Brussels 23.03.2022 The March 24-25 European Council will discuss Russian military aggression against Ukraine, security and defence, energy, economic issues, COVID-19 and external relations.(Image above: archive) US President Joe Biden will be joining EU leaders during the first day of the European Council for a discussion on support for Ukraine and its people and on…
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EU adopts Strategic Compass
Brussels 21.03.2022 Today the Council has formally approved the Strategic Compass, at a time when we witness the return of war in Europe. #FAC | 🔜 Press conference with @JosepBorrellF – Foreign Affairs Council ➡️ Watch here 👇 — EU Council Press (@EUCouncilPress) March 21, 2022 The Compass gives the European Union an ambitious plan…
EU focus on Strategic Compass
Brussels 21.03.2022 “Today is going to be a very long day. We are going to have a joint meeting with the Defence Ministers in order to approve – I hope – the Strategic Compass. Which is not the answer to the Ukrainian war, but it is part of the answer. We have been working on…
Poland expropriation of Russian property
Brussels 21.03.2022 The government of Poland expressed will to confiscate Russian property and assets Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said in an interview Sunday, March 20. According to the Prime Minister, Polish authorities plan to have a meeting with the opposition Monday, March 21, during which they will “raise a question on how to freeze and…
Lavrov denounces NATO arrogance
Brussels 16.03.2022 Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told RBC News that “neutral status is now being seriously discussed along, of course, with security guarantees.” Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said that a neutral military status for Ukraine was being “seriously discussed” at “businesslike” talks. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy described Russia’s demands for ending the war as becoming “more…
Stoltenberg opens Defence Ministers meeting
Brussels 16.03.2022 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III at NATO headquarters on Wednesday 16 March 2022 ahead of an extraordinary meeting of NATO Defence Ministers. SG @jensstoltenberg met w/ 🇺🇸 @SecDef Austin ahead of #DefMin. He praised Secretary Austin’s personal engagement, commitment & leadership and highlighted…
Russia sanctions Biden and Blinken
Brussels 15.03.2022 Moscow has imposed personal sanctions on President Joe Biden and representatives of the U.S. leadership and persons associated with them on Tuesday, March 15, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced in a statement. JUST IN: Russia is claiming it has imposed sanctions against President Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and 11 others, a…
MEP Donato denounces Facebook ban
Brussels 14.03.2022 “They closed my Facebook page. The attack on me started in a heavy way. Draw conclusions». The Venetian MEP Francesca Donato denounces this action of Facebook in her Twitter micro blog, explaining that her Facebook page with over 143 000 followers has been closed. Oscurata la pagina Facebook dell'europarlamentare Donato contraria a sanzioni…
Zelensky visits wounded servicemen
Brussels 14.03.2022 Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelesnky visited injured soldiers in a Kiev hospital Sunday, 13 March, shaking hands and presenting medals to the wounded servicemen in their beds. President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the Ukrainian soldiers wounded in battle as they are getting treatment at the military hospital in Kyiv. pic.twitter.com/sEqfvNn8XA — The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent)…
CoE debates Ukraine
Strasbourg 13.03.2022 The consequences of the Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine will be the focus of an extraordinary plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), to be held in hybrid mode on Monday 14 and Tuesday 15 March 2022. The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, will address the Assembly via…
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