President Donald Tusk letter to EU27 heads of state or goverment ahead of Malta Summit Dear colleagues, In order to best prepare our discussion in Malta about the future of the European Union of 27 member states, and in light of the conversations I have had with some of you, let me put forward a…
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Tusk vs China, Russia, Islam and… Trump!
Today the president of the European Council President Donald Tusk said the U.S. President Donald Trump has joined Russia, China and radical Islam among threats to Europe and called on Europeans to stick together to avoid domination by three other continental powers. United we stand, divided we fall. My letter on the future of the…
Iran ballistic missile test
Today Iran said it would never use its ballistic missiles to attack another country but its missile tests are neither part of a nuclear accord with world powers nor a U.N. Security Council resolution endorsing the deal. #Iran tests ballistic missile, violating #UN resolution #IranDeal https://t.co/RI2heAm7Oi — Iran Freedom (@4FreedominIran) January 31, 2017 Iranian Foreign…
Georgians for Schengen visa-free
This week Georgian citizens would receive a formal MEPs approval for visa free, following an informal deal struck by Parliament and Council negotiators last December. The debate about the visa exemption for Georgians takes place in the European Parliament on Thursday 2/2/2017, followed by a vote the same day. The visa waivers will apply only…
Europol: EU under terroristic threat
EUROPOL: Europe is facing its most serious terrorist threat for over 10 years. The attacks on Charlie Hebdo in January 2015 marked a shift towards a broader strategy of Jihadist terrorism, and the so-called IS in particular, to intimidate Western countries with successive terror attacks across Europe. The potential increase of returnees from conflict zones…
Canada shelters US banned migrants
Canada will offer temporary residency to any traveler restricted by U.S. President Donald Trump’s orders temporarily barring people from seven hight risk of Islamic radical terrorists infiltration countries and conflict zones, an official said on weekend. Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen told a news conference he did not know how many people might be eligible…
Trump: US #terroristban
U.S. green card holders will require additional screening before they can return to the United States, the White House said on weekend, amid protests of numerous pro-immigrant NGO and Democrat’s supporters against the measure. Earlier, a Department of Homeland Security official said people holding green cards, making them legal permanent U.S. residents, were…
Trump's ban vs EU-Turkey deal?
Anna van Densky, OPINION While the EU-Turkey migrant deal is on the rocks, with President Erdogan claiming political refugees all over Europe, and jailing thousands of journalists and critics at home, EU’s left and centre-right politicians prefer to criticise President’s Trump ban on migrants from seven countries at high risk of jihadists infiltrations. The passions…
EU cleft over Trump's Muslim migrants ban
European political parties cleft over US President Trump measures to stop migration from conflict regions to avoid infiltration of potential Islamic radical terrorists. At the moment the ban to entry from seven Muslim countries touched 400 travellers struck in JFK airport, causing an outrage of pro-Immigrant NGOs. A Federal Judge in Brooklyn, NY issued a…
Trump-Putin repair complicates EU sanctions policy
A telephone call between Presidents Trump and Putin on Saturday afternoon was regarded as the first attempt of a repair the relations between two countries which have been dramatically degrading through Obama’s presidency, and touched its lowest point when 35 Russian diplomats were expelled in January this year, allowing many observers to compare the state…
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