Protesters calling for the resignation of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa breached security barricades and entered his official residence, defying tear gas and water cannons, amid reports that the leader has left his compound, according to Bloomberg. Rajapaksa was taken to safety away from the compound, AFP reported, citing an unidentified defense official. Calls to […]
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France: Balance exercises ahead of bill to boost household purchasing power
With the government trying to balance on a tightrope and citizens divided almost equally between right, center, left and indifferent, France is now well into the second five years of the Macron presidency. Prime Minister Elizabeth Bourne presented last Monday the complete form of the new French government, which surprised no one and nothing, while […]
Demonstrations against ‘Bulgarianisation’ in Skopje
In North Macedonia, thousands of people take to the streets, protesting a possible rapprochement with Bulgaria. The protests are instigated by the opposition. Seven days have passed since the mass mobilizations in the capital of North Macedonia. Thousands of people are demonstrating their indignation at what they call the “bulgarization” of the country. Many do […]
Japan: In a heavy atmosphere the election campaign after the assassination of Shinzo Abe
Election campaigning in Japan is expected to continue today, the last day of rallies ahead of polls to elect new members of the upper house, despite the country still reeling from the shock of the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by a gunman. Abe, Japan’s longest-serving modern leader, was assassinated on Friday morning […]
Concerns about the possible annexation of Occupied Cyprus
By Kostas Raptis The new invasion of northern Syria does not appear to be forthcoming – absent a proper signal of tolerance from Washington or Moscow. The adventures, also, in the Aegean seem to be taking a back seat, after the appropriate American messages. As for the “proud diplomatic victory” of the tripartite agreement with […]
Britain: Kemi Beidenoch in the race to succeed Boris Johnson
British Conservative Party MP Kemi Beidenoch announced today her candidacy to succeed Boris Johnson as Prime Minister of the country. “I’m coming forward in this leadership election because I want to tell the truth,” Beidenoch wrote in The Times newspaper. Beidenoch’s announcement came after Britain’s former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced he would […]
G20: Blinken and Chinese counterpart Wang try to ease bilateral tensions
Chinese and US foreign ministers Wang Yi and Anthony Blinken sought to defuse tensions between their countries today during a rare meeting following the G20 foreign ministers’ summit on the Indonesian island of Bali. “There is no substitute for face-to-face diplomacy. In a relationship as complex and important as the one between the US and […]
New Tatar letter: Denies participation in negotiations on the Cyprus issue without recognition of the occupied
Ersin Tatar refuses to participate in negotiations on the Cyprus issue and any form of dialogue with President Anastasiades if the occupying regime is not recognized as a state entity equal to the Republic of Cyprus. However, he chooses another tactic, indirect dialogue, through which he attempts to strengthen his claims for the recognition of […]
Labor threatens to censure Boris Johnson if he does not leave Downing Street immediately
The race to replace Boris Johnson as the leader of the Conservative party and prime minister began today, after the unprecedented political crisis that led to his resignation, with former finance minister Rishi Sunak one of the first to line up, claiming the positions. Johnson resigned on Thursday after many government and party figures abandoned […]
What Putin answered in 2014 when asked about the recovery of Alaska
Russian officials have recently made statements threatening to claim Alaska, which the US bought from Russia in 1867, but President Vladimir Putin may not be interested. As Newsweek reports, in 2014, during the annual question-and-answer session with Russian citizens, Putin was asked about reclaiming the region. Interviewee Faina Ivanovna told him it was something Russians […]