United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit Moscow on Tuesday, and will meet with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin following its February invasion of Ukraine, a spokesperson for the U.N. chief said. Guterres will also have a working meeting and lunch with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Eri Kaneko, Guterres’ associate spokesperson, told a press briefing… Continue reading U.N. chief to visit Moscow on Tuesday, will meet Putin
Former PM Sali Berisha accused Friday US Ambassador Yuri Kim of intervening directly in the judicial process of the Democratic Party. Berisha called on the US government to ‘stop their representative from intervening in Albanian judicial processes’. “Last week I was told by two sources that recently governor Yuri Kim is doing meetings for judicial… Continue reading US must stop its ambassador from interfering in the judiciary, Berisha says
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said Friday there is growing evidence of war crimes in Ukraine, with the majority of violations attributable to Russian forces. The U.N. Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine has been gathering and documenting evidence of hundreds of alleged unlawful killings of civilians in Bucha, and in towns… Continue reading U.N. rights office cites growing evidence of war crimes in Ukraine
Britain plans to reopen its embassy in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv next week and is looking at reinforcing allies who sent armaments to Ukraine, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday. The British government announced in February, days before Russia invaded Ukraine, that its embassy in Kyiv was relocating temporarily and staff were operating… Continue reading Britain to reopen embassy in Kyiv next week, Johnson says
Kosovo was visited for the first time by a president from the Baltic state of Latvia. Eglis Levits was welcomed by President Vjosa Osmani, who at a joint press conference asked Latvia for support for NATO membership, as a member of the Alliance. Levits said that his country supports Kosovo not only in NATO membership,… Continue reading Latvian President: We support Euro-Atlantic aspirations of Kosovo
Ukraine will not open humanitarian corridors for trapped civilians today due to “danger on the routes”. In a social media post, the country’s deputy prime minister Iryna Vereshchuk wrote: “Due to the danger on the routes today, 22 April, there will be no humanitarian corridors. “To all those waiting to be evacuated: be patient, please… Continue reading No evacuation corridors opening today
Ukraine’s president has told the world’s finance ministers his country needs $7bn (£5.4bn) every month until the summer to keep functioning. Volodymyr Zelensky also said “we will need hundreds of billions of dollars to rebuild all this later”. He was addressing an International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank conference via video link from Kyiv.… Continue reading Ukraine War: Country needs $7bn a month in aid, Zelensky says
