EU council president Charles Michel has led tributes to the Queen after she died on Thursday. The former Belgian PM was quick to react to the shock news and issued a statement. It reads, “We remember a remarkable woman today. A remarkable human being. Who shouldered an immense responsibility over the past 70 years. Her…
Warsaw will see many experts and organisations come together in the Sejm of the Polish parliament on Monday 12 September 2022 to tackle the urgent topic of the psychological trauma suffered among the population of Ukraine. The conference has been initiated by Julia Gershun’s Peace Committee of Ukraine. Ms Gershun is a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador…
The global community is confronting a number of unprecedented crises: from the ongoing challenge of COVID-19 variants and stalled efforts on climate change, to supply chain disruptions and Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, writes Jaushieh Joseph Wu. Now more than ever, China’s increasing rhetorical and military intimidation is jeopardizing regional peace and stability. All these…
One of the many key decisions facing political leaders – especially new ones like Liz Truss – is when and where to make official visits. Some leaders and their choices have been wiser than others, writes Philip Bushill-Matthews. Recently in the UK there were two state visits in relatively quick succession. In 2015 under David Cameron’s premiership the Queen accorded a full state visit…
The international community has been warned it should not rely on the unconditional support of poorer nations in the war against Russia. The stark warning came at a conference in Brussels on the Russian theft of Ukrainian grain produce and the impact this is having on international food prices. The event, organised to highlight the…
Against the backdrop of continued shelling of the Zaporizhzhia NPP by the Russian army, an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission led by Director General Raphael Grossi arrived in Kyiv on 30 August. The mission consists of 14 members of the official delegation. On 31 August, it became known that the mission left for Zaporizhzhia…
The European Commission has presented a proposal to the Council for a decision to grant an additional €460 million in financial support to Bulgaria under the SURE instrument, bringing the total support to the country to €971 million. Once the Council approves this proposal, the financial support will be provided in the form of loans…
Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Commissioner for Energy, Kadri Simson, participated in the Baltic Sea Summit in Copenhagen on Wednesday. It ended with Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Finland and Sweden signing a declaration committing to multiplying by seven the current offshore wind capacity of the region, up to 20 gigawatts by 2030. At the concluding…
Russia has plundered an estimated 650,000 tonnes of Ukraine wheat since the start of the current war, it has been claimed. The claim was made by a leading Ukrainian activist, Dmytro Zolotukhin, at a conference in Brussels. Zolotukhin, Director of the Institute for Postinformation Society in Ukraine, appealed to the West to “do more” to…
