LAST UPDATE: 19:20 Ukrainian President Zelensky fires Andriy Melnyk as ambassador to Germany. This afternoon, according to Spiegel, decree 479/2022, which provides for the dismissal, was published on the website of the President of Ukraine. Melnyk’s dismissal was already expected earlier in the week. As reported at the time, the Ukrainian government was planning Melnyk’s […]
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Borrell-Blinken: Albania and North Macedonia are ready to take the next step towards EU membership
European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken welcomed the EU’s proposal to find a solution to the dispute between North Macedonia and Bulgaria and pointed out that the Skopje decision will be important for their European path. “At this critical moment in European history, marked by […]
Medvedev: Russia taken more seriously than Soviet Union judging by sanctions
Russia’s former president and current deputy head of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, sees his country’s international importance boosted by the war in Ukraine. The “special military operation” in Ukraine has already fulfilled a task, Medvedev wrote on the Telegram messaging service today. “Russia is now being taken seriously. Just as it was with […]
Britain: The Conservatives are considering speeding up the process of electing a new leader
The Committee of the Conservative Party in Britain, which determines the internal party regulations and will oversee the process of naming Boris Johnson’s successor, will limit the candidates to two names by July 20, one of its members said today. The so-called “1922 Commission” will set the exact rules and timetable for the process next […]
Deustche Welle: Are the British ready for Rishi Sunak?
The former finance minister, 48 hours after Johnson’s resignation, is running for the succession race. He is however accused of “treason” and “mutiny” within the party. Ready for Rishi? ( Ready for Rishi? ) That’s the slogan of former finance minister Rishi Sunak’s succession campaign, only instead of a question mark there’s an exclamation mark […]
Britain: Secretary of State Ben Wallace will not run for Tory leadership
LAST UPDATE: 15:42 British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace, one of the favorites in the race to succeed Prime Minister Boris Johnson, said today that he has decided not to run for the party leadership. The 52-year-old Wallace overtook Foreign Secretary Liz Truss in recent months in popularity and became the most popular member of the […]
France: Government wants to deport ‘any foreigner’ who has ‘committed serious acts’
The French government hopes to make it possible to deport “any foreigner” who “has committed serious acts” by lifting the age requirement for arrival in France, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanen said in an interview today with the online edition of Le Monde newspaper. “Today, a foreigner who has committed serious acts cannot be deported if […]
Blinken asked China’s foreign minister to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken met with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi today and described their talks as “useful, frank and constructive”, although he warned Beijing on the Taiwan issue and asked it to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “Despite the complexity of our relationship, I can say with some certainty that our delegations […]
USA: 35 MPs ‘No’ to F-16 sale to Turkey with letter to Biden
35 US lawmakers sent a letter to President Joe Biden, asking him not to proceed with the sale of new F-16s to Turkey. The bipartisan letter was sent to the US president by Democratic Congressman Frank Pallone, who emphasizes that “we should not support the Turkish armed forces until tangible measures are taken to stop […]
The Cyprus file is ‘thawing’
The Cyprus file with the publication of the 9th volume, which is expected to be published early in the autumn, comes out of the fridge. This follows from the statements made to “F” by the Speaker of the Parliament, Annita Dimitriou. The project of the parliamentary body of Cyprus and the Parliament of Hellenes, to […]