Brussels 07.10.2024 “The horrifying terrorist attacks carried out by Hamas and other terrorists on 7 October 2023 have had an impact in the region, the European Union, and the entire world. Our thoughts and hearts have been with the families of those 1,200 innocent people who were brutally assassinated, as well as with the unspeakable…
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7/10: homage to victims of terrorism
Strasbourg 07.10.2024 President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola marked the one-year anniversary of terrorist attacks in Israel at the opening of the 7-10 October plenary session in Strasbourg. (Photo: illustration) Recalling the horror of that day “that will live in infamy”, president Metsola said nothing could ever justify the indiscriminate mass murder, rape, kidnapping…
MEPs debating crisis agenda
Strasbourg 06.10.2024 The European Parliament week ahead 07 – 13 October 2024: Middle East/Lebanon/Hamas terrorist attacks. On Monday at the opening of the plenary session, European parliament president Metsola will make a statement on the anniversary of the Hamas terrorist attack that killed 1,200 Israelis on 7 October 2023 and triggered the war in Gaza….
Borrell: Ukraine should prevail
Brussels 12.07.2024 The EU top diplomat Josep Borrell made remarks upon arrival to the NATO Summit in Washington D.C., where the allies celebrated NATO’s 75th anniversary with US President Joe Biden and all other Allied Heads of State and Government. “During 75 years [of its existence] NATO has been ensuring peace and protecting the free…
Borrell: “desperate need” for Gaza ceasefire
Luxembourg 24.06.2024 The EU top diplomat Josep Borrell asked to pay attention to the Joint Statement issued yesterday with the Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Janez] Lenarčič: “It was a cry of alarm. I think [that] everything that can be said, is said in this statement, where we say that the delivery of…
Three European countries upgraded Palestine to statehood
Brussels 29.05.2024 Spain, Ireland and Norway have formally recognised a Palestinian state, in an attempt to find a political solution to the war in the Middle East. Together they presume they will encourage other European countries to follow suit, in a diplomatic push that could help secure a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of…
Israeli hostages families visit Brussels
Brussels 27.05.2024 Families of Israeli hostages taken by Hamas on October 7 came to Brussels in search of support from the EU politicians and diplomats, hoping for safe return of Noa Argami, Ofer Kalderon, Bar Kuperman and Shai Levinson among the other 125 persons from Hamas captivity. However their fate remains unknown, and the chances…
EU diplomats engage in discussion on Middle East
Brussels 26.05.2024 The Foreign Affairs Council will take place on Monday May 27, it will be chaired by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell. The top priority issue will remain the Russian aggression against Ukraine. The EU Foreign Affairs Ministers will discuss the Russian aggression against Ukraine, after an…
Borrell “takes note” of State of Palestine recognition
Brussels 22.05.2024 In the end of a long and turbulent day, the head of the European diplomacy “I take note of today’s announcement by 2 EU Member States -Ireland and Spain- and by Norway on the recognition of the State of Palestine” wrote Josep Borrell on his Twitter page, commenting the other Tweet of his…
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…
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