Brussels 06.11.2021 Germany’s Foreign Ministry on Friday, November 5, confirmed the death of a diplomat outside the Russian Embassy in Berlin last month. News magazine Der Spiegel reported the 35-year-old was found early morning hours on October 19 after having fallen from an upper floor of the Embassy. Germany's Foreign Ministry has confirmed the death…
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Brussels: Marine Le Pen supports Morawiecki
Brussels 22.10.2020 Marine Le Pen met on Friday 22 October in Brussels the Polish head of government Mateusz Morawiecki to whom she provided “support” in the crisis between her country and the EU by denouncing “the unacceptable blackmail” of the European Commission. 🇫🇷🇵🇱 Avec @MorawieckiM, nous partageons de nombreux points communs, dont celui de la…
EUCO: Summit addresses energy prices
Brussels 22.10.2021 The European Council addressed the recent spike in energy prices and considered the impact of the price rises on citizens and businesses, especially our vulnerable citizens and SMEs, striving to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. #EUCO | NOW ONLINE: European Council conclusions on #COVID19 #EnergyPrices #Trade #ExternalRelations 👉 https://t.co/XIUPUnihBg pic.twitter.com/qC4OaEb0on — EU Council…
Alexei Navalny Sakharov Prize winner
Strasbourg 20.10.2021 European Parliament MEPs have awarded Russian opposition politician and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny the European Parliament’s 2021 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. Over the last year, @EPPGroup social media posts on @Navalny have received overwhelming support. 20.000 appreciations & counting. Please RT to convince @TheProgressives, @GreensEFA, @RenewEurope, @IDGroupEP, @ecrgroup that this year…
UK Conservative MP stabbed in church
Brussels 16.10.2021 The president of the European Parliament David Sassoli expressed his sorrow, reacting upon the news of knife stabbing of the UK MP Sr David Amess, who has died from the wounds in his constituency in Essex. “Deeply shocked and saddened by the news that British MP Sir David Amess has been murdered while…
Germany: centre-left at rise
Brussels 27.09.2021 The projections suggest the centre-left parties were the biggest winners of the election. Both the SPD and the Greens are on course to gain more than 5% compared to their result in the last federal election in 2017. Germany's Social Democrats narrowly won Sunday's national election, projected results showed. The party claimed a…
Kosovo: EU calls to de-escalate
Brussels 26.09.2021 “I continue to follow the situation in the north of Kosovo closely. Serbia and Kosovo need to unconditionally de-escalate the situation on the ground, by immediately withdrawing special police units and dismantling of roadblocks. Any further provocations or unilateral and uncoordinated actions are unacceptable” the EU top diplomat Josep Borrell wrote on his…
BELARUS: EU demands political prisoners release
Brussels 07.08.2021 This week in Minsk political prisoners Marya Kaliesnikava and Maksim Znak were sentenced to 11 and 10 years in prison respectively. In August 2020, Marya Kaliesnikava, together with Ms Tsikhanouskaya and Ms Tsepkalo, became a symbol of the movement for democratic Belarus. Belarus: Trials of political prisoners Marya Kaliesnikava & Maksim Znak on…
Russia: Estonia diplomat expulsion
Brussels 03.08.2021 Estonian Ambassador to Moscow Margus Laidre was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry Tuesday, August 3, where he was informed about the expulsion of an Estonian diplomat within seven days, the Ministry announced on its website.(Image: Moscow, City) Russia to expel another Estonian diplomat#Estonia #Russiahttps://t.co/uFgl0PVwpS — ERR News (@errnews) August 3, 2021 “Estonian…
Belarus: Borrell declaration on migrants
Brussels 30.07.2021 “The instrumentalisation of migrants and refugees is utterly unacceptable. Using human beings in need to advance political goals violates fundamental European values and principles. Accordingly, the EU and its member states condemn the instrumentalisation of migrants and refugees by the Belarusian regime” reads the Declaration by the High Representative Josep Borrell on behalf…
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