Brussels 24.08.2021 Remarks by President Charles Michel following the G7 leaders’ meeting on Afghanistan via videoconference: “We just participated in the virtual G7 leaders’ meeting on Afghanistan”. Cooperation with countries in the region will be key in supporting the safety and proper living conditions of Afghans fleeing their country. We are determined to keep migratory…
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EU aid to Iran and Pakistan vulnerable
Brussels 13.07.2021 This week the Commission has announced renewed support for those most in need in Iran and Pakistan with €22 million in humanitarian aid. This package will assist those most affected by man-made crises, the COVID-19 pandemic, climate induced and other natural disasters in the region. The 🇪🇺 is boosting support to #Iran🇮🇷 & #Pakistan🇵🇰 at a critical time. Both…
Norway government turmoil over jihad
Norway Progress Party announced it was leaving the right-wing coalition government over the repatriation of an alleged Islamic State member and her two children last week. “We don’t compromise with people who have voluntarily joined terror organisations,” party leader Siv Jensen told reporters in Oslo. “We don’t get enough of the Progress Party’s policies through,”…
London assailant hardcore djihadist
A man and a woman were killed and three pedastrians were stabbed on London Bridge on November 29. Police are still working to identify those who died. https://twitter.com/darrenplymouth/status/1200682547660906498?s=21 The assailant in a fake suicide vest,carrying out the attack was named by police as 28-year-old Usman Khan, who was out of prison on licence at the…
EU reminds Pakistan need to address terrorism
“Following the recent terrorist attack in Pulwama, tensions along the ‘Line of Control‘ between India and Pakistan have escalated militarily during the last days. This has the potential to lead to serious and dangerous consequences for the two countries and the wider region”- the statement of the EU top diplomatFederica Mogherini says. Statement by @FedericaMog on the…
Pakistani migrant accused of arson in Greece
A Pakistani migrant was arrested for trying to set fire near the military camp of Perama. The arrest has been confirmed by the local police. Authorities say there are "serious indications" a wildfire in #Greece which has killed more than 80 people was arson https://t.co/vWSeoYBeE3 — Sky News (@SkyNews) July 26, 2018 Perama is an area with…
NATO continues to support Afghanistan
At NATO Summit the Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg reaffirmed the Alliance long-term commitment to Afghan government, advising, assisting the Afghan National Defence and Security Forces,. “We will continue our assistance by extending our financial sustainment of the Afghan forces thought 2024, and by pleading to fill standing shortfalls, especially in priority areas”, –…
Europarliament concerned with death penalty in Pakistan
Parliament is deeply concerned at the alarming rate of executions in Pakistan following flawed trials, including of minors and persons with mental disabilities, some of which are carried out while appeals are still under way. In a resolution, it calls on Pakistan to reinstate its moratorium on the death penalty, with the ultimate goal of…
Philadelphia: PM May on EU
Amazing speech by Theresa May in US. Makes you proud to be British — Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) January 26, 2017 “…Nations, accountable to their populations – “deriving” as the Declaration of Independence puts it “their just powers from the consent of the governed” – can choose to join international organisations, or not. They can choose…