Brussels 04.02.2025 “Today, we have taken further steps towards establishing a Special Tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine. There has to be a clear division between war crimes and the crimes of aggression” said the EU High Representative Kaja Kallas at a press point following the meeting of the Core Group on the…
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Ukraine: EU to discuss further support
Brussels 24.01.2025 The EU aid to Ukraine shifted to the third place on the list of the bloc’s priorities. During the press-conference in Ankara, Türkiye, the top diplomat Kaja Kallas said: ‘Third, Ukraine. Russia’s invasion will soon enter its fourth year. Our priorityis to strengthen Ukraine’s position, because there are no signs that Putin wants…
EU demands release of Navalny lawyers
Brussels 17.01.2025 The Petushinsky District Court of the Vladimir Region, Russia, sentenced defence lawyers of late Alexei Navalny for performing their professional duties defending Alexei Navalny in the farcical justice system in Russia. Vadim Kobzev, Alexey Liptser and Igor Sergunin were respectively sentenced with 5 and a half, 5 and 3 and a half years…
EU measures against Palestine Islamic Jihad
Brussels 13.01.2025 The Council today decided to extend by one year, until 20 January 2026, the existing restrictive measures against those who support, facilitate or enable violent actions by Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). (Image above: illustration, Gaza) All individuals and entities previously identified as responsible for participating in the financing of Hamas…
Finland: North-South Summit
Brussels 22.12.2024 The leaders from northern and southern Europe have arrived in Saariselkä, Lapland for the North-South Summit on European security and defence. The Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo hosted the event, attended by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Greek Prime Minister Kyriákos Mitsotákis and Swedish…
Iran: EU widens restrictive measures
Brussels 18.11.2024 The Council today decided to widen the scope of the EU framework for restrictive measures in view of Iran’s military support to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and to armed groups and entities in the Middle East and the Red Sea region. This additional measure is targeted to the use of vessels…
Borrell calls for “power response” to Putin
18.11.2024 The EU Foreign Affairs Council has started today in Brussels, chaired by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell. At doorstep of the meeting Borrell answered a few questions of the journalist. There is a broad agenda for discussion for the EU top diplomats: Russian aggression against Ukraine EU…
EU committed to aid to Haiti
Brussels 14.11.2024 The European Union takes note of the appointment of Alix Didier Fils-Aimé as Prime Minister of Haiti. “The European Union calls on the Transitional Presidential Council, the new government, and all political forces to work with urgency and determination to restore security, prioritise governance and accountability, and work towards the organization of free…
EU condemns DPRK ballistic missile launch
Brussels 31.10.2024 The EU strongly condemns the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile on 31 October. This illegal launch shows the DPRK’s continued intention to develop the means to deliver weapons of mass destruction. It is in flagrant violation of multiple UN Security Council resolutions (UNSCRs), as is the…
EU-UK diplomats discuss security
Luxembourg 14.10.2024 Today during the meeting of the EU top diplomats in Luxembourg over lunch, the EU Foreign Affairs Ministers will have an informal exchange of views with the United Kingdom Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, David Lammy. Foreign Secretary David Lammy will today reinforce closer UK-EU cooperation on global issues…