Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov is not sure Moscow was indeed behind Salisbury attack, and he ensured that he his articulate with the other EU leaders. LIVE European Council – Borissov, Bulgaria PM (main feed) https://t.co/x0wfL0nHIo via @EC_AVService — Anna van Densky (@AnnaVanDensky) March 23, 2018 “This is because we all trust the position of…
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EU countries to react on Skirpals case on national level
During the EU Summit in Brussels a number of European governments decided to support the decision of the UK to expel Russian diplomats over #Skripals case. Baltic states, Poland and Denmark are prepared to follow the UK stance on Russia. At the Summit, the European leaders agreed to “recall for consultations” the EU Ambassador from Moscow – a tradition diplomatic measure of demonstrating…
President Trump might come to Davos
U.S. President Donald Trump could still travel to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, next week as planned in spite of federal government shut down at midnight, senior U.S. administration officials said. Trump can still make Davos trip even if government shuts down: officials https://t.co/SMN1subPLw pic.twitter.com/8AJWs27Ifk — Reuters (@Reuters) January 20, 2018 “He could…
Russia-Ukraine diplomacy preserved
Ukrainian parliamentarians in Rada did not support a proposal of an amendment on severance of diplomatic relations with the Russian Federation to the bill on the reintegration of Donbass, with 72 parliamentarians voting in favor instead of 226 votes required. The amendment was earlier declined by the parliament’s relevant committee. “The committee declined this amendment,…
Mogherini for diplomatic pressure on DPRK
Today in Luxembourg, ahead of the Foreign ministers Council meeting, the EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini said that she expects economic pressure in combination with diplomatic pressure on North Korea will deliver results. “We are also working on DPRK with third countries to make sure they do implement the UN Security Council sanctions in their entirety,…
Moldovan diplomats expel Russian conterparts
Moldovan President Igor Dodon has expressed outrage following the Moldovan Foreign Ministry’s decision to expel five Russian diplomats. The president called it a “direct provocation.” “I want to say that I am deeply embarrassed by this unfriendly step [taken] by the Moldovan diplomatic service and condemn it in the strongest possible terms,” Dodon wrote in…
France-Russia civil societies to draw together
France and Russia will create a bilateral forum for civil societies, French President Emmanuel Macron said after his meeting with President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. “We also wanted for our civil society representatives to have closer ties, a constructive dialogue and more exchanges. There already is such a mechanism between Germany and Russia. We would like to take…
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…
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