News

21 November 2019
Benny Gantz fails to form a government; Israel heading towards a possible third election
Benny Gantz, leader of Blue and White, has announced he has not succeeded in forming a coalition government. ...
Read more
20 November 2019
The Houthis released the three Saudi and South Korean captured vessels
On 20 November, the Houthis released three vessels it had seized two days before at Uqban island, few miles off the Yemeni coast, according to South Korea’s Foreign Ministry and Houthi military sources....
Read more
20 November 2019
Greece will replace refugee camps on its islands with closed facilities
Greece will close the refugee camps located on several islands, including Chios, Samos and Lesbos, and will replace them by “more restrictive holding facilities”, according to Deutsche Welle....
Read more
20 November 2019
Protests erupt in Iran amid a worsening economic situation
Thousands of Iranians have been protesting in several Iranian cities since 15 November due to the worsening economic conditions....
Read more
19 November 2019
Olivér Várhelyi, the new Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement
Olivér Várhelyi (Szeged, 1972), the Hungarian candidate designated for the position of Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, received the green light of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament on 18 November after going through his second hearing. ...
Read more
19 November 2019
The Ocean Viking rescues 94 persons off the coast of Libya
The rescue ship Ocean Viking has rescued 94 persons 78 km off the coast of Libya....
Read more
18 November 2019
10 persons killed in air raid in Libya that hit a biscuit factory
At least 10 people were killed and 35 wounded in an air attack that hit a biscuit factory in Libya, most of them migrants from Niger and Bangladesh, according to Ghassan Salame, UN Libya envoy. ...
Read more
18 November 2019
The European Parliament approves Olivér Várhelyi as new Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement
On 18 November the European Parliament gave its green light to the Commissioner-designate for the portfolio of Neighbourhood and Enlargement. ...
Read more
18 November 2019
The US administration declares that Israeli settlements do not contravene international law
The US administration has declared that Israeli settlements do not contravene international law, ending in this way with a 40-year American position of considering those as illegitimate....
Read more
01 … 010 011 012 013 014 … 088
circle graphic