A German court in Neumünster in Schleswig-Holstein will formally decide upon Carles Puigdemont’s identity on Monday (26.03.2018) afternoon after the Catalan independence leader was detained by police, while entering Germany on the way from Finland to Belgium, where he lives in an exile. The operation was reported as a ‘success’ of German and Spanish intelligence…
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EU Ambassador to Moscow “recalled for consultations”
The European Council has requested High Representative Federica Mogherini to recall the Head of the EU Delegation in the Russian Federation Amb.Marcus Erler for consultations in Brussels. The Head of Delegation has been instructed accordingly by the High Representative and is expected to arrive in Brussels this weekend for consultations with her. Head of EU…
Putin leads with 73% of votes
According to partial results made public by the electoral commission the incumbent President Vladimir Putin is leading with 73% of votes: First-time Communist Party candidate Pavel Grudinin is running second with 15 percent, while veteran nationalist politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who first ran against Boris Yeltsin in 1991, rounds out the top three with about seven percent….
Crimeans high turn out at polling stations
“Citizens of Crimea and Sevastopol” are voting for the first time in the Russian presidential election on the fourth anniversary of the Black Sea Peninsula “reunification” with Russia, reports TASS News Agency, creating a special category for the inhabitants of the disputed territory, underlining the status of Republic within Russian Federation. The turnout of Crimeans…
AUŠTREVIČIUS: Skripal case is Putin’s demonstration of power
Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, MEP (ALDE, Lithuania) comments on double agent Sergei Skripal poisoning, and subsequent eviction of 23 Russian diplomats from London, announced by Prime Minister Theresa May, who called it “a reckless and despicable act”. Skripal betrayed dozens of Russian agents to Britain before being arrested in Moscow and later jailed in 2006. He was freed under…
New name for National Front
Marine Le Pen has proposed changing her party’s name at National Rally #CongrèsFN2018 in Lille (France) from National Front to «Rassemblement national» for imprinting the evolution it lived under her leadership. « Le nouveau nom que je souhaite pour le Front National, c'est le nom de Rassemblement National. » #CongrèsFN2018 pic.twitter.com/YH3eCbhKtw — Marine Le Pen (@MLP_officiel) March 11, 2018…
Italian elections dotted by showbiz
Italians demonstrate high level of participation at polling stations on Sunday to vote in an election after a campaign marked by a profound discontent over the economy, unemployment and mass immigration from Africa. Pollsters forecast indicates that former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi’s center-right party Forza Italia and his far-right allies Lega Nord will become the…
ALDE for new start with Russia
The European Parliament ALDE group, led by Guy Verhofstadt, hosted an annual conference on future of the EU-Russia relations #EURussia, the event is organised the third time on the day of the Kremlin opposition politician Boris Nemtsov assassination. In spite of the symbolism, the tone of the debate was definitely constructive, aimed at normalisation of…
Duma Foreign affairs committee chair trapped in #MeToo
Leonid Slutsky, the chairman of the State Duma’s International Relations Committee faces allegations of sexual harassment of young female correspondents, accredited to Russian parliament, but he denies the wrongdoings and dabs complains as a “provocation” in the view of the ongoing presidential elections campaign. Ksenia Sobchak has called for an investigation into sexual harassment allegations…
Tajani: MEPs oppose ‘Spitzenkandidaten’ system
“Parliament’s position is very clear: we are not in favour [of spitzenkandidaten] because we have to reinforce democracy in Europe, so I think it should be up to citizens to choose, or suggest to the Council who the future president of the Commission should be,” said Tajani before an Informal meeting of EU heads of state on…
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