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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, left, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressing the press in Kiev.
Commission response 'by end of next week' on Kiev's ambitions, says von der Leyen
KIEV — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, on a surprise visit to Kiev on Saturday, promised a response "next week" to Ukraine's ambitions to apply for EU membership."We want to support Ukraine in its European journey," von der Leyen said at a short press conference following her meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as fighting continued in the east with Russian soldiers who invaded the country on Feb. 24."The discussions today will enable us to finalize our assessment by the end of next week," she added, in order for the Commission to make a recommendation to member states.Von der Leyen stressed that the Ukrainian authorities had "done a lot" regarding the country's candidacy, saying it was already "on...
June 12, 2022

Commission response 'by end of next week' on Kiev's ambitions, says von der Leyen

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, with North Macedonia's Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski, in Skopje, North Macedonia, on Saturday.
Scholz calls for EU accession talks but fails to shift Bulgaria's objections
SKOPJE — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited North Macedonia and Bulgaria on Saturday in a bid to resolve the dispute between both countries that has seen European Union membership talks with both North Macedonia and Albania blocked.He called for the EU to start membership talks, but seemed to achieve little progress in Sofia where the Bulgarian government reiterated its objection to North Macedonia's accession.Scholz said that “the Western Balkans are of strategic importance” for Germany and that his country is “serious” in supporting European integration of the region.“North Macedonia and Albania deserve to start the membership talks,” Scholz said at joint news conference with North Macedonia Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski in the capital, Skopje.Kovachevski said...
June 12, 2022

Scholz calls for EU accession talks but fails to shift Bulgaria's objections

Protestors stand outside The Royal Court of Justice in London. Several NGOs lost a challenge opposing the Home Office's new asylum deal with Rwanda.
UK migrant deportations to Rwanda set to go ahead after NGOs lose legal challenge
LONDON — The UK's controversial plan to deport migrants to Rwanda is going ahead despite a bid by NGOs to halt it.A British judge rejected the emergency bid to block deportation flights of asylum-seekers to Rwanda set to start next week, ruling politicians must manage immigration policy.Campaigners for the asylum seekers said the policy was unlawful and there should be no such flights ahead of a full hearing of the case later this year.British charities including Care4Calais and Detention Action plan to appeal."This judgment is devastating for the refugees," said James Nichol, a lawyer and trustee for the charity Care4Calais."This is a brutal policy. We've got refugees, we've spoken to more than a hundred who have been given these notices that say they are...
June 11, 2022

UK migrant deportations to Rwanda set to go ahead after NGOs lose legal challenge

An escalating war of words has broken out between Turkey and Greece over islands in the Aegean Sea, with both sides now exchanging accusations and threats in each other's language.
Turkey and Greece exchange barbs in each other's language over Aegean Sea islands
ATHENS/ ANKARA — An escalating war of words has broken out between Turkey and Greece over islands in the Aegean Sea, with both sides now exchanging accusations and threats in each other's language.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan warned Athens on Thursday to demilitarize the islands that he claims were peacefully ceded to Greece.Ankara has accused Greek authorities of building a military presence in violation of the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne and the 1947 Paris Treaty, which guarantee the islands' unarmed status.Erdoğan stated that he was "not joking" and even posted tweets in both Greek and English in a marked harshening of rhetoric against Turkey’s neighbor and historic regional rival."This nation is determined," the Turkish president said on the...
June 11, 2022

Turkey and Greece exchange barbs in each other's language over Aegean Sea islands

Refugees and migrants in a wooden boat are rescued near the Italian island of Lampedusa in the Mediterranean Sea. — courtesy UNHCR/Alessio Mamo
Mediterranean Sea journeys for migrants have grown more deadly: UNHCR
GENEVA — Migrants who risk their lives to cross the Mediterranean to Europe on flimsy boats often piloted by people-smugglers, are at greater risk of dying now than for years, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday.Latest data visualization figures from UNHCR, shows that there were 3,231 dead or missing at sea last year, a sharp rise from 2020.Last year’s shipwreck death toll is on a par with 2014, even though almost twice as many people crossed the sea to Europe eight years ago, when the exodus of those fleeing war in Syria, war was at its height.The situation is a “widespread, longstanding and largely overlooked tragedy”, said UNHCR.The UN agency noted that although some of those crossing the Mediterranean want a better life and better jobs, many are fleeing conflict,...
June 11, 2022

Mediterranean Sea journeys for migrants have grown more deadly: UNHCR

A woman is tested for HIV in Uttar Pradesh, India. — courtesy UNICEF/Soumi Das
World must ‘speed up’ efforts to end AIDS pandemic by 2030
GENEVA — To end AIDS, beat COVID-19 and “stop the pandemics of the future”, the world needs to ensure global access to lifesaving health technologies, the UN Chef de Cabinet has told a meeting of the General Assembly to review progress.The AIDS pandemic continues to be responsible for more than 13,000 deaths every week.Yet, one year after adopting a political declaration on HIV and AIDS: Ending Inequalities and Getting on Track to End AIDS by 2030, data from UNAIDS shows that HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths are not currently declining fast enough to end the pandemic in eight years, as Member States have pledged to do.Member States have highlighted the need to “work together to speed up progress on implementation,” said the UN agency.Tackling inequalitiesIn advance of the...
June 11, 2022

World must ‘speed up’ efforts to end AIDS pandemic by 2030

The battered Ukrainian port city of Mariupol has become a leitmotif of the war.
Death sentence for Ukraine foreign fighters is a war crime: UN rights office
GENEVA — The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday condemned the death sentence handed down to three foreign fighters in Ukraine by a court in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic. “Such trials against prisoners of war amount to a war crime,” said OHCHR spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani.The three men - Britons Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner, and Moroccan Saaudun Brahim – were captured while fighting for Ukraine, reportedly defending the southern port city of Mariupol.Bitter fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces since the Russian invasion on 24 February flattened the city, where UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet has previously condemned attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure, that have likely caused thousands of deaths.“OHCHR is concerned about the...
June 10, 2022

Death sentence for Ukraine foreign fighters is a war crime: UN rights office

(RT-L) Aiden Aslin, Brahim Saadoune and Shaun Pinner were sentenced to death on Thursday
Ukraine war: Two Britons, Moroccan captured by Russian forces sentenced to death
MARIUPOL — A court in the pro-Russian, self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) sentenced three foreigners to death on Thursday, after accusing them of being "mercenaries" for Ukraine, according to Russian state media outlet RIA Novosti.DPR authorities said the three — British citizens Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner, and Moroccan national Brahim Saadoune — were foreign fighters who had been captured in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol by Russian forces in April. RIA Novosti said the three will be shot.Russia is the only country that considers the DPR independent. The international community does not recognize the region and its institutions, and considers the territory to be part of Ukraine. Independent watchdog groups have long accused the separatists of a dismal...
June 10, 2022

Ukraine war: Two Britons, Moroccan captured by Russian forces sentenced to death

The mysterious aircraft was a twin-engine Beechcraft plane, similar to the one pictured here near Glasgow Prestwick airport
Bulgaria hunts for mystery pilot who flew across several European countries
SOFIA — Bulgarian authorities are searching for a mysterious pilot who flew unauthorised across several European countries.Defence forces in the country were placed on high alert on Wednesday evening when a small aircraft was detected in its airspace.The two-seater Beechcraft plane had apparently departed from Hungary and flown over Poland and Slovakia, according to Interior Minister Boiko Rashkov.The pilot is then believed to have landed near the Black Sea, after briefly crossing into Serbia and Romania.The 60-year-old aircraft was finally found with its engine still warm on the runway of a private airport in the northeast area of Buhovtsi. It was covered by a tarpaulin and there was no trace of the crew.The suspicious aircraft had no flight plan, had deactivated its transponders and...
June 10, 2022

Bulgaria hunts for mystery pilot who flew across several European countries

Smoke over Severodonetsk this week.
Zelensky ties fate of east Ukraine to battle for Severodonetsk
KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that fighting for the city of Severodonetsk may decide the outcome of the war in the east of the country."In many respects, the fate of the Donbas is being decided there," he said as combat raged in the industrial belt with Russian and separatist forces.He said his troops were inflicting major losses on enemy forces.But Ukrainian forces have been pushed back to the outskirts, according to the region's top Ukrainian official.Serhiy Haidai, governor of the Luhansk region (which makes up the Donbas along with the neighbouring Donetsk region), said special forces had pulled back after Russia "started levelling the area with shelling and air strikes"."Our [forces] now again control only the outskirts of the...
June 09, 2022

Zelensky ties fate of east Ukraine to battle for Severodonetsk

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