EUROPE DIPLOMATIC

MEPs advocate EU consolidation

Strasbourg 24.11.2023 Following the Conference on the Future of Europe and in the context of unprecedented challenges and multiple crises, MEPs put forward proposals to modify the EU. Parliament is advocating reforms that will enhance the EU’s capacity to act and strengthen the opinion of the majority among the member-states, proposing – taking decisions by…

Stoltenberg refuses prospects of Putin’s victory

Brussels 14.11.2023 NATO Secretary General addresses protection of critical undersea infrastructure, support to Ukraine with EU Defense Ministers: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg participated in a meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union with EU Defense Ministers in Brussels on Tuesday (14 November 2023) to discuss the protection of critical undersea infrastructure…

Borrell announces Middle East voyage

Brussels 14.11.2023 “… There were intense contacts between the Member States, in particular after the holding in Paris of the conference called by France to collect humanitarian aid for Gaza and the statements made by the President of the French Republic [Emmanuel Macron]. , several Member States asked me to launch a new attempt to…

EU diplomats convene in Brussels

Brussel 13.11.2023 The Foreign Affairs Council takes place over two days and be chaired by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell. The EU Foreign Affairs Ministers will discuss the Russian aggression against Ukraine and the latest developments concerning Armenia and Azerbaijan. The Council will then exchange views on the…

EU solidarity with Belarus

Brussels 12.11.2023 “Today, we mark the International Day of Solidarity with Belarus, in memory of 31-year-old Raman Bandarenka, who was brutally beaten by the regime’s security forces, leading to his tragic death on November 12, 2020. His death was never investigated and no charges were brought against those responsible for it” reads the statement by…

Europarl: Israel top diplomat Eli Cohen visits Brussels

Brussels 08.11.2023 Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen addressed the MEPs in the European Parliament alongside families of Israelis hostages detained by Hamas terrorist group in Gaza in the aftermath of their massive attack on October 7. Cohen met with European Parliament President Roberta Metsola and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The two were…

EU: Israel exposes Hamas terrorists crimes

Brussels 06.11.2023 Anna Van Densky The members of the Brussels press corps have participated in the screening of the assembled fragments of the video and photo evidence of the Hamas terrorists’ crimes on October 7. The event took place in the Israel Embassy in Belgium in presence of two Ambassadors, who answered questions of journalists….

Borrell addresses EU Ambassadors

Brussels 06.11.2023 Today the EU top diplomat Josep Borrell addressed the EU Ambassadors, gathering once a year in Brussels. “…This is a moment in which we have to have a look at the world disorder and to try to look for references that go beyond the classical wording on disorder and crisis. In order to…

Gaza: EU calls for humanitarian access

Brussels 27.10.2023 On the first day of the summit, EU leaders adopted conclusions on the Middle East, reaffirming the Statement of its Members of 15 October 2023. “The European Council reiterates its condemnation in the strongest possible terms of Hamas for its brutal and indiscriminate terrorist attacks across Israel. The use of civilians as human…

EP president Metsola: warns against escalation in Middle East

Brussels 26.10.2026 Addressing the European Council, the European Parliament president Robertf Metsola said that taking a strong stance against terror and making all efforts to alleviate Gaza’s humanitarian crisis are not mutually exclusive.“As a Union, we have a responsibility to remain coherent and united. To do this is not to condone more death and violence…