Category: Європа
Posted on November 22, 2018
Turkey-EU Meeting Reveals Tensions
Acrimony dominated a high-level Turkish-European Union meeting as both sides exchanged barbs in Ankara at a meeting that was anticipated to be a sign of improving bilateral ties. The “High-Level Political Dialogue Meeting” was reconvened for the first …
Posted on November 22, 2018
Poland Moves to Reinstate Retired Judges to Supreme Court
Poland’s parliament passed legislation Wednesday to reinstate Supreme Court judges who were recently forced to retire, a step that could significantly ease a standoff with the European Union. For the EU, which is facing a string of crises, …
Posted on November 22, 2018
London Counterterrorism Unit Involved After 2 Devices Found
British counterterrorism police are investigating after two devices were found in an unoccupied apartment in northwest London. Police said Wednesday the “initial assessment” is that the items were improvised explosive devices. Police said the devices were made safe …
Posted on November 21, 2018
German Car Bosses Reportedly Invited to White House to Discuss Tariffs
The Trump administration has invited the heads of Volkswagen, BMW and Daimler to the White House to discuss U.S. tariffs on carmakers, the Handelsblatt newspaper reported on Wednesday. Citing industry and diplomatic sources, the paper said the meeting …
Posted on November 21, 2018
Interpol Elects South Korea’s Kim Jong Yang as President
Interpol’s general assembly voted Wednesday to make South Korea’s Kim Jong Yang its new president. Kim had been serving as the organization’s acting president and will serve a two-year term, Interpol said. He replaces China’s Meng Hongwei, who …
Posted on November 21, 2018
US Endorses S. Korean Candidate as Interpol Votes For President
Interpol’s general assembly is voting to choose a new president at a meeting Wednesday in Dubai, with a member of Russia’s Interior Ministry considered the front-runner in the race. Alexander Prokopchuk currently serves as one of Interpol’s vice …
Posted on November 21, 2018
Russia’s Proposal for Japan: Let’s End WWII
Europe this month marked the 100th anniversary of the armistice that brought World War One to an end. Now, a conclusion to World War Two may be finally in sight – if Russian President Vladimir Putin gets his …
Posted on November 20, 2018
British Top Diplomat Meets Jailed UK-Iranian’s Family
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said Tuesday that he met with the family of jailed Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe during his visit to Iran. “No child should have to go this long without their mother,” Hunt wrote on Twitter alongside …
Posted on November 20, 2018
Italian Officials: Migrant Rescuers Mishandled Medical Waste
Italian prosecutors have ordered the seizure of a migrant rescue ship and accused the aid group Doctors Without Borders of illegally disposing of 24 metric tons (26.5 tons) of medical and contaminated waste accumulated during nearly 50 rescues. …
Posted on November 20, 2018
Kremlin: Opposition to Russian Candidate to Head Interpol is Election Meddling
The Kremlin says opposition to a Russian candidate to lead the global police group Interpol amounts to election interference. The election for a new leader is set for Wednesday at the end of Interpol’s annual conference in Dubai. …
Posted on November 19, 2018
Migration at Top of Agenda of Spanish PM’s 1st Morocco Visit
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez urged greater cooperation on migration while making his first visit Monday to Morocco, a jumping-off point for a growing number of migrants trying to reach Spain and get a foothold in Europe. Spain …
Posted on November 19, 2018
British PM Future on Brink as Party Rivals Plot Leadership Coup over EU-Brexit Deal
Britain is facing weeks of high-stakes political drama, as Prime Minister Theresa May attempts to get parliamentary backing for the divorce deal agreed to last week with the European Union. Henry Ridgwell reports from London. …
Posted on November 19, 2018
French Universities to Offer More Courses in English to Attract Foreign Students
France wants to boost the number of foreign students at its universities by more than half over the next decade and will offer more courses taught in English to attract them. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, announcing the plan …
Posted on November 19, 2018
UK Foreign Secretary to Make First Visit to Iran
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt will visit Iran for the first time on Monday for talks with the Iranian government on issues including the future of the 2015 nuclear deal, his office said in a statement. In May, …
Posted on November 18, 2018
Painting Found in Romania Studied As Possibly Stolen Picasso
Romanian prosecutors are investigating whether a painting by Pablo Picasso that was snatched from a museum in the Netherlands six years ago has turned up in Romania. Four Romanians were convicted of stealing Picasso’s “Tete d’Arlequin” and six …
Posted on November 18, 2018
Finnish President Says He Briefed Trump on Forest Monitoring
Finland’s president says that he briefed U.S. President Donald Trump amid the California wildfires on how the Nordic country effectively monitors its substantial forest resources with a well-working surveillance system. President Sauli Niinisto said in an interview published …
Posted on November 18, 2018
Pope Francis; ‘The Cry of The Poor Daily Becomes Stronger’
“Injustice is the perverse root of poverty,” Pope Francis said Sunday at a Mass marking the Roman Catholic Church’s Day of the Poor. Francis invited thousands of poor people to Saint Peter’s Basilica for the Mass and he …
Posted on November 18, 2018
British-based Startup ARC Debuts First Motorcycle for $117,000
British-based startup ARC unveiled its first motorcycle model in Milan this week, one being described as fast, advanced and expensive. The so-called Vector costs more than $100,000, but ARC says it’s for good reason. VOA Correspondent Mariama Diallo …
Posted on November 18, 2018
German Minister Seeks Tax Cuts as Economy Contracts
Germany needs a package of tax cuts and other measures to shore up economic growth in the long term, Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said in an interview published Sunday, days after the country posted its first economic contraction …
Posted on November 17, 2018
Arab Media Report IS Fighters, Family Members Killed in US Coalition Airstrikes in Syria
The head of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says that U.S.-led coalition airstrikes killed more than 40 people in the village of Abu Husn in the region of Deir el-Zor, near the Iraqi border. Arab media …
Posted on November 17, 2018
Climate Change Protesters Block off 5 London Bridges
Hundreds of protesters have turned out in central London and blocked off the capital’s main bridges to demand the government take climate change seriously. A group called “Extinction Rebellion” encouraged sit-ins on the bridges Saturday as part of …
Posted on November 17, 2018
Trump Says He’ll Be Briefed on CIA Report Concluding Saudi Prince Ordered Killing of Journalist
U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday he has not been briefed on a Central Intelligence Agency report that concludes Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing of a Saudi journalist, but that he would be briefed …
Posted on November 17, 2018
Late US Senator McCain Honored for Defending Russian Human Rights
U.S. Sen. John McCain was posthumously given the 2018 Sergei Magnitsky Human Rights Award in a ceremony in London on Thursday night. The award recognizes those who have fought for human rights in Russia and is named after …
Posted on November 17, 2018
US Denies Exploring Extradition of Turkish Cleric to Appease Ankara
The U.S. Justice Department denied it was planning to extradite Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen, following a media report suggesting Washington was looking into the extradition in exchange for Ankara’s easing of its pressure on Saudi Arabia. “The Justice …
Posted on November 17, 2018
Russian Ambassador to Finland Summoned Over GPS Disruption
Russian Ambassador to Finland Pavel Kuznetsov has been summoned to a meeting on Monday with Finnish state secretary Matti Anttonen over the disruption of Finland’s global positioning system (GPS) signal during recent NATO war games. “We don’t have anything to hide here. Disruption is a serious …
Posted on November 16, 2018
Court Papers: US Gets Indictment Against Wikileaks’ Assange
American prosecutors have obtained a sealed indictment against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, whose website published thousands of classified U.S. government documents, a U.S. federal court document showed Thursday. The document, which prosecutors say was filed by mistake, asks …
