Anna van Densky, OPINION With flows of migrants from Libyan cost, the EU Southern Neighbourhood, ravaged by Islamic terrorists, and the defrozen conflict in the EU Eastern Neighbourhood with tanks moving along the vicinities in Donetsk, the EU foreign affairs Council, 6.2.2017, finds itself in the worst situation in years, if not in decades, since…
Category: International
Trump to encounter NATO in May
President Donald Trump agreed to meet alliance leaders in Europe in May in a phone call on Sunday with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg that also touched on the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine, the White House said. Secretary General @JensStoltenberg and @POTUS @realDonaldTrump speak about current challenges and #NATO Summit https://t.co/1xpyYRAeIl pic.twitter.com/4raJgsVrve — NATO…
EU-Azerbaijan meeting overshadowed by Human Rights issues
Europen Union officials should press President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan to free unjustly imprisoned political activists, journalists, and other government critics, Human Rights Watch said today. EU officials should also urge Aliyev to end the crackdown on independent groups and allow them to operate without undue government interference. President Aliyev will be in Brussels on…
Mitrovica Bridge construcion
“The constructive commitment we have seen in the last two meetings of the Dialogue in Brussels today brings results, to prove once again that only dialogue and political leadership can deliver and for the better”, – says the statement of EU top diplomat Federcia Mogherini over the issue of the re-opening of the Mitrovica Bridge….
EU: Ministers to discuss Ukraine
6/02/2017 The Council, chaired by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, will discuss the situation in Ukraine. Ministers are expected to assess progress in the implementation of the reform agenda in Ukraine over the past year as well as EU support to the implementation of the Minsk agreements. MORE: Photos of…
Mogherini to meet Lavrov
The EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini to meet Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov in coming weeks, according to communication of the European External Action Service (EEAS). In view of the upcoming Foreign Affairs council on Monday, 6/2/2017, Mogherini discussed with Minister Lavrov a range of international issues, starting with the situation in Libya, and the perspectives…
EU to enforce training of Libyan guards
“We reaffirm our determination to act in full respect of human rights, international law and European values, and in conjunction with UNHCR and IOM”, – declared the EU28 from Malta Informal Summit #EUCO in Valletta today. “On the Central Mediterranean route, however, over 181,000 arrivals were detected in 2016, while the number of persons…
Louvre attacked amid Malta Summit
The attack in Louvre Museum in Paris happened amid a human rights debate on migration from Libyan coasts. Human rights concerns have looming large at proposed EU plan to block migrants in Libya. (Photo: from Malta Informal Summit) .@JunckerEU @eucopresident & #EU28 leaders at the #MaltaSummit "We are family." #EuropeUnited pic.twitter.com/b1ua7L0ecw — Mina Andreeva (@Mina_Andreeva)…
Malta Summit: focus on Libya
In the morning, the 28 EU heads of state of government will address the external dimension of migration. They are expected to focus their discussions on the Central Mediterranean route and Libya. (Photo: illustration, Libyan migrant camp) With the spring approaching, leader are expected to agree on a number of immediate and concrete measures to stem migratory flows,…
Tusk ahead of Malta Summit
Good afternoon, Our main goal for the Malta summit is to stem the flow of irregular migration from Libya to Europe. This is the only way to stop people dying in the deserts and at sea. This is also the only way to gain control over migration in Europe. After my talks with Italian Prime…
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