Category: International

Israel exiting UNESCO

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on to submit a formal letter to the organization’s director-general announcing Israel’s exit. #BREAKING: Israel to officially depart from UNESCO immediately after Christmas https://t.co/FUhKvPfbft pic.twitter.com/LEXTcZWUtV — The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) December 22, 2017 Following in the path of…

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Johnson-Lavrov agreed on “global duties”

“The topics under discussion were serious, – said Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova, commenting on visit of UK Foreign Secretary to Moscow. #Lavrov in an opening speach at the talks with @BorisJohnson: "It is no secret, that right now our relations are at low point and not at our initiative" pic.twitter.com/YKaH1Y6tf9 — MFA Russia…

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Moldova recalls envoy from Moscow

The envoy to Russia was recalled for consultations, Moldova Foreign Ministry said on December 18. “Because of a recent increase of cases of harassment and intimidation of Moldovan officials and politicians by Russian authorities and a lack of official reaction to the repeated complaints of Moldovan authorities, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration…

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EU 'Panama' delegation has no evidence of Muscat wrongdoings

Speaking at a political activity at the Mgarr Labour Party club, Malta Prime minister Joseph Muscat underlined, in reference to a story in Illum today, that MEP and EU ‘Panama’ delegation head Ana Gomes said that Russian ‘whistleblower’ and former Pilatus Bank employee Maria Efimova had not presented to MEPs any documents related to Egrant, contrary to…

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EU prolonged sanctions against Russia

According to information president of the European Council Donald Tusk published in his twitter microblog, the sanctions against Russia were prolonged in unanimity for next six month. EU united on roll-over of economic sanctions on Russia. — Charles Michel (@eucopresident) December 14, 2017 Since March 2014, the EU has progressively imposed restrictive measures against Russia….

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MEPs debate US decision on Jerusalem

US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital sparked different reactions from MEPs on Tuesday evening. “Exploding the Middle East peace process status quo”, “going against international law”, “spreading hatred and fear” or “the diplomatic equivalent to nuclear bomb” were a few of the terms used by some MEPs to describe US…

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Israel expects Europe to recognise Jerusalem as capital

At a joint news conference with the EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini,  Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his hope that “all or most” of the European states would move their embassies to Jerusalem, recognising it as the capital of Israel. “Jerusalem has been the capital of Israel for the last 70 years. [US] President…

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Netanyahu blames Europe “double standards”

Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu blamed the European leaders the “hypocrisy” and “double standards” for condemned the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel: Netanyahu slams EU 'hypocrisy' on Jerusalem ahead of tense Paris, Brussels visit https://t.co/iW5SGPF1lP pic.twitter.com/uyfviHmkL5 — i24NEWS English (@i24NEWS_EN) December 10, 2017   “While I respect Europe, I…

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EU one step further in trade with Japan

Following the agreement reached today between the chief negotiators and endorsed by European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström and Mr. Taro Kono, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan,  the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker and the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe issued a joint statement  welcoming the finalisation of the negotiations of the…

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