Brussels 16.07.2024 Today the Council renewed the EU restrictive measures in view of the Russian Federation’s continuing actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine for a further six months, until 31 January 2025. (Image above: Council meeting, Brussels) These sanctions, first introduced in 2014, were significantly expanded since February 2022 in response to Russia’s unprovoked, unjustified…
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Europarl: President Roberta Metsola II mandate
Strasbourg 16.07.2024 On Tuesday, MEPs re-elected Roberta Metsola (EPP, MT) as President of the European Parliament until 2027, with 562 votes in the first round. Roberta Metsola won the election in the first round of voting, where she received an absolute majority of 562 votes cast out of 699 by secret paper ballot, among two…
USA: Trump assassination failed
Brussels 14.07.2024 The 45th President Donald Trump’s rally dramatically ended after gunshots were fired while he was speaking in Butler, Pennsylvania. Less than 10 minutes into his speech as Trump spoke about immigration problems caused by open border with Mexico, gunshots were fired, and President raised his hand holding his right ear, and then fell…
EU: Russia absurd playwright sentence
Brussels 09.07.2024 Russian court sentenced the director Zhenya Berkovich and playwright Svetlana Petriychuk, to six years in prison for “justifying terrorism” through their award-winning theatre play “Finist, the Brave Falcon”, which actually speaks against terrorism. “This sentence is absurd – as if Dostoyevsky were responsible of a murder by Raskolnikov” reads the statement issued by…
EP: Orban unites Europe’s Patriots
Brussels 08.07.2024 Marine Le Pen’s conservative National Rally (RN) joins a growing new alliance in the European Parliament led by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Hungary’s government spokesperson said on Monday, July 8. The new group enlists 84 MEPs from 12 EU states, and the door remains open. (Image below: announcement of a new group…
EU strongly condemns North Korea missile launch
Brussels 02.07.2024 “The European Union strongly condemns the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) launch of ballistic missiles on 1 July, which constitutes another violation of UN Security Council resolutions” reads the statement by the spokesperson on the recent launch of ballistic missiles. (Picture above: illustration, DPRK soldiers) “The EU reiterates its call on the…
EU top job nominations without surprises
Brussels 28.06.2024 The EU leaders have nominated incumbent European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen for a second five-year term. The Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas was promoted as the EU top diplomat, and former Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa was endorsed as the next president of EU Council. They represent centre right, socialists, and…
Charles Michel hosts crucial EU Summit
Brussels 27.06.2024 Invitation letter by President Charles Michel (pictured above): “I would like to invite you to the European Council meeting of 27 and 28 June. This will be a particularly significant meeting, as we face both a substantive agenda and critical decisions that will shape our path forward. “Among these decisions, three stand out…
EU aims at Russia revenue capacity
Brussels 24.06.2024 The EU Council’s adopted the 14th package of sanctions against Russia. The new package responds to the needs and findings on the ground, and tackles enforcement issues. As the Russian aggression against Ukraine continues, the EU remains determined to keep acting to further reduce Russia’s sources of revenue and capacity to wage war….
EU: 14th package of anti-Russia sanctions
Brussels 20.06.2024 Today the European Union agreed to endorse a new package of sanctions against Russia, targeting for the first time supplies of liquefied natural gas (LNG), which several member states continue to purchase despite the war in Ukraine. The new set of sanctions represent the 14th package enforced since February 2022 and appear just…
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