- 18 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityEU
Venezuela President Maduro brands EU electoral observers ‘spies’
By Mayela Armas CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday denounced members of the European Union's (EU) electoral observation mission who monitored voting last weekend as "spies," and…
Lithuania says Belarus will keep testing West, urges NATO rethink
By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) -Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said on Sunday that the NATO military alliance needed to adjust its stance towards Belarus, whose military, he said, was becoming…
UK says ‘significant gap’ with EU over N.Ireland, ready to use Article 16
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Brexit minister said a "significant gap" remained in talks with the European Commission over trade with Northern Ireland, and it was ready to take unilateral action…
EU moves to halt air travel from places with new COVID variant
By Sabine Siebold and Marine Strauss (Reuters) - The European Union might halt air travel from places where a new coronavirus variant detected in South Africa had spread, the bloc's…
Germany’s Merkel, Ukraine’s Zelenskiy discusses situation on Ukraine’s, EU’s borders
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the security situation on Ukraine's border with Russia with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, assuring him of her support for Ukraine's independence and territorial…
Switzerland says it is open to compromise in COVID vaccine talks at WTO
GENEVA (Reuters) - Switzerland is open to compromise in talks on the intellectual property (IP) rights of COVID-19 vaccines and drugs at the World Trade Organization, but remains opposed to…
France’s Macron: Stronger European cooperation needed to deal with human trafficking
ZAGREB (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that stronger European cooperation was needed after 27 migrants died a day earlier when their dinghy deflated as they made…
Top EU lawmaker says German coalition lacks clear message on Belarus
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The new German ruling coalition has not been clear about its view on the standoff with Belarus over migrants that have made their way to the country's…
EU urges Bosnia’s rival leaders to resume dialogue or lose cash
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - The European Union's enlargement commissioner called on Bosnia's rival ethnic leaders on Wednesday to return to dialogue and enact reforms or face losing 1.5 billion euros ($1.7…
Polish tribunal rules European rights court cannot question its judges
WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland's Constitutional Tribunal said on Wednesday that the European Court of Human Rights had no power to question its appointment of judges, rejecting a ruling by Europe's top…
Polish Border Guard reports more incidents at Belarus frontier
WARSAW (Reuters) - Migrants tried to force their way through the fence on the Poland-Belarus border in at least two locations on Tuesday night, the Polish Border Guard said, as…
Belarus border issue is attempt to destabilise EU – EU executive
STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - The thousands of migrants on the European Union's eastern borders with Belarus is an attempt by the Minsk regime to destabilise the EU, rather than a…
