Greece’s alternate foreign affairs minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis admitted that the New Democracy government (EPP) granted permission to export the illegal Predator spyware to Sudan, now facing a dramatic civil war. But speaking to Realfm, the minister insisted that “the export…
The Spitzenkandidat concept – which gives the winning group in the EU elections a chance to propose their lead candidate as European Commission president – is quietly fading away, with even its initial backers becoming gradually less vocal about the…
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Serbia will not support Kosovo’s membership to the UN, President Aleksandar Vučić said in discussions with Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Blistrem on Wednesday. In the discussions, Vučić discussed the normalisation of relations with Pristina and emphasised that the EU expects…
With under a month until Albania heads to the polls to elect mayors and regional councillors, a total of 132 political parties are present in the country, with more than 24,000 candidates in the running. R The May 2023 municipal…
Albanians are the most pessimistic of all Western Balkan citizens when it comes to the economic outlook following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with almost half believing the situation will not improve. The Regional Cooperation Council carried out a Regional Barometer…
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The special inspector general for Afghanistan’s reconstruction accused the Biden administration of blocking his efforts to track assistance. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
Not enough Republican members are yet on board with either impeachment proceedings against the Homeland Security secretary or border security legislation. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
The Netherlands should give up their cold war mentality and stop conjuring up conflict, Chinese Foreign Affairs spokesperson Wang Wenbin said during a press conference on Tuesday amid rising tensions between the two nations. Wenbin’s remarks were in response to…