EUROPE DIPLOMATIC

Borrell diplomatic appointments

Brussels 13.09.2024 Josep Borrell, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission for a Stronger Europe in the World (HR/VP) announced today the following appointments for senior positions in the European External Action Service (EEAS): Mr. Matti MAASIKAS as Managing Director for EUROPE. He has previously served as…

Minister Boka regrets anti-Hungarian “hysteria”

Brussels 04.09.2024 Today MEP Kinga Gál and MEP András László hosted a press-conference of János Bóka, Minister for European Union Affairs, on the margins of the meeting of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), European Parliament, Brussels. The event was organised following the new wave of criticism of Hungarian government, regarding…

EU-Mongolia: Putin arrest warrant

Brussels 03.08.2024 “The European Union has taken note of the visit of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin to Mongolia on 3 September despite the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) arrest warrant issued against him” reads the statement by the spokesperson on the visit of the Russian President Vladimir Putin to Ulaanbaatar. “The EU regrets that…

Palestine: Abbas democratic deficit

02.09.2024 Brussels Although the EU top diplomat Josep Borrell is intensely critical towards the state of Israel, proposing to sanction some cabinet Ministers, he insists in omitting the looming problem of the Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas democratic deficit. During the latest Council of the EU Foreign ministers, Borrell put forward his proposal to sanction…

South China sea: EU condemns Coast guard actions

Brussels 01.09.2024 “The EU condemns the dangerous actions by Chinese Coast Guard vessels against lawful Philippine maritime operations in the South China Sea on August 31. (Image above: China sea, illustration) The incident is the latest of several such actions during the past months, which endanger the safety of life at sea, and violate the…

EU: Defence Ministers Support to Ukraine

Brussels 30.08.2024 During the first session, EU Defence Ministers will receive an update on the developments at the frontline from the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence. They will also review the progress made in providing military support to Ukraine. Ministers will address EUMAM Ukraine and the next steps, progress in the mobilisation of the revenues stemming…

EU: lifting Ukraine military restrictions

Brussels 29.08.2024 Today the EU top diplomat Josep Borrell described this summer as “complicated” while addressing press at doorstep of the Foreign affairs ministers informal meeting in Brussels. “There are a lot of things happening, and one of the most important things is the continuing attack of Russia against the civilian infrastructure in Ukraine. “That…

Russian €1.5bn expropriation in Ukraine favor

Brussels 29.08.2024 In July, the Euroclear depository reported that in the first half of 2024 it had received 3.4 billion euros in interest from frozen Russian assets and would transfer about 1.55 billion euros to the EU fund for Ukraine, RIA Novosti reports. While the union previously compensated countries for already paid supplies, it is…

EU diplomats and defense ministers convene in Brussels

Brussels 28.08.2024 This week, High Representative Josep Borrell will chair an informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers on Thursday 29 August, followed by an informal meeting of EU Defence Ministers on Friday 30 August. The meetings will take place in Brussels, in the Europa Building of the Council of the EU. (Photo: archive) Informal meeting…

Pavel Durov arrest stirs whirlwind

Brussels 27.08.2024 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that relations with France are at their lowest level following the arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov at Le Bourget airport near Paris. The arrest has provoked a stream of condemnations from Russia, although the Kremlin tried to take control over Telegram in 2018. On Monday August…