Mekki Elmograbi, a Sudanese journalist, commentator on international affairs, and former consultant at the Sudanese Embassy in Washington, D.C., takes a closer look at how Ukraine is developing new ties in the Middle East, and in particular with Saudi Arabia. He notes: “This month, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky (picture) took the unusual step of doing […]
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In an interview with Hungarian blog Napieu.eu, German ECR MEP Lars Patrick Berg MEP discusses whether the EU is able to become a global power. Lars Patrick Berg MEP: “After the outbreak of the war, the EU Member States came together relatively quickly and united against the Russian invasion. They went beyond their internal disputes
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In OpinioJuris, Hans Gutbrod, an Associate Professor at Ilia State University in Tbilisi and Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, Seton Hall University, comments on the “just war theory”: “Four key conflicts of recent years – Afghanistan, Iraq, Karabakh and the recent Russian attack on Ukraine – illustrate how illuminating the framework remains,
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Russian company Gazprom has announced that gas supplies through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Germany would be reduced to only 20 percent of the capacity. This happens right after Siemens finally delivered transport documents for the Nord Stream turbine that had been stuck in Canada for weeks. Gazprom will now halt one more Nord
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s has been forced to cancel his trip to Serbia after countries around Serbia, notably Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Montenegro, closed their airspace to his aircraft. A senior Russian Foreign Ministry official stated that this caused the trip to be cancelled, commenting: “Our diplomacy has yet to master teleportation.” Following the
The European Parliament’s International Trade Committee has given its green light on Monday for a one-year suspension of all EU import duties on Ukrainian exports to support the country’s economy. The temporary trade liberalisation of Ukrainian products includes the full removal of import duties on industrial products, of entry duties on fruit and vegetables, and
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