Today the leaders of Europe for Nations and Freedom (ENF) parties from Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands meet in the German city of Koblenz at a conference to exchange their concepts for the future of the continent in a new context of ‘Trump era’. Alternative for Germany (AfD) Frauke Petry is hosting the event,…
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MEPs congratulate Trump individually
Donald John Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States at noon on Friday, the day different traditional ceremonies are expected to take place in Washington DC. On Friday morning as a part of the inauguration day programme Donald Trump and his wife Melania attended a service at St. John’s…
Mogherini: Syria initiative in Davos
EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini attended World Economic Forum in Davos seeking attention for her Syria initiative and EU defence cooperation. Mogherini took part in panels on the ‘Responsible leadership in a multipolar world’, and on ‘Promoting stability in the Middle East‘, and in a public discussion with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on ‘Redefining…
Kyrgyzstan: new education system
Birgit Wetzel, OPINON The shock sits deep, even today, seven years later. Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan took the final place in the Pisa test, the students had the worst results from 75 participating countries. That was in 2010. The leaders of the country awoke. They had to do something, but how? “So, this is the main message…
Towards Syria conference in Brussels
The preparations for the spring international conference on Syria in Brussels chaired by EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini are on the way. The conference on Syria will have two main objectives. From one hand it will take stock of the implementation of commitments of the donor community at the London conference, on which the EU…
Johnson: no punishments for Brexit
“If Monsieur Hollande wants to administer punishment beatings that anyone chooses to escape, rather in the manner of some World War Two movie, then I don’t think that’s the way forward,”- said UK Secretary of State Boris Johnson engaging in ‘hard Brexit’ discussion occurred after declared in PM’s speech. Johnson’s opinion followed after one of…
PM May: UK goes global
In a comprehensive and inspirational speech Prime Minister Theresa May has sketched a framework for Brexit goals and future of the UK-EU relations. In a way she picked up a glove of those sceptics, including recently quit ambassador to EU Ivan Rogers, who were hinting the government had no plans, no clarity, and even suggested…
EU continues humanitarian diplomacy in Syria
The EU will continue intensive humanitarian diplomacy in Syria, seeking ways to improve access and protection as well as to promote humanitarian principles and local consensus on guidelines for the delivery of aid. The EU calls upon all parties, especially the Syrian regime, to provide full and unhindered countrywide access to all those in need…
Merkel's 'catastrophic mistake'
As a “catastrophic mistake” assessed US President-elect Donald Trump German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s open doors migration policy, letting to her country more than a million asylum-seekers from Middle East and Africa. The evaluation was made during a joint interview, published on Sunday, 15/01/2017. In the same interview given to the Times of London and German…
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