Spain’s Supreme Court on Tuesday backed Twitter’s decision to temporarily block the account of the Vox party for hate speech. The social media platform decided to block the far-right party from tweeting for eight days in early 2021 during its electoral run in Catalonia. As part of its “Stop Islamization” campaign, Vox tweeted inaccurate statis...
BRUSSELS (AA) – EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Wednesday that Russia is bombing Ukrainian cities like it did in Syria and Chechnya. Speaking to the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, Borrell said the Russia-Ukraine war “will leave a mark on history.” He explained that the Russian leader...
MOSCOW (AA) – The Kremlin on Wednesday repeated its warning against Ukraine’s combat aviation using foreign airfields, saying it is an undesirable scenario. “There was already an explanation from the Defense Ministry about the possibility of using (by Ukraine) some other airfields for combat aviation. This is a very undesirab...
BUDAPEST (AA) – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced Tuesday that his country is against possible sanctions on Russia that would cover imports of its oil and natural gas. Following a meeting in London with his counterparts from fellow Visegrad Group countries Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia along with British Prime Min...
ANKARA (AA) – A Dutch lawmaker has called for space to be made for “real refugees from Ukraine” and for those “who have no right to stay” to be returned. In an opinion piece published on Monday by the Dutch weekly EW Magazine, Ruben Brekelmans said his party, the People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy [&he...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced the early renewal of the NATO mission Operation Reassurance in Latvia. At a press conference with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Latvian Prime Minister Arturs Krisjanis Karins, Spain and Canada recommitted to sendi...
PARIS (AA) – France will launch a sponsorship program to enable French families to provide accommodation to fleeing Ukrainian refugees. Since Feb. 25, border police have allowed 5,000 people to enter France and many more are likely to follow, Premier Jean Castex said, while announcing the launch of the “I am committed to Ukraine” program...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The Pentagon has turned down a proposal from Poland to transfer all of its MiG-29 fighter jets to a US airbase in Germany for backing Ukraine. “The prospect of fighter jets ‘at the disposal of the Government of the United States of America’ departing from a U.S./NATO base in Germany to fly […]
Organizations working with refugees have slammed French authorities for treating non-European refugees differently. At a time when Ukraine has re-focused attention on refugees, it’s important to remember…that people from many different countries are also here fleeing the most terrible conflicts and the fear of persecution. We should be welcomi...
KYIV, Ukraine- Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said that Ukraine wants direct talks between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. “Putin is the one who makes the final decisions. We have long wanted a direct conversation,” Dmytro Kuleba said. Noting that Zelenskyy is “not afraid” of ...
