Category: Europe

BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday spoke highly of bilateral relations between China and Slovenia during talks with Slovenia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon, who is on an official visit to China. After more than 30 years of development, China-Slovenia relations have entered a stable and mature stage, said Wang, […]

The European Union has strongly warned Georgia against passing a controversial “foreign influence” law. The legislation would require media and non-profit organisations to register as “pursuing the interests of a foreign power” if they receive more than 20% of their funds from abroad, a provision that critics say would be exploited to target and muzzle […]

According to BBC reports: Brussels police have been ordered to shut down a conference attended by right-wing politicians across Europe, including Nigel Farage and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Organisers say the National Conservatism Conference in the Belgian capital is continuing, but guests are no longer allowed to enter. Local authorities had raised concerns over […]

Neither Hezbollah nor Iran are currently ready for war, the EU foreign policy chief told Tuesday the French daily Le Monde. “We were warned several days before,” Josep Borrell said about Iran’s attack on Israel over the weekend. “After the attack, the Iranian foreign minister told me that they only targeted military facilities, making me […]

BUDAPEST: If by 9 June, the majority of the country declares they do not want to be governed by the Orbán regime, they will fight for early elections, says the Hungarian opposition party. The opposition DK, MSZP and Párbeszéd parties have entered into a joint strategic cooperation agreement, which says they will cooperate in the […]

FRANKFURT: Germany will send an additional Pa­triot air defence system to Ukraine to bolster its hard-pressed military and help it fend off increased Russian aerial attacks, Berlin said Saturday. “Russian terror against Ukrainian cities and the country’s infrastructure is causing immeasurable suf­fering,” said German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, an­nouncing the move. “It is jeopardising people’s […]

BERLIN: German flagship airline Lufthansa has announced that it is extending its suspension of flights to and from Tehran until April 18. The airline will not use Iranian airspace during that time, the company said Friday. The carrier said the decision was taken after a “careful evaluation” using government security assessments about the situation in […]

Prosecutors in Belgium are investigating suspected Russian interference in upcoming European Parliament elections with the goal of affecting Ukraine policy, Prime Minister Alexander De Croo has said. Belgian intelligence has confirmed the existence of pro-Russia influence networks across multiple European countries, including in Belgium, he said on Friday. As part of an influence operation in […]

Berlin: Police have detained two teenage girls and a boy in western Germany on suspicions they were planning an Islamist attack, prosecutors said Friday. The trio, aged from 15 to 16, are “strongly suspected of planning an Islamist-motivated terror attack and of having committed to carrying it out”, prosecutors said in a statement. All three […]

According to EuroNews reports: EU countries failing to implement the New Pact on Migration and Asylum, narrowly endorsed by the European Parliament on Wednesday, could face legal action, the bloc’s home affairs chief has warned. “All member states have to implement it and apply it,” Ylva Johansson, the Commissioner who spearheaded the sweeping reform, told […]