A Ukrainian delegation led by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal arrived in Tokyo for a conference focused on Ukraine’s reconstruction efforts, Shmyhal announced on Telegram on Feb. 19. The Japan-Ukraine Conference for Promotion of Economic Growth and Reconstruction, gathering around 300 people and 80 companies, aims to foster dialogue between government officials and business sectors from […]
A delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) arrived in Kyiv for talks with Ukrainian authorities and other stakeholders on strengthening Ukraine’s financial capabilities, Vahram Stepanyan, the fund’s resident representative to Ukraine, said on Feb. 12. An IMF team led by Uma Ramakrishnan, the deputy director of the Fund’s European Department, will start the talks […]
A Portuguese delegation arrived in Kyiv on Feb. 5, headed by the country’s foreign minister, Joao Cravinho, and Education Minister Joao Costa. Cravinho said it “was very good to be back in Kyiv…to reiterate our support for Ukraine’s reconstruction.” It was not Cravinho’s first visit to Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, having […]
Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry sent a note of protest to Nicaragua in response to a visit by a Russian delegation from occupied Crimea, the ministry’s spokesperson, Oleh Nikolenko, said on Feb. 2. Russia has illegally occupied Crimea since 2014. Although the peninsula remains broadly recognized as Ukraine’s sovereign territory, Nicaragua was one of the few countries […]
Jan. 31—GRAND FORKS — North Dakota’s federal delegation has called for the uninterrupted operation of the Dakota Access Pipeline following federal scrutiny on the pipeline’s operations. The review of the pipeline comes as its operators seek a Mineral Leasing Act easement for a 0.21-mile section of the pipeline that runs under Lake Oahe from the […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A bipartisan delegation from the United States Congress reaffirmed support for Taiwan during a visit Thursday following its election of a new president. The delegation’s visit is the first by U.S. lawmakers to the island since the independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party won a third-straight term in the Jan. 13 election. China, […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The co-chairs of the U.S. Congressional Taiwan Caucus on Wednesday opened the first trip by U.S. lawmakers to the island where the independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party won a third straight term in presidential elections this month. U.S. Reps. Ami Bera, a Democrat from California, and Florida Republican Mario Díaz-Balart plan to […]
Rep. Sarah Peake, the House’s second assistant majority leader and the dean of the Cape Cod delegation, announced Friday that she will not seek reelection later this year, capping off a nearly two-decade stint in the House of Representatives. The Provincetown Democrat, who has held her seat in the House since taking office in early […]
An obscure provision of New Jersey’s campaign finance law that enabled a South Jersey Democratic super PAC to operate in secrecy until after the November election was pushed by that region’s Democratic legislative delegation, according to three officials with knowledge of the closed-door negotiations. The early amendments to the Elections Transparency Act enabled the shadowy […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The Biden administration will send an unofficial delegation to Taiwan after the island’s presidential and legislative elections this Saturday, in a move that is likely to irritate Beijing. The results could drive the self-ruling democracy further toward or away from Beijing, which claims Taiwan as its territory. China, which has not ruled […]
The US will send an unofficial delegation comprised of former senior officials to Taiwan shortly after the self-governed island holds an election for a new president this weekend. A senior Biden administration official confirmed the plan on Wednesday, but said a face-to-face meeting was the “most effective way” to engage the new Taiwanese government and […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will send an unofficial delegation comprised of former senior officials to Taiwan shortly after the self-governed island holds an election for a new president this weekend, a move that could upset Beijing in an already-fragile bilateral relationship. A senior administration official confirmed the plan on Wednesday without offering more […]