MOSCOW (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree stating that free land plots in the suburbs of Moscow, Crimea and Sevastopol will be given to veteran soldiers who participated in the war in Ukraine and received outstanding merit awards. The decree on additional measures to support the army was published on the […]
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Greece’s foreign minister has reaffirmed Athens’ support for dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo for the normalization of relations. Nikos Dendias made the remarks during a joint press conference with his Serbian counterpart Ivica Dacic in the capital Belgrade on Monday. Dendias said that all existing agreements ha...
BERN (AA) – Swiss Justice Minister Karin Keller-Sutter has suspended the resettlement program to take in refugees in need of special protection. The reason given by the Justice Ministry was that asylum capacity had been exhausted, according to the online news site Nau.ch. According to the report, the resettlement program has been suspend...
ANKARA/LONDON (AA) – Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has apologized on behalf of the government for the Netherlands’ past involvement in slavery. “We can recognize slavery in the clearest terms as a crime against humanity,” Rutte said during a press conference in The Hague. He expressed regret that for centuries “the Du...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The European Commission has proposed to strengthen the rules that prevent and combat human trafficking. Every year over 7,000 people become victims of human trafficking in the EU, a commission statement said, adding that the figure can be higher due to many undetected cases. The majority of victims are women and girls [&h...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday proposed holding a Global Peace Formula Summit this winter. The summit will “unite all nations of the world around the cause of global peace,” he said in a video message. “We offered a Peace Formula to the world. Absolutely fair. We offered it because there are […]...
PARIS (AA) – Thousands of people took to the streets of Paris on Sunday on the occasion of International Migrants Day to protest against a new immigration draft law. After gathering at the Porte de la Chapelle metro station, they started walking towards the city center. The demonstrators held banners saying “France, illegal” and &#...
KYIV, Ukraine (AA) – Power outages continued in Ukraine’s capital Sunday after Russian missile attacks damaged energy infrastructure. Problems with water supply and heating which Kyiv suffered for two days following the latest wave of attacks have been largely resolved. Residents of Kyiv, where temperatures were below freezing throughout...
ANKARA (AA) – Qatar on Sunday renewed its denial of involvement in any corruption case involving people linked to the European Parliament, saying a Belgian investigation threatens to harm relations. Four people were arrested by Belgian authorities as part of an investigation into allegations that Doha lavished them with cash and gifts to influ...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye gave the “necessary response” after Greek planes tried to “interfere” in a NATO training mission conducted in international airspace, the Turkish National Defense Ministry has said. “Combat and support aircraft of our Air Force and the AWACS aircraft commissioned by NATO performed the NEXUS ACE training missio...
