Brussels 22.04.2024 Today the Council adopted a decision on the conclusion of the Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA) between the European Union and Japan. Today’s decision clears the path, on the EU side, for the entry into force of the agreement as soon as the parties would complete their internal procedure and notified their counterparts. This…
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EU: progress on expropriation of Russian assets
Brussels 18.04.2024 Recalling its conclusions from 21-22 March 2024, the European Council reiterated its full and unwavering support for Ukraine, its people and its independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders. In this regard, EU leaders: strongly condemned Russia’s continued air and missile attacks against Ukrainian civilians and critical infrastructure, including the…
Borrell: Russian elections “irony”
Brussels 11.04.2024 The EU top diplomat Josep Borrell addressed the Members of the European Parliament to ensure their political support to the ongoing armed conflict in Ukraine, which entered a stalemate since last summer. In his highly controversial speech he attempted to convince the only elected EU institution that the continuation of support to Ukraine…
EU-Armenia: shifting away from Russia
Brussels 05.04.2024 The European Union has agreed on a comprehensive plan to divert Armenia from Russia’s centuries long influence and support its economy in the face of growing tensions in South Caucasus. Talks in the European Commission between the President Ursula von der Leyen, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol…
Brussels: NATO – 75 years anniversary
Brussels 04.04.2024 Today Foreign Ministers gathered at NATO Headquarters to mark 75 years since the signing of the Alliance’s founding document – the North Atlantic Treaty. Since 1949 the Alliance has enlarged now counting 32 Allies and one billion people on both sides of the Atlantic. This year’s NATO Day comes just weeks after Sweden…
Russian attacks enhance EU support to Ukraine
Brussels 04.04.2024. The EU top diplomat Josep Borrell received Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba in Brussels on April 4. They discussed latest developments in Russia’s war against Ukraine, including the recent massive attacks on Ukrainian critical energy infrastructure, according to information, released by the European External Action Service. Josep Borrell underlined that these “barbaric…
EU appalled by World Central Kitchen incident
Brussels 03.04.2024 “The killing by the Israeli Defence Forces of seven members of a humanitarian team of World Central Kitchen, while they were travelling to deliver food to the most vulnerable in Gaza, is appalling” reads the Joint Statement by the EU top diplomat Josep Borrell and Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič. (Photo above:…
IDF hits Iran Consulate in Damascus
Brussels 01.04.2024 UPDATE 18:52 *Iranian media also reported that the strikes in Damascus completely destroyed the annex building, and that the ambassador was unharmed. **AFP correspondents at the site confirmed the building next to the embassy, an annex, had been levelled, in an upscale neighbourhood of Damascus. Today Israeli warplanes struck the Iranian consulate in…
Moscow attack: Russians threaten retaliation
Brussels 22.03.2024 “The statement by the office of the UN Secretary General that he was “saddened” by what happened in Crocus City Hall is irrelevant to what happened,” the spokesperson of Russian foreign ministry Maria Zakharova wrote on her page in Telegram social media. According to her, the footage from the scene of the terrorist…
Metsola: towards European Parliament elections
Brussels 21.03.2024 Delivering on our priorities is the best tool to push against disinformation, said EP President Roberta Metsola at European Council. Addressing the Heads of State or Government at the March European Council in Brussels today, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola highlighted the following topics: European Parliament elections: “We are meeting today 77 days…
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