Brussels 22.12.2021 David Heilbron Price OPEN LETTER to the European Commission on the Europe’s key Democracy Treaty that Commission Secretariat-General refuses to publish. #France Presidency of #EU Council starts next month and it will be embarrassing if the Charter Treaty and the full Schuman Declaration are not published by then, wrties David Heilbron Price from…
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JCPOA: Joint Commission convenes in Vienna
Brussels 17.12.2021 The Joint Commission of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) will convene again in a physical format this Friday in Vienna. JCPOA: Joint Commission to reconvene in Vienna today. 👉 https://t.co/OcWjTA37MC — European External Action Service – EEAS 🇪🇺 (@eu_eeas) December 17, 2021 The Joint Commission will be chaired, on behalf of…
EU leaders convene in Brussels
Brussels 16.10.2021 The EU leaders convene in Brussels to discuss developments related to COVID-19, crisis management and resilience, energy prices, security and defence, external aspects of migration and the situation in Belarus. The meeting has started at 10.00 am and will be followed by a press conference. EU leaders will discuss migration, focusing on its…
Sakharov Prize 2021 goes to Alexei Navalny
Strasbourt 15.12.2021 Аnna van Densky: Alexei Navalny’s daughter, Daria Navalnaya (picture), received European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize on behalf of her imprisoned father at a ceremony on 15 December. Alexei @navalny has tirelessly fought for the Russian people against the corruption of Putin's regime. His courage is humbling and inspiring. Threatened, poisoned, arrested, he has not been…
EU targets Russia Wagner group
Brussels 14.12.2021 Anna van Densky The European Council adopted a set of restrictive measures against the Wagner Group, a Russia-based private military entity. The measures target the Wagner group itself, and also eight related individuals.(Image above: illustration) #WagnerGroup: @EUCouncil imposes sanctions on the group, 8 individuals and 3 entities connected to it. The group has…
Borrell: EU “steadfast by Ukraine”
Strasbourg 15.12.2021 “We changed the geographical situation. We changed the latitude and the longitude of the coordinates, but the problem is also very worrying. Now we talk about the situation in the Ukrainian border and in the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine” the EU top diplomat Josep Borrell said, while addressing the Members of the European…
EU diplomats convene in Brussels
Brussels 13.12.2021 Foreign affairs ministers will hold a comprehensive discussion on EU-Africa relations, touching on the overall situation on the continent and the challenges it faces in fields such as: security, development, demographic growth, health, democratic evolution, and engagement at a multilateral level. HR/VP @JosepBorrellF outlining the main discussion points, ahead of today's #FAC. 👇…
G7: calls Russia to de-escalate
Brussels 12.12.2021 “We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union, are united in our condemnation of Russia’s military build-up and aggressive rhetoric towards Ukraine”. Discussed with @SecBlinken the importance of our coordinated action in view…
Champagne sales record year
Brussels 11.12.2021 The outlook for the key Christmas and New Year festive season, however, is clouded by uncertainty over the recently detected Omicron variant of the coronavirus, but Champagne sales are expected to mark a record year as shops and restaurants replenish stocks after months of virus-related restrictions and as retail demand surges, an industry…
Europe: Omicron hits travel
Brussels, 11.12.2021 TUI (TUIFF) says a surge in Covid-19 infections and the Omicron variant is taking its toll on winter holiday bookings. Travel #news: Long-term trend is intact: People want to travel says TUI https://t.co/TeHxkWJSbw#travel #news #vacation #trips #cruise #cruises #holiday #hotels #resorts #airport #flights #outdoor #travelnews #traveltip — Blogosum (@blogosum) December 11, 2021 Europe’s…