BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Kosovo held a solidarity march Friday for victims of sexual harassment or rape during the independence war in 1998 and 1999. The march was organized in the capital, Pristina, by the Presidency of Kosovo and the Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Torture with the support of Justice Minister Albulena Haxhiu. Haxhi...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Kosovo police confiscated cryptocurrency machines Friday in an operation in a northern municipality where Serbs make up the majority of the population. Economy Minister Artane Rizvanolli said 174 illegal devices were confiscated. “Failure to pay electricity bills encourages such illegal activities. Therefore, Serb...
WARSAW (AA) – The Polish Border Guard on Thursday publicly admitted the death of a Syrian man at a detention center for refugees in southwestern Poland, but almost a month after the man died. The refugee of Syrian origin, Mahmoud Ryad Albana, died on the night from March 16 to 17 after seven days in […]
LONDON (AA) – The British Red Cross has highlighted the limited access to basic healthcare services for asylum seekers in England due to a lack of digital services. A report by the Red Cross indicated asylum seekers avoid seeking medical assistance altogether because of the absence of internet connectivity. The digitalization of healthcare ser...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Leaked apparent US intelligence documents suggest that the Biden administration is far from confident that Ukraine can quickly mount a counteroffensive that will oust Russian troops from the country. The trove of documents, whose authenticity Washington has repeatedly declined to confirm or deny, has already thrown a wr...
Brussels, Belgium (AFP): A Belgian judge agreed on Wednesday to release Greek MEP Eva Kaili, the public face of the so-called Qatargate graft inquiry, from jail and to place her under house arrest pending prosecution on corruption charges. Kaili’s defence lawyer Sven Mary told AFP that Kaili might not leave prison until Friday or even [&...
Amsterdam, Netherlands (AFP): French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday stood by his controversial comments on Taiwan, saying that being a US ally did not mean being a “vassal”. Macron, wrapping up a state visit to the Netherlands during which he has also faced protests over pension reforms, said France still backed the “...
BRUSSELS (AA) – The EU condemned on Wednesday the recent deadly incident in the Armenia-Azerbaijan border area and called on the two countries to relaunch talks on the delimitation of borders. “The EU deplores the armed clashes that yesterday led to several Armenian and Azerbaijani servicemen being killed or injured on the Armenia-Azerbaijan b...
ANKARA (AA) – US steps encouraging the Greek Cypriot administration of Southern Cyprus to arm itself further do not contribute to regional stability, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Sunday. “As we have repeatedly emphasized together with the TRNC (Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus), the steps taken by the US at the expense o...
GENEVA (AA) – The EU has expressed “deep” concern about the grave escalation of violence recently by Israel targeting the occupied Palestinian territories and Lebanon. It has also condemned the rocket fire attacks in Israel which happened in retaliation to the storming of Al Aqsa mosque as unarmed worshippers were engaged in prayer...
