EU: Copernicus EMS searches for Iran President

Brussels 19.05.2024 The European Union has responded to the request of the government of Iran, and started to search for the missing helicopter with President Ebrahim Raisi on board. “Upon Iranian request for assistance we are activating the EU’s Copernicus EMS /Copernicus Emergency Management Service/ rapid response for mapping service in view of to the…

PM Fico: President Michel expresses his shock

Brussels 15.05.2024 Today Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico, 59, is in a hospital, transported by helicopter after an assassination attempt. (Image above: social media) The shooting took place after an off-site government meeting in the central Slovak town of Handlova. The suspected gunman was among a small crowd of onlookers waiting to greet the Prime…

EU Investigative Journalism Award

ANNOUNCEMENT: Tirana, May 13, 2024 – Applications are open for the EU Investigative Journalism Award 2024, which the European Union will reward the best stories created in Albania during the previous calendar year. The prize fund for our country is 10,000 euros, and the recognition is awarded within the project “Strengthening quality journalism in the…

EU regrets North Macedonia name omittance

Brussels 12.05.2024 “The EU regrets the fact that the new President of North Macedonia, President Siljanovska-Davkova, did not use the constitutional name of the country during the swearing-in ceremony today” reads the statement by the European External Action Service spokesperson on the use of the constitutional name by the new President in her address at…

EU condemns arson attacks on UNRWA

Brussels 10.05.2024 The EU condemns the two arson attacks on the UNRWA compound in occupied East Jerusalem on 9 May, which happened at a time of increasing escalation and a growing campaign against the agency and the UN system at large, reads the European External Action Service press statement. “We call on the Israeli authorities…

EUROPE DAY: ROBERT SCHUMAN DECLARATION

Brussels 09.05.2024 Europe Day held on 9 May every year celebrates peace and unity in Europe. The date marks the anniversary of the historic ‘Schuman declaration’ that set out his idea for a new form of political cooperation in Europe, which would make war between Europe’s nations unthinkable. Schuman’s proposal is considered to be the…

EU rapprochement with Andorra and San Marino

Brussels 07.05.2024 “…The Association Agreement with Andorra and San Marino – one of the most far-reaching offered by the EU to outside partners – is a testimony to these efforts” said the executive Vice-President of the European Commission Maroš Šefčovič at the press conference on the EU Association Agreement with Andorra and San Marino. The…

EU celebrates anniversary of Enlargement

Brussels 01.05.2024 “Twenty years ago, the European family embraced ten new Member States, a bold step that further reunified Europe, after decades of divisions following World War II. It was the biggest wave of enlargement of the EU. It was a reunification of a continent striving for freedom of all people, peace, stability and prosperity”…

EU-Russia: economic warfare

Brussels 27.04.2024 “Russia continues to take measures against EU companies operating in the country. A Russian company, part of the Gazprom group, has now placed subsidiaries of Italian and German companies under ‘temporary external management’ reads the statement by the European External Action service spokesperson on Russian measures against subsidiaries of EU companies. “These measures,…

MEPs condemn Iran drone attack on Israel

Strasbourg 25.04.2024 MEPs strongly condemn the recent Iranian drone and missile attack on Israel and call for further sanctions against Iran, voting for a resolution on April 25. Condemning the Iranian strikes on April 13 and 14, MEPs voice serious concern over the escalation and threat to regional security. MEPs reiterate their full support for…