Guinea’s military junta, which seized power in a coup in September 2021, has dissolved the government. The announcement was made through a presidential decree read on state TV on Monday by the presidency’s Secretary General, Brig Gen Amara Camara. Mr Camara did not disclose the reason for the dissolution or say when a new government […]
Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Federation’s Security Council, has threatened the United States and Europe with nuclear war if Russia is returned to its recognised borders from 1991. Source: Medvedev on Telegram Details: Medvedev wondered what would happen if Russia lost the war against “neo-Nazis along with their Western sponsors” and returned to […]
Germany will likely maintain temporary border controls along its borders with the Czech Republic and Poland beyond March when the temporary measures are set to expire, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said on Wednesday in Prague. Germany imposed checks on its borders with the two countries in September to block the rising numbers of asylum […]
Russian forces are likely planning to double their forces on borders with members of the western security alliance NATO, the Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service said in a new report. The report says that Russia is planning to create a new corps, which can include up to 45,000 troops, at NATO’s borders in northern Europe. As […]
Radosław Sikorski, Polish Foreign Minister, has stressed, following President Duda’s controversial statement on Crimea, that Poland recognises Ukraine’s independence within its internationally established borders, which have been repeatedly confirmed by Russia. Source: Sikorski on Twitter (X), as European Pravda reports Quote: “Poland recognises the independence of Ukraine within its internationally recognised borders, which have been […]
Expanding NATO’s rotational air defense presence in the Black and Baltic Sea regions would be an “appropriate response to the Russian escalation that is already taking place,” Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said at a press conference with his Romanian counterpart, Luminița Odobescu, in Vilnius on Jan. 11. NATO allies agreed on this model in […]
Burundi has closed its borders with Rwanda after accusing its neighbour of funding rebel attacks. Last December Red Tabara, a Burundian rebel group, killed 20 people near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Rwandan President Paul Kagame denies the charge, but Burundi’s government has branded him a “bad neighbour”. “We have stopped […]
Donald Trump is once again attempting to claim presidential immunity to avoid prosecution. The former president is seeking to have the criminal charges brought against him by Fulton Country District Attorney Fani Willis in the Georgia election conspiracy case tossed, per a new Monday filing. “The indictment in this case charges President Trump for acts that […]
Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský said that the main challenge for Prague is to keep Russia as far away from Czech borders as possible and to continue supporting Ukraine. Source: European Pravda with reference to ČTK Quote from Lipavský: “If Ukraine falls, we will face Russia a little closer – literally on the borders of […]
Lithuania has enforced a ban on empty freight transport crossing its borders with Belarus and Russia, Interfax-Ukraine reported. This prohibition aligns with European Union regulations preventing the export of automotive equipment to Russia and Belarus and the transit of such equipment through Russia. Read also: Polish truckers block border with Ukraine to grumble about Ukraine’s […]
Answering a journalist’s question about what victory means to him, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that even reaching the internationally recognised borders does not guarantee security for Ukraine. Source: Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the end-of-year press conference on 19 December Quote: “I believe we must fight. After all, nobody can guarantee [us security – ed.] even […]
Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali said the country is taking every necessary step to protect itself from Venezuela, which has ordered its state-owned companies to explore and exploit oil and minerals in Guyana’s vast and resource-rich Essequibo region that it considers its own, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday. Ali shared similar sentiments in a Tuesday […]