Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan (AFP): EU chief Charles Michel on Friday took part in a key summit in Central Asia, telling AFP that Brussels wanted a “sincere” partnership with the energy-rich region. Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine has prompted global powers like China and the European Union to seek a greater role in Central Asia at a...
MOSCOW (AA): Russian officials on Friday reported multiple drone attacks in regions bordering Ukraine, carried out Thursday night. The governor of Russia’s Kursk region, Roman Starovoit, said in a statement on Telegram that “several Ukrainian drones were shot down” near the region’s administrative center, the city of Ku...
OVEIDO, Spain (AA): Spain lodged a formal complaint this week against Morocco after the latter referred to Ceuta and Melilla as “Moroccan cities.” Prominent Spanish news outlets including Efe and El Pais reported that Spain’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said it “categorically rejects” any Moroccan claims to the North African cities. “...
LONDON (AA): The violence in northern Kosovo has to be condemned and the perpetrators of it have to be made accountable, the EU foreign policy chief has said. Josep Borrell’s remarks came before the 2nd European Political Community Summit, which brought together the leaders of European countries on the continent and the heads of EU [&hel...
ANKARA (AA): Türkiye on Thursday called on Sweden to fulfill its commitments regarding the fight against terrorism. “A crystal clear message to our Swedish Friends! Fulfill your commitments arising from Trilateral Memorandum & take concrete steps in the fight against terrorism. The rest will follow,” foreign minister Mevlut Cav...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA): A UN court has extended the sentences of two allies of the late Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic for their involvement in crimes against humanity during the Balkan wars. The Appeals Chamber of the UN International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals rejected on Wednesday the appeals by Jovica Stanisic and Frank...
JERUSALEM (AA): A former member of Israel’s Mossad intelligence service was killed in a boat accident in a lake in Italy this weekend, according to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Wednesday. The former agent, who was identified as Erez Shimoni, 54, was on the houseboat, with 22 other people, on a northern Italian lake […]
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA): Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has said that the strength of the Serbian army on the border with Kosovo is “zero” and cannot do anything about the developments in Kosovo. Rama’s remarks came at the Bratislava Global Security Forum (GLOBSEC) in the capital of Slovakia, amid rising tensions in northern ...
Bratislava, Slovakia (AFP): French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said that Kosovo officials bore “responsibility” following clashes this week over local election results that left more than 80 people injured. “It is very clear that Kosovar authorities bear responsibility for the current situation and there is non-com...
BRUSSELS (AA): Despite the pledges made after the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan in 2021, the EU countries resettled only 271 Afghan nationals last year, amounting to 0.1% of those in need, a report has revealed. “EU states resettled just 271 Afghan refugees in 2022,” the Brussels-based human rights watchdog International Rescue Committee (IR...
