- 18 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityEurope
Vice President Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu addresses the first plenary Session of the 13th ASEM Summit (Asia – Europe Meeting)
Vice President calls for reforms in UN Security Council and other key international organizations Says, the challenges of contemporary world cannot be addressed with systems designed to deal with the…
Hungary reports record daily COVID-19 cases
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary reported a record 12,637 new daily COVID-19 cases, bringing the total to 1.045 million with 33,519 deaths, a government tally showed on Wednesday. Hungary, a country…
FCAS, Tempest fighter jet programmes will merge – Italy’s air force chief
MILAN (Reuters) - Tempest and Future Combat Air System (FCAS), two European programmes designed to build new fighter jets, will eventually merge, Italy's Air Force Chief of Staff said on…
Total COVID deaths in Europe could exceed 2.2 million by March – WHO
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday a further 700,000 people could die from COVID-19 in Europe by March, taking the total to…
Germans, Austrians line up for shots as COVID cases soar across Europe
By Emma Thomasson and Francois Murphy BERLIN/VIENNA (Reuters) -Germans and Austrians are rushing to get vaccinated against the coronavirus as infections soar across Europe and governments impose restrictions on the…
Italy, France to sign Rome treaty aimed at changing EU power balance – sources
ROME (Reuters) - Italian and French leaders Mario Draghi and Emmanuel Macron will sign a deal next week to try to tilt the balance of power in Europe after the…
Putin says any Belarusian move to cut gas flows risks hitting ties
By Katya Golubkova and Tom Balmforth MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that Belarus had not consulted him before raising the possibility of cutting Russian natural gas…
West at risk of conflict with Russia, Britain’s army chief says
LONDON (Reuters) - There is a greater risk of an accidental war breaking out between the West and Russia than at any time since the Cold War, with many of…
U.S. briefed European allies on Russian troop movements – diplomats
PARIS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The United States has briefed European allies in Brussels on Russian troop movements on the eastern Ukrainian border, two European diplomats said on Friday. While one EU…
Belarusian leader’s warning causes new concern in Europe about gas flows
By Katya Golubkova and Marwa Rashad MOSCOW/LONDON (Reuters) - A warning by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko that he could halt Russian gas flows through his country to Europe in a…
Russia denies role in EU border crisis, calls Aeroflot sanctions idea ‘crazy’
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russia had nothing to do with the migrant crisis on the Belarus-Poland border and rejected as "crazy" a suggestion in a…
Europe faces real threat of COVID-19 resurgence, WHO Europe head says
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -European countries must work harder to prevent the coronavirus spreading further as deaths and new cases surge, the World Health Organization's Europe head said on Thursday. Current transmission…
