ATHENS (AA) – The EU says it welcomes the UN Security Council resolution on a latest cease-fire proposal in Gaza. “The European Union welcomes the adoption of the United Nations Security Council resolution 2735, supporting the new ceasefire proposal announced on 31 May,” it said in a statement. Also calling for implementation of UN Security [&...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – The EU foreign policy chief has said that he noticed a “clear lack of empathy for what’s happening in Gaza,” from the conservative European People’s Party. Speaking at a Socialist Party campaign event in Madrid ahead of the EU elections, Josep Borrell criticized EU Commission President Ursula von de...
ANKARA (AA) – The European Union has decided to disburse €16 million ($17.3 million) to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA). “The Commission has today processed a second tranche of assistance of €25 million for the Palestinian Authority to contribute to the payment of salaries and pensions of Palestinian civil servants and dis...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Slovenia’s government has endorsed a motion to recognize Palestine as a state. The government referred the motion to the National Assembly for final approval, Prime Minister Robert Golob said after the government session, according to the Slovenian Press Agency. The National Assembly is expected to vote on the motion next...
Brussels, Belgium – AFP EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday a UN court ruling telling Israel to stop its offensive in Gaza’s Rafah must be implemented, as European ministers met Arab counterparts in Brussels. Israel has continued to strike Rafah as its government has dismissed Friday’s ruling from the Interna...
Brussels, Belgium — AFP EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said that Brussels is starting work on expanding sanctions against Iran after its attack on Israel. Speaking after an emergency online meeting of EU foreign ministers, Borrell said the bloc would look to toughen measures against Iran’s supplies of weaponry — in...
Dakar, Senegal – AFP The observation missions deployed to Senegal by the European Union and West Africa’s regional bloc on Tuesday praised the smooth running of the presidential election, won by an anti-establishment opponent after three years of unrest. Around 7.3 million Senegalese were eligible to take part in Sunday’s vot...
ANKARA (AA) – EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell has said that there is evidence that Israel is preventing humanitarian aid from entering Gaza. Borrell underlined that Israeli control of the border is the reason for the ongoing humanitarian aid crisis. “If there is starvation. Why i...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Top officials from the US, four other countries and the European Union agreed Wednesday that Israel must open additional crossings to get more humanitarian aid into Gaza as they work on building a maritime corridor to increase the amount of assistance entering the enclave. The ministers “underscored the need for I...
Palestinian Territories – AFP The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said one of its warehouses in war-ravaged Gaza was hit Wednesday, amid mounting efforts to bring food to the besieged Palestinian territory. Israel’s war on Gaza since October 7 has caused mass deaths of Palestinians, reduced vast areas to a rubble-strewn wastelan...
