Sweden’s new Social Democrat leader, Magdalena Anderson, was instructed today to form a government and secure parliamentary support to become the first woman to take over as prime minister following the ouster of Stephen Leven. As expected, House Speaker Andreas Norlen gave the order to Anderson after consulting with parliamentary party leaders. The incumbent Finance […]
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New Putin-Merkel telephone conversation on EU relations with Belarus
Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a telephone conversation today with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the second in two days, told her that the EU should talk to Belarus about the immigration crisis and complained about the provocative ones. as he characterized them, US and NATO actions in the Black Sea, the Kremlin announced. The Kremlin […]
Maas for Belarus: ‘The time has come for consequences’
German Foreign Minister Haiko Maas said today that “the time has come for there to be consequences” for Belarus over the immigration crisis it is accused of orchestrating on Europe’s borders, extending EU sanctions against Minsk. “In the current situation, the time has come for consequences. We want to do it together with our European […]
N. Anastasiadis: Collective action to improve economic conditions and equal access to vaccines
The need for collective action for effective improvement of economic conditions, but also the health sector with equal access to all vaccines against the coronavirus pandemic, pointed out, among others, the President of the Republic of Cyprus Nikos Anastasiadis in a visual message on the occasion of of the Peace Forum taking place today in […]
Pakistani Foreign Minister Ringing the Alarm Clock: Afghanistan on the brink of economic collapse
Afghanistan is “on the brink of economic collapse” and the international community must once again offer economic and humanitarian assistance to the country, the Pakistani foreign minister said today during talks in Islamabad with US, Chinese and Russian diplomats. “Afghanistan today is on the verge of economic collapse,” Shah Mahmoud Quresi warned during the meeting, […]
Egyptian President Sisi to attend Paris conference on Libya
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will travel to Paris tomorrow, Friday, to attend a conference on Libya and hold talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, the Egyptian presidency said in a statement. The conference is organized by the United Nations, Germany and Italy and takes place before the elections in Libya, which are scheduled for […]
Borrell: EU works with countries of origin – transit to end Lukashenko
The European Union is working “closely with the countries of origin and transit” to end the Lukashenko regime’s actions, EU High Representative Josep Borrell said in a statement issued by the EU. In particular, in a statement on the situation at the EU border, Mr Borrell said that “the orchestrated instrumentalization of people by the […]
Weber: ‘Hybrid attack on EU’ on EU-Belarus border
The leader of the EPP parliamentary group, Manfred Weber, speaking today in the European Parliament on the escalating humanitarian crisis on the EU-Belarus border, stressed that what was happening was not a real migration crisis, but a “hybrid attack on the EU”. . Weber said the “dictator Lukashenko” was increasing pressure on the EU’s borders […]
Xi Jinping says ‘ready to work’ with Washington ahead of digital meeting with Joe Biden
Chinese President Xi Jinping has said he is “ready to work with the United States” despite tensions between the world’s two largest economies ahead of an upcoming digital conference with US counterpart Joe Biden. The meeting, the first by teleconference since the Democratic president arrived at the White House in January after two phone calls, […]
He insulted him, searched him and now Erdogan says his policy comes from Kemal Ataturk
While drawing the myriad of what he called a Hagia Sophia into a museum in 1934, and searching for the secularism he has been trying to eradicate since he began his political career, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has embarked on another micro-policy. cubic capacity. On the day of the death of the founder of the […]
