Brussels 27.11.2025 Today Kyrgyzstan will host the annual Summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Bishkek, convening foreign ministers, defense ministers, and security council secretaries from member states. While often portrayed in Russian media as an Eurasian replica of NATO, the CSTO remains an organization heavily dependent on Russian military power. In case…
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Israel-EU: “toxic antisemitic incitement”
22.05.2025 Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar accused unnamed European officials of the “toxic antisemitic incitement” he blamed for an increasingly hostile climate in which the fatal shooting of two Israeli Embassy staffers in Washington took place. (Image above: Jewish Museum, Washington DC) Israel has faced a wave of criticism from Europe of late as it…
EU measures against Palestine Islamic Jihad
Brussels 13.01.2025 The Council today decided to extend by one year, until 20 January 2026, the existing restrictive measures against those who support, facilitate or enable violent actions by Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). (Image above: illustration, Gaza) All individuals and entities previously identified as responsible for participating in the financing of Hamas…
EU Kallas: Syria “optimistic” future
Brussels 16.12.2024 Today the top EU diplomats convene in Brussels to discuss a number of international issues, with the events in Syria in first ranks. “…On Syria, on Saturday, I was in Jordan, meeting with the Arab nations, as well as Türkiye and the United States to discuss the principles of engagement with the new…
EU condemns Iran attack against Israel
Brussels 02.10.2024 “The EU condemns in the strongest terms Iran’s attack against Israel which constitutes a serious threat to regional security. The EU reiterates its commitment to the security of Israel” reads the Statement by the High Representative on behalf Josep Borrell of the EU on the Iranian attack against Israel. “Once again, a dangerous…
Kremlin downplays Kursk failure
Brussels 12.08.2024 The Kremlin decided to declare a counterterrorism operation avoiding a state of war or martial law to downplay the scale of the Ukrainian incursion into Kursk Oblast to prevent domestic consequences of the failure. The move demonstrating that the Kremlin is reluctant to take relevant measures to respond to the Ukraine successful operation…
Three European countries upgraded Palestine to statehood
Brussels 29.05.2024 Spain, Ireland and Norway have formally recognised a Palestinian state, in an attempt to find a political solution to the war in the Middle East. Together they presume they will encourage other European countries to follow suit, in a diplomatic push that could help secure a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of…
Israeli hostages families visit Brussels
Brussels 27.05.2024 Families of Israeli hostages taken by Hamas on October 7 came to Brussels in search of support from the EU politicians and diplomats, hoping for safe return of Noa Argami, Ofer Kalderon, Bar Kuperman and Shai Levinson among the other 125 persons from Hamas captivity. However their fate remains unknown, and the chances…
Borrell “takes note” of State of Palestine recognition
Brussels 22.05.2024 In the end of a long and turbulent day, the head of the European diplomacy “I take note of today’s announcement by 2 EU Member States -Ireland and Spain- and by Norway on the recognition of the State of Palestine” wrote Josep Borrell on his Twitter page, commenting the other Tweet of his…
Moscow attack: Russians threaten retaliation
Brussels 22.03.2024 “The statement by the office of the UN Secretary General that he was “saddened” by what happened in Crocus City Hall is irrelevant to what happened,” the spokesperson of Russian foreign ministry Maria Zakharova wrote on her page in Telegram social media. According to her, the footage from the scene of the terrorist…
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