EUROPE DIPLOMATIC

Johnson: forced to delay Brexit again

Westminster including a number of former Conservatives expelled from the party, are preparing legal action in case the Prime Minister Boris Johnson refuses to request Brussels to delay Brexit beyond October 31. UK's House of Lords approves legislation aimed at blocking a possible no-deal #Brexit https://t.co/fX9d9SZx0v pic.twitter.com/pUFlxxedCd — BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) September 6, 2019 A…

Hong Kong extradition bill withdrawn

The embattled Hong Kong leader announced on September 4 that she was withdrawing a controversial extradition bill that would have given Beijing the power to move people away into Republic of China‘s legal system. The bill that sparked the huge ongoing anti-government protests, which are now in their third month, but abandoning the bill for…

Bullet sent in a letter to S.Korea Embassy

A letter containing what appeared to be a bullet was sent to the South Korean Embassy in Japan, police said September 3. The incident took place during the period of sharply deteriorating ties between the two countries over wartime history and trade policy. Threatening letter containing what appeared to be a bullet sent to South Korea…

Johnson vows to deliver Brexit on 31/10

Today British Prime minister Boris Johnson made a short statement to confirm his determination to exit the EU on October 31. However he expressed hope there would be a deal by then. He also criticized the opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn for his tactic of permanent delays of the departure date. (Image above: archive). WATCH LIVE:…

Germany regional elections

While Brandenburg and Saxony head to the polls in elections on September 1 the public attention is focused on the results for the nationalist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in the eastern states. Two eastern German states are going to the polls — and the Berlin government is holding its breath, as the surge of…

Greece faces new migration wave

Greece intends to reinforce border patrols, move asylum-seekers from its islands to the mainland and speed up deportations in an effort to deal with a resurgence in migrant flows mostly from Afghanistan, using Turkey as a transit country. Greece has decided to transfer refugees from overcrowded migrant camps and accelerate the deportation of rejected applicants for…

Salvini blames Brussels influences

Italian League party leader Matteo Salvini said the emerging new government of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) and the centre-left Democratic Party (PD) had been “born in Brussels to get rid of that pain in the neck Salvini“. (Image: archive). “Today, “coincidentally”, the German ex-commissioner Oettinger speaks and says that Brussels is ready to do…

Stromboli eruption safety concerns

Italy Stromboli volcano in Mediterranean has erupted for the second time in two months, sending huge plumes of smoke and forming ash clouds in the air. WATCH: A giant plume of smoke filled the sky after the eruption of Italy's #Stromboli volcano. There were no immediate reports of injuries pic.twitter.com/S9C6wsYjR3 — Bloomberg Originals (@bbgoriginals) August…

Mare Jonio: Salvini refuses migrant entry

Italian Interior minister Matteo Salvini signed an order banning the Mare Jonio migrant transportation vessel from entering national waters. The order refuses the Mare Jonio from entering, transiting or stopping in Italian waters, according to Lega party closed ports policy for NGO ships operating in Mediterranean to provide migrants from Libya coasts with reliable and effective transport…

Lifeline NGO imposes migrants on Malta

Italy‘s interior minister Matteo Salvini is refusing a German NGO rescue ship #Eleonore carrying 100 migrants an opportunity of docking. Matteo Salvini continues an effective policy of protection of Italy maritime border, as well as a strategy of the imposition of solidarity on the other EU member-states, leaving Rome for too long alone to resolve the problem…