The defence ministers and commanders-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the UK held a telephone conversation concerning the situation at the contact line and defence cooperation on 4 March. Source: Rustem Umierov, Ukrainian Defence Minister, on Twitter (X); European Pravda According to Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umierov, Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi explained the operational […]
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s two largest communist parties joined forces to form a new coalition government on Monday that will also include smaller parties as partners. Maoist party leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal will remain prime minister a year after he was elected to the office. Dahal has ended his partnership with the Nepali Congress […]
More than 40 education advocacy organizations have teamed up to fight longstanding residency requirements that tie children to their local public schools — rather than letting them transfer to places that might serve them better. The No More Lines Coalition aims to end what it calls “discriminatory public school district boundary lines” in all 50 […]
In a critical response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Equity Commission Final Report, the Native Farm Bill Coalition co-chairs say the report doesn’t adequately address inequities in Indian Country. The 91-page Final Report (Report) has 66 recommendations to further advance and embed equity into policies, practices and processes at the agency. Only 11 […]
(Bloomberg) — Pakistan’s two old-guard political parties agreed to form a government, a move that breaks an almost two-week deadlock and likely keeps jailed former premier Imran Khan’s party out of government even though it won the most seats in the country’s contentious election. Most Read from Bloomberg Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s Pakistan Peoples Party will […]
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Two major Pakistan political parties said on Tuesday that they had reached a formal agreement to form a coalition government, ending ten days of intense negotiations after an inconclusive national election did not return a clear majority. The agreement between Bhutto Zardari’s Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) of […]
Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umierov has said that the drone coalition has been officially launched within the framework of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group (also known as Ramstein-format meetings). Source: Ministry of Defence Details: Umierov signed a letter of intent and expressed his gratitude to the coalition’s co-leaders, Latvia and the United Kingdom, for this […]
Hungary has joined the NATO member states coalition that will deal with the issue of mine clearance in Ukraine. Source: Hungarian Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky on Facebook Details: He said a memorandum of understanding with 20 other NATO member countries on creating a mine clearance coalition for Ukraine was signed on the sidelines of a […]
The IT Coalition for Ukraine, comprising 10 European nations, has signed a cooperation agreement to bolster Ukraine’s defense capabilities in information technology, communications, and cybersecurity, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry announced on Feb. 14. The cooperation agreement pledges to support Ukraine’s Defense Ministry and Armed Forces’ information technology (IT) infrastructure over the next six years. “Thanks to […]
Defence Ministers of Germany and France, Boris Pistorius and Sébastien Lecornu, have signed an agreement on creating a capacity coalition for the development of Ukraine’s air defence. Source: European Pravda with reference to DPA Details: Commenting on the creation of the new coalition, French Defence Minister Lecornu noted that strengthening Ukraine’s air defence potential “is […]
Member states of the coalition for the development of Ukraine’s IT capacities, formed within the Contact Group for Ukraine’s Defence (Ramstein format), have finalised the signing of the agreement on cooperation on 12 February. Source: European Pravda, citing the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine Details: Ukraine’s Defence Ministry reported on 14 February that the agreement […]
(Bloomberg) — Dutch election winner Geert Wilders is considering rare forms of government in a bid to overcome coalition deadlock after two months of negotiations brought him nowhere. Most Read from Bloomberg “A majority cabinet has my preference but a minority cabinet under preconditions, and other options such as an extra-parliamentary cabinet are also a […]