SARAJEVO (AA) – It has been 14 years since Karadzic, one of those responsible for the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, was captured in Serbia’s capital Belgrade, but not before executing the most well-documented and widely known genocide and crimes against humanity in Europe after World War II. Karadzic was held responsible...
BERLIN (AA) – The German foreign minister has rejected her Russian counterpart’s remarks on the expansion of its security forces’ “special operation” in Ukraine, calling it yet another piece of Moscow propaganda. Speaking to the German state broadcaster Deutsche Welle on Wednesday, Annalena Baerbock said Russia us...
BRUSSELS (AA) – EU ambassadors approved on Wednesday new sanctions on Moscow, including a ban on gold imports and an asset freeze for Sberbank. “(EU) Ambassadors approved the next sanctions package in response to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine,” the Czech government, which holds the current six-month rotating presidency of the...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Serbia and Egypt have expressed a desire to develop bilateral military cooperation. Addressing a joint press conference in Belgrade, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi agreed to further enhance ties between the two countries. “I think we can cooperate with Egypt mi...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Bosnia and Herzegovina bade farewell to 16 more victims identified to have been killed in the Prijedor massacre. The 16 newly identified Bosniak Muslim civilians who were killed in the Bosnian war by Serbian forces between 1992 and 1995 were buried in a collective funeral at the Kamicani Memorial Center. At [&hell...
BRUSSELS (AA) – The European Union has kicked off accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania. The EU Commission head Ursula von der Leyen hailed the “historic moment” at a joint news conference with Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala, Albanian Premier Edi Rama and North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski. Von der Leyen pra...
BRUSSELS (AA) – The European Union has extended sanctions against Kurdish nationalist groups PKK and TAK, as well as Marxist revolutionary group DHKP/C for another 6 months as it updated its list of ‘terrorist’ entities. The EU’s terrorist list has been renewed and upheld for a further six months,the Council of the European Union a...
BRUSSELS (AA) – EU foreign ministers have reached a political agreement to send a further tranche of €500 million ($508 million) military aid for Ukraine. Speaking at a news conference after their meeting, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said that the EU top diplomats “unanimously agreed on the need to continue to stand firmly […]...
PARIS (AA) – France signed a strategic energy cooperation agreement Monday with the United Arab Emirates to secure fuel and gas supplies as it moves to attain energy independence from Russia. Paris sealed the crucial energy deal on the first overseas state visit of UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who arrived in [&hellip...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The presidents of Türkiye and France discussed the decisions taken to facilitate Ukrainian grain exports at four-way talks held in Istanbul, according to the Turkish Communications Directorate. In a phone call, Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron that during the Istanbul meeting it was agreed ...
