission is proposing an EU Police Cooperation Code to strengthen law enforcement cooperation between Member States and to provide EU police with more modern tools for the exchange of information. With a large proportion of criminals operating across borders, police officers in the EU must be able to work together quickly and effectively. […]
Beijing ready for ‘new level of relations’ with Berlin under new Chancellor Soltz
Chinese President Xi Jinping today congratulated new German Chancellor Olaf Solz on his election and noted that China intends to take relations with Germany to a “new level”. Sino-German relations have generally been good over the past 16 years, in contrast to those between Beijing and other European countries, which may have been strained, such […]
Erdogan: The European decisions on Kavala and Demirtas do not tell me anything
President Tayyip Erdo .an has said he does not recognize European decisions seeking the release of Osman Kavala and Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas, and that Ankara will abide by Turkish court rulings on them, NTV reported. Speaking to reporters on a return flight from Doha, Qatar, where he signed a number of economic agreements, Erdogan […]
Germany: Olaf Solz is sworn in as Chancellor
LAST UPDATE: 14:25 Olaf Solz was recently sworn in as Federal Chancellor, shortly after being elected by the Federal Parliament and receiving the mandate from Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Mr Solz has taken a political oath and is the first German Chancellor not to be a member of the Church. The cabinet members are currently […]
Libyan court gives green light to Haftar: Definitive candidate in elections
A Libyan court on Monday overturned an earlier ruling that barred Libyan National Army (LNA) leader Khalifa Haftar from running in Libya’s presidential election. The decision by the Tripoli court of appeals means that the general now has the opportunity to run for the presidency in the elections scheduled to take place later this month, […]
Germany – poll: Solz will serve only one term most citizens expect
Nearly two-thirds of those polled in Germany expect the new chancellor, Olaf Solz, to remain in office for just one term, according to a YouGov poll commissioned by the German news agency, the results of which were released today. Twenty percent of those polled expect the Social Democrats (SPD), Greens and Free Democrats (FDP), led […]
