The speaker of the Norwegian parliament announced her resignation today, as she is accused of having benefited from a service residence, which she may not have been entitled to. The resignation of Eva Kristin Hansen of the Labor Party, one month after her election to the presidency of Storting, the Norwegian parliament, took place after […]
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US: Criminal charges against two Iranians for trying to interfere in the 2020 elections
The United States announced on Thursday that it had filed criminal charges against two Iranians who tried to interfere in the 2020 presidential election. In particular, Seyyed Mohammad Hosein Musa Kazemi, 24, and Sajjad Kashian, 27, are accused of obtaining confidential information about the US election process from at least one state website. They are […]
Erdogan’s first contact with the Israeli Prime Minister after 8 years
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett contacted Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday after Turkey released a couple of Israelis arrested for allegedly photographing Erdogan’s residence in Istanbul for Istanbul. Bennett thanked Erdogan for his help in securing the couple’s release, Bennett’s office said in a statement. It was the first conversation between the Israeli prime […]
Peshkov: Maybe the Putin-Biden talks before the new year
Contacts between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden are likely to take place before the New Year, but may take place later, Russian President Dmitry Peshkov’s spokesman said on Russian state television. “At the moment there is no clear idea of ​​when the contacts (Putin and Biden) will take place. We have […]
France: Russia ‘broke’ the diplomatic protocol for Ukraine
Moscow’s publication of confidential diplomatic correspondence between France, Germany and Russia on the Ukraine issue violates diplomatic protocol, France said on Thursday in another “episode” of deteriorating relations between Russia and the West. On Wednesday, the Russian Foreign Ministry released a series of diplomatic letters exchanged with Germany and France to show that its diplomatic […]
Biden meeting with J. Trinto and Lopez Obrador in the White House
US President Joe Biden will meet today in Washington with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trindade and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, at a time when there is no shortage of friction between the “three friends”, whether it is about trade or immigration. The American president thus restores the so-called “Summit of the leaders of […]
The 5 agreements signed by Sanchez and Erdogan – Athens dissatisfaction
LAST UPDATE: 17.30 The signing of five agreements was the result of the 7th Spanish-Turkish summit that took place on the afternoon of Wednesday, November 18 in Ankara, according to ERT. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, accompanied by six ministers from his government, was welcomed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. On the one hand, […]
Putin: Relations with the US ‘unsatisfactory’ but we are open to dialogue
LAST UPDATE: 17.38 Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday described Russia’s relations with the United States as “unsatisfactory”, but said Moscow was open to dialogue and that a June summit with US counterpart Joe Biden could improve relations. , according to Reuters. “In many bilateral and international interests, our positions are really different, as everyone […]
Minsk asks the EU to receive 2,000 immigrants
Belarus wants the European Union to receive 2,000 migrants and Minsk will send 5,000 others back to their countries to resolve the crisis on the border with Poland, Belarussian presidential spokesman Alexander Lukashenko said today, according to Belarus news agency. . The spokeswoman said President Lukashenko had discussed the proposal with German Chancellor Angela Merkel […]
Turkey: Erdogan called for ‘mutual understanding’ with Israel
LAST UPDATE: 19:04 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had a telephone conversation with his Israeli counterpart Isaac Herzog today, the Turkish presidency said, referring to a relatively rare contact between the two countries, whose relations are strained. The phone call between the two leaders came hours after the release and return to Israel of a […]
