Brussels 24.02.2025 An explosion has occurred in Marseille in the garden of Russian Consulate, BFMTV reports. About 30 firefighters and police have left for the scene. Russian Consul General in Marseille Stanislav Oransky confirmed to La Marseillaise medium that the explosion occurred inside the Consulate. There were no casualties. The area has been cordoned off….
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IDF hits Iran Consulate in Damascus
Brussels 01.04.2024 UPDATE 18:52 *Iranian media also reported that the strikes in Damascus completely destroyed the annex building, and that the ambassador was unharmed. **AFP correspondents at the site confirmed the building next to the embassy, an annex, had been levelled, in an upscale neighbourhood of Damascus. Today Israeli warplanes struck the Iranian consulate in…
Hungarian voters high turnout
Parliamentary election in Hungary show high turnout exceeding the previous record. Interim data at 1500 GMT indicated voter turnout at 53.64%, compared with the 67.87% noted in the second round of voting in 2002 under a different electoral system, when final turnout reached 73.5%. Turnout at 3 pm is 53.64%. Still the highest rate in…
Lithuania's Consul recalled from Kazakhstan
Lithuania’s consul general Regimantas Jablonskas was recalled from Kazakhstan’s largest city of Almaty (pictured) following reports about non-transparent visa issuing. The diplomat received the post of Consul General in 2015. Prior to that, Yablobskas had been Deputy Director of the Foreign Ministry’s Department for Foreign Economic Relations for seven years. Lietuvos Respublikos generalinis konsulatas Almatoje Regimantas…