Category: Europe

Today: 9 May Europe Day

Strasbourg 09.05.2023 Europe Day is an opportunity to celebrate the EU’s achievements and unity. To mark the occasion, the EU institutions have organised a range of activities, enabling people to learn more about the EU and experience its cultural diversity. Join the celebrations for Europe Day on Tuesday 9 May and display the European flag…

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Belarus: death of Klimovich in prison

The European Union learnt with dismay and sadness that political prisoner of the Lukashenko regime in Belarus Mikalai Klimovich has died in the Vitebsk prison colony no. 3 last week. He was sentenced to a year in prison for posting a caricature depicting Alexander Lukashenko on a social network. He had a serious heart condition…

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EU delegation at Charles III Coronation

Brussels 06.05.2023 The EU delegation attended the Coronation in the Westminster Abbey. King Charles has been crowned at his Coronation, the first in the UK for 70 years. Honoured to represent the European Union with @vonderleyen and @CharlesMichel at the coronation of His Majesty King Charles III and Her Majesty Queen Camilla, today at Westminster…

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China: H.E.Lu Shaye on ex-Soviet Republics status

Brussels 23.04.2023 In an interview Chinese ambassador to France Lu Shaye said that former Soviet countries “have no effective status in international law”. L'ambassadeur de Chine en France Lu Shaye, a estimé que les pays de l’ex-URSS n’ont pas de souveraineté dans le droit international Le ministère français des Affaires étrangères a indiqué avoir «pris…

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MEPs discuss ICC Putin arrest warrant

Strasbourg 19.04.2023 War crimes: Parliament to debate the International Criminal Court – ICC – arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin. The International Criminal Court’s decision to issue an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin will be debated by MEPs on Wednesday morning, on April 19. MEPs debate arrest warrants against Vladimir Putin and…

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Finland joins NATO in coming days

Brussels 31.03.2023 “I welcome the vote by the Turkish Grand National Assembly to ratify Finland’s membership in NATO” said Secretary General of the North Atlantic Alliance Jens Stoltenberg in a statement, reflecting the country’s membership in NATO. ❝Finland will formally join our Alliance in the coming days. Their membership will make Finland safer and NATO stronger….

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Borrell warns Russia against prolifiration

26.03.2023 The EU top diplomat Josep Borrell said that the 27-bloc will react upon Russian nuclear weapons staged in Belarus as “an irresponsible escalation and threat to European security”. He also added that Belarus could still stop it, because it was their choice. (Image: Moscow city) The diplomat indicated unequivocally that the EU stood ready…

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Germany expels 30 Russian diplomats

Brussels 26.03.2023 Germany’s Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Annalena Baerbock said she was intended to expel more than 30 Russian diplomats from Berlin. Власти ФРГ намерены выслать более 30 российских дипломатов https://t.co/Rpj85oClri via @eurasiadaily — Anna van Densky (@AnnaVanDensky) March 26, 2023 Focus media reported that German security services concluded that Russian diplomats might be…

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EU condemns Russian threat to ICC

Brussels 23.03.2023 “The European Union condemns the illegal threat by a high-ranking Russian representative to use force against the International Criminal Court (ICC) and its host country, the Netherlands. It also deplores the measures announced by Russia against the ICC Prosecutor and Judges involved in the issuance of arrest warrants against Russian representatives” reads the…

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