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Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei, who has died aged 64, seen in this file photo.
Russia's Lavrov postpones Belarus visit after sudden death of foreign minister Makei
MOSCOW/ MINSK — Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has postponed a planned visit to Minsk following the death of his Belarusian counterpart Vladimir Makei, according to Russian media reports quoting the Foreign Ministry.Belarus's state news agency Belta reported on Saturday that the long-standing foreign minister and associate of authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko had died suddenly. The cause of death wasn't given and Makei wasn't known to suffer from any chronic illness.Makei, 64, was due to meet Lavrov on Monday. Last week he attended a conference of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) — a military alliance of several post Soviet states — in Yerevan.Before the controversial presidential elections in Belarus in 2020 — which were widely...
November 27, 2022

Russia's Lavrov postpones Belarus visit after sudden death of foreign minister Makei

Teachers in Budapest march to parliament urging educational reforms on Saturday.
Teachers in Hungary file petition demanding urgent reforms
BUDAPEST — Hungary's teachers' unions have filed a petition to the Ministry of Interior Affairs in Budapest, demanding the government urgently reforms the education system and raise teachers' salaries.Teachers, parents and students have been demonstrating for months. The government has shut down the Ministry of Education and incorporated it into the Ministry of Interior, which is headed by a former police officer.After filing the petition on Saturday, thousands marched to parliament.One teacher said she was demanding "freedom of education, an independent Ministry of Education and most of all a salary rise because there will be no young people who would take our place and continue teaching."Another said: "We are demonstrating because our system of education can...
November 27, 2022

Teachers in Hungary file petition demanding urgent reforms

A child views devastated buildings during the war in Ukraine. — courtesy UNICEF / Diego Sanchez
Ukraine missile strikes, summary executions highlight importance of international law
GENEVA — Amidst recent allegations of war prisoners being summarily executed in Ukraine, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk expressed his shock on Friday over unabated human suffering as Russian missile and drone strikes against critical infrastructure continue on a broad scale.“Millions are being plunged into extreme hardship and appalling conditions of life by these strikes”, he said.“Taken as a whole, this raises serious problems under international humanitarian law, which requires a concrete and direct military advantage for each object attacked”.According to the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU), on Wednesday further missile strikes in the city and region of Kyiv killed at least eight civilians, counting one girl, and injured some 45...
November 26, 2022

Ukraine missile strikes, summary executions highlight importance of international law

The EES is set to be operational in May 2023 but several EU countries have said they are unlikely to be ready. — courtesy Joshua Woroniecki
Border chaos likely as EU set to implement new entry system
BRUSSELS — Entering the European Union is about to get more complicated for non-EU nationals from next year. A new Entry Exit System (EES) is set to come into effect from May 2023.This is part of the European Travel Information and Authorization System (ETIAS) that will be implemented later next year.It will require visitors from outside the EU to apply and pay for a visa waiver before entering a country in the Schengen zone.Here’s how European countries are preparing for the changes and how you might be able to avoid visa fees.The EU’s new EES will register additional information about non-EU travelers to the bloc.Beyond passport details, automated barriers at borders will take and store biometric data including fingerprints and facial images.Passport stamps will be scrapped....
November 26, 2022

Border chaos likely as EU set to implement new entry system

Electricity has been restored in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson after its liberation earlier this month from Russian occupation, a senior presidential aide said on Saturday.
‘Power restored’ to Kherson, Russia ‘using old cruise missiles’
KYIV/ MOSCOW — Electricity has been restored in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson after its liberation earlier this month from Russian occupation, a senior presidential aide said on Saturday.“First we are supplying power to the city’s critical infrastructure and then immediately to household consumers,” Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of Ukraine’s presidential administration, wrote on the Telegram messaging app.Ukrainian forces reclaimed the city on Nov. 11, but Euronews’ Anelise Borges reported from Kherson on Friday that there was still no electricity, heating or running water.In recent days, Russian bombing of Kherson killed 15 civilians and wounded 35 more, including a child, local authorities said on Friday.Galyna Lugova, an official of the city’s military...
November 26, 2022

‘Power restored’ to Kherson, Russia ‘using old cruise missiles’

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with mothers of military personnel serving in the Ukraine war, on Saturday.
‘I share your pain,’ Putin tells mothers of fallen Russian soldiers
MOSCOW — Vladimir Putin told the mothers of Russian soldiers serving in the war that he “shares the pain” of those who lost their sons and told them not to believe “lies” about the invasion of Ukraine.“I want you to know that I, personally, all the leaders of the country, share this pain. We know that nothing can replace the loss of a son,” said Putin.He added that Mother’s Day, celebrated in Russia on Sunday, would be marked this year by “a feeling of anxiety and concern” among the women concerned, whose “thoughts will be with their boys”.The meeting took place in Putin’s residence in Novo-Ogarevo, near Moscow, and was the first of its kind since the Russian invasion started on Feb. 24. The Kremlin rarely refers to losses suffered in Ukraine, and Friday’s event...
November 26, 2022

‘I share your pain,’ Putin tells mothers of fallen Russian soldiers

Destroyed cars are pictured in Casamicciola in the southern Ischia island on November 26, 2022, following heavy rains that sparked a landslide. — courtesy ANSA/AFP
13 people missing after torrential rain causes landslide on Italian island of Ischia
ROME — Thirteen people are missing on the Italian holiday island of Ischia after a landslide caused by heavy rain, according to the ANSA and AGI news agencies.ANSA, citing the local police, said that buildings had been engulfed. Mud and water is said to have reached the first floor of the houses.The Italian fire brigade tweeted that a rainstorm that started at 0400 GMT caused flooding and landslides on the island.It said that searches were under way for any missing people in Casamicciola Terme, one of the six small towns of Ischia, a volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea about 30 kilometers from Naples.The landslide “buried a house” and sent several cars into the sea, the fire service said, adding that people were being sought in the northern town.The landslide is said to have...
November 26, 2022

13 people missing after torrential rain causes landslide on Italian island of Ischia

French President Emmanuel Macron seen in this file photo.
French prosecutors probe alleged illegal election financing
PARIS — French national financial prosecutors said Thursday they have opened an investigation into suspected illegal financing of electoral campaigns in 2017 and 2022.A leading French newspaper reported that the probe targets President Emmanuel Macron’s winning election bids.Prosecutors said in a written statement they wanted to bring clarifications following press reports, in an apparent reference to newspaper Le Parisien reporting earlier in the day on an alleged investigation regarding Macron’s 2017 campaign and its links to US consulting company McKinsey & Company.The prosecutors’ statement, without citing Macron or his party, said a judicial inquiry was opened Oct. 20 about alleged “inconsistent campaign accounts” and “reduction of accounting items” in relation with...
November 25, 2022

French prosecutors probe alleged illegal election financing

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives for a meeting of the European Political Community at Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, Oct 6, 2022. — courtesy photo
Brussels recommends billions in EU funds be withheld from Hungary
BRUSSELS — The European Commission is likely to recommend that billions of euros of EU money be withheld from Hungary judging that Budapest has failed to deliver the reforms necessary to ensure such funds are protected from corruption, Euronews understands.The Commission’s position was reported hours before MEPs overwhelmingly called for EU funds for Hungary to be frozen due to rule of law breaches with 416 votes in favor and 124 against the resolution.The EU’s executive called in September for an estimated €7.5 billion in European funds to be withheld from Hungary over corruption concerns after it triggered a new rule of law mechanism.This sum amounts to roughly 65% of the funds Budapest received under EU Cohesion programs.The Hungarian government, helmed by hard-right populist...
November 25, 2022

Brussels recommends billions in EU funds be withheld from Hungary

EU’s high representative for foreign affairs Josep Borrell seen in this file photo.
Kosovo and Serbia reach deal on license plate dispute — Borrell
PRISTINA — The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo reached an agreement to end their dispute over license plates, according to the European Union’s top diplomat.“We have a deal,” said the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs Josep Borrell in a tweet on Wednesday.The most recent rise in tensions between the two sides is over Kosovo’s plan to begin fining thousands of motorists who currently have Serb-issued license plates.The move angered Serbs in northern Kosovo who, like Belgrade, do not recognize Kosovo’s 2008 declaration of independence from Serbia.Many people have resigned from public institutions to protest the new provision, including hundreds of police officers.The deal announced by Borrell appeared to be similar to the agreement Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić...
November 25, 2022

Kosovo and Serbia reach deal on license plate dispute — Borrell

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