A re-opened recently Italian embassy in the Libyan capital Tripoli was not damaged by the car bomb explosion near the building. Two carbonated bodies of jihadists were found in the car cage. The stuff of the Embassy reported safe, although the sound of the blast was overheard in the entire vicinity. Some other vehicles were hit…
Category: International
Gambia: EU supports Barrow
“Today the will of the Gambian people is being respected and the way for President Adama Barrow cleared. The positive and peaceful outcome of the post-electoral stalemate in The Gambia is the result of extraordinary regional and international coordinated efforts with ECOWAS in the lead”, – says joint statement by High Representative Federica Mogherini and…
Koblenz: ENF parties in 'Trump era'
Today the leaders of Europe for Nations and Freedom (ENF) parties from Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands meet in the German city of Koblenz at a conference to exchange their concepts for the future of the continent in a new context of ‘Trump era’. Alternative for Germany (AfD) Frauke Petry is hosting the event,…
MEPs congratulate Trump individually
Donald John Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States at noon on Friday, the day different traditional ceremonies are expected to take place in Washington DC. On Friday morning as a part of the inauguration day programme Donald Trump and his wife Melania attended a service at St. John’s…
MEPs attack terrorist financing
MEPs have declined the EU Commission blacklist of countries deemed to be at risk of money laundering and terrorist financing, pointing that it is not coherent with the scale of the problme, and should be expanded to include territories that facilitate tax crimes. The document was retured to the EC after this week EP pleanry…
Mogherini: Syria initiative in Davos
EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini attended World Economic Forum in Davos seeking attention for her Syria initiative and EU defence cooperation. Mogherini took part in panels on the ‘Responsible leadership in a multipolar world’, and on ‘Promoting stability in the Middle East‘, and in a public discussion with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on ‘Redefining…
Europol: diamonds forever!
Hosted at Europol’s headquarters in The Hague, the event brought together more than 70 experts from almost all EU Member States, as well as third parties from Europe, Asia, the Americas, Eurojust and private jewellery/watch companies. ‘Diamond’ was initially composed as a follow-up project to Interpol’s ‘Pink Panther’ project, which ended in 2016. The…
BRAFA: hommage to Julio Le Parc
BRAFA 2017 pays homage to an artist who is a major influence behind contemporary art, Julio Le Parc. Born in 1928, a pioneer of Op Art and Kinetic Art, a founder member of G.R.A.V. (Groupe de Recherche d’Art Visuel), winner of the international Grand Prize in Painting at the Venice 1966 Biennale, Julio Le…
Towards Syria conference in Brussels
The preparations for the spring international conference on Syria in Brussels chaired by EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini are on the way. The conference on Syria will have two main objectives. From one hand it will take stock of the implementation of commitments of the donor community at the London conference, on which the EU…
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