KYIV, Ukraine (AA) – Ukraine’s president said Sunday that they will continue to fight for victory and be ready for any scenario despite energy problems due to Russian attacks. Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the nation in a video message on Telegram, congratulating those who celebrate Christmas. “There are a few days left in this year. We ...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Authorities in Kosovo decided Sunday to ban Serbian Patriarch Porfirije from entering the country ahead of Orthodox Christmas. According to a statement from the Serbian Orthodox Church, authorities in Pristina banned Patriarch Porfirije from entering the Patriarchate of Pec Monastery. It added that the Patriarch w...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkiye’s defense chief has called on NATO to make Greece “stop” its “impertinence.” “Despite our well-intentioned approaches, Greece continues to provoke and escalate tensions and its unlawful attitude,” Hulusi Akar said at National Defense Ministry’s year-end evaluation meet...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Kosovo aims to become a member of the NATO alliance’s Partnership for Peace program in 2023, its foreign minister said Friday. Briefing parliament on the year almost finished and her ministry’s goals for 2023, Donika Gervalla Schwarz voiced optimism about Kosovo’s membership in the program, which...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Serbia slammed Kosovo on Friday for a list of Serbs to be arrested prepared by Albanian lawmaker Armend Muja. Muja, a deputy with the Self-determination Movement, led by Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti, suggested the arrest of the Serbs, including Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic’s son Danilo Vuc...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The US has accused Russia of using weapons in Ukraine procured from North Korea and Iran – violations of UN Security Council resolutions. “The United States can confirm that the DPRK has completed an initial arms delivery to the Russian private military company known as Wagner, which paid for the equipment […...
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – Western countries that were involved in slave trade and other colonial-era crimes should not only offer apologies but also pay reparations to affected countries, say African academics. Earlier this week, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte apologized on behalf of his government for the Netherlands’ role in slave tra...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A Swiss human rights group has said that Switzerland has “successfully mastered” refugee challenges. However, the Swiss government has recently suspended the ‘special protection status’ given to Ukrainian refugees. The Swiss government has recently expressed the need for more accommodation faciliti...
LONDON (AA) – Although nearly 60 years have passed, the trauma of the 1963 “Bloody Christmas” massacre is still fresh in the minds of Muslim Turkish Cypriots. Starting on December 21, following the Greek Cypriot coup of the Cyprus government, some 1% of the Turkish Cypriot population was killed and 25% displaced by Greek Cypr...
ROME (AA) – European democracy is under attack, the president of the European Parliament has said, pointing to the need to make more efforts to fight against those trying to undermine Europe’s values. Speaking at an event in Rome on Wednesday, Roberta Metsola said the European Parliament and Europe have and will continue to respond...
