Luxembourg. 19.06.2017. Today during press-conference of the Foreign Affairs Council the EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini expressed a suggestion that the EU restrictive measures concerning Russia are there to stay. Mogherini underlined the importance of the Normandy format and Minsk Agreements in conflict resolution in Ukraine, however she did not notice a tangible progress in…
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Le Pen elected to National Assembly
Front National leader Marine Le Pen has won her first French parliamentary seat in a vote that was dominated by President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist movement En Marche! Le Pen addressed her political family and electorate immediately after the announcement of the results. 📣 RT ! "Ce soir sont élus, d'ores et déjà, 6 députés du @FN_officiel…
MEPs to grant renewable card for refugees
Residence permits for all beneficiaries of international protection in the EU should be valid for five years and be renewable for additional five-year periods, MEPs say. #Refugees in the EU should get five-year renewable residence permits, MEPs @EP_Justice agree. Read more: https://t.co/c3bB9t8Lxr@tfajon — LIBE Committee Press (@EP_Justice) June 15, 2017 Civil Liberties Committee MEPs backed…
Sturgeon for “the least bad” Brexit
Scotland’s government informed it wanted to meet all parties to work out “the least bad Brexit for Scotland,” arguing that the change in the political landscape made such talks necessary. The Edinburgh government, run by Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish National Party (SNP), had argued that meant Scots should have a new vote on leaving the UK,…
EU wins favor of Europeans
A research group claims Europeans think much better of the EU now than they did a year ago when Britons voting to leave in Brexit referendum. Support surged by 18% points in both Germany and France, which just elected europhile centrist Emmanuel Macron as president, the Washington-based Pew Research Center revealed. Even the British hold…
EU27 hopes UK cancells Brexit last minute
Days before the start of Brexit negotiations the President of France Emmanuel Macron expressed hope the UK will reconsider its decision to leave the block. Votre venue @theresa_may incarne le lien qui unit nos deux pays, la mémoire et la projection vers l'avenir. pic.twitter.com/viBogszlaF — Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) June 13, 2017 In the gardens of…
UK Gove ‘Borgia’ back to scene!
British Agriculture Minister Michael Gove, a pro-Brexit campaigner and former rival of Prime Minister Theresa May, said he was surprised by the invitation to join her cabinet. “I was quite surprised, I have to say … I genuinely didn’t expect this role,” Gove told Sky News. Michael Gove 'surprised' to re-join Cabinet https://t.co/sgkgGAQfuS pic.twitter.com/wJwUE3oYzl —…
EU-awarded jihadi of Notre-Dame
The European migration policy reaches climax of absurd attributing an award to the Algerian jihadi who later assaulted police with a hammer outside the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, 6.06.2017. Apparently in 2009 Farid Ikken was awarded by the European Union for criticizing racism against migrants, while he worked as a reporter in Sweden, and subsequently…
EU on Azerbaijan’s abduction of a journalist
“The alleged abduction and illegal arbitrary detention of Azerbaijani nationals, including human rights defenders, residing in Georgia followed by their arrest and prosecution in Azerbaijan, demands swift, thorough and transparent investigation.” – says the statement of the European External Actions Service. Statement on reported abduction & illegal detention of #Azerbaijan nationals residing in #Georgia https://t.co/HTwAw5TnEt…
Russan Fleet active in defeating IS
The Black Sea Fleet’s task force group operating in eastern Mediterranean Sea off Syria comprises 15 vessels, including two frigates and a submarine, accompanied by various landing and auxiliary ships, the Russian Navy says. The naval group is taking an active part in combating Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) in Syria. On Wednesday, the ‘Admiral…
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