“The Alliance Treaty could be structured as a new treaty, but it should include provision for the permanent presence of Turkish troops. Zero troops were a red line for Turkey.” The above phrase is included in the official minutes of the United Nations of the meeting of the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, with the […]
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Merkel: Turkey has reservations about troop withdrawal from Libya
LAST UPDATE: 23.58 Turkey has reservations about withdrawing troops from Libya, but Russia has said it is willing to support the mutual withdrawal of foreign troops from the country, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday, according to Reuters. “There are still some reservations from the Turkish side, but the Russian side has recognized that it […]
Erdogan wants to see Fake State official member of Turkish-speaking Council
Turkey hopes to see the occupied territories of Cyprus among members of the Council of Turkish-Speaking Countries, the Turkish president said on November 12th. “I have confidence in your valuable support for easing the isolation and the embargo against the Turkish Cypriots, who are an integral part of the Turkish-speaking world. [χρησιμοποιείται ο όρος turkic]”Recep […]
Commission: Reports of Russian troops moving are worrying
The European Commission has received some “rather worrying” information about the situation on Ukraine’s border, a Commission spokesman said today in response to reports that Washington was concerned about a possible Moscow attack on Ukraine. “We are continuing to monitor the situation and the information we have gathered so far is rather worrying,” a Commission […]
Erdogan ‘hand’ in Bulgaria: MRF and Turkish-born candidate
New Islamist political parties across Europe have been dubbed the new “Trojan Horses” of Erdogan. Erdogan’s support for European parties has aligned itself with his interests and reinforced another trend in European politics: the rise of Islamist parties that support the integration of Islamic legal traditions into secular state law. The Muslim Brotherhood has played […]
‘Thank you’ Michelle to Turkey after boarding ban on Syrians, Iraqis and Yemenis
European Council President Charles Michel thanked Turkey on Friday for the deal, he said, to stop citizens of Iraq, Syria and Yemen planning to travel to Belarus from buying airline tickets at Turkish airports, Reuters reported. . “I thank the Turkish authorities,” Michel said on Twitter. Thank you to the Turkish authorities and @SHGM for […]
Britain: Boris Johnson’s Tories shocked by lobbying scandal
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservatives are rocked by a lobbying scandal. How did they get there and what are the dangers to their power? How did the scandal start? The case stemmed from a parliamentary inquiry that concluded that Conservative MP Owen Patterson had repeatedly pressured ministers for the benefit of two companies for which […]
Joe Biden pays tribute to veterans, ‘pillars of America’
Joe Biden paid tribute today to veterans, “pillars of America”, during a ceremony at Arlington Military Cemetery on the outskirts of Washington, on the occasion of the centenary of the burial of the unknown soldier. “You are the backbone of America, its pillar,” the US president said before paying tribute to General Colin Powell, who […]
Poland: Security forces on the border with Belarus are on high alert
Polish security forces are at the highest level of vigilance regarding the crisis on the border with Belarus, Polish President Andrei Duda said today. “I assure you that Poland is ready to repel this action by the services of the Lukashenko regime. Our border guard, the Polish army, the police and other services are at […]
Tikhanovskaya: Lukashenko threatens to cut off gas supplies to Europe
Exiled Belarussian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has called on President Alexander Lukashenko to cut off gas pipelines through Belarus and supply Russian gas to vital Europeans. Earlier in the day, Mr Lukashenko warned that his country would respond to any new European sanctions linked to the Belarussian-Polish border crisis, for which Brussels blames Minsk. “We […]
