Germany must work harder to reduce its energy-dependence on Russia but Western sanctions in response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine are still taking a heavy toll on the Russian war machine, German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Thursday. “The Russian economy is collapsing,” Habeck told lawmakers, adding that Germany had played its part here… Continue reading Time is running out for Russia, German economy minister says
Addressing the global food crisis stemming from the pandemic and Russia’s war on Ukraine, the assistant director-general of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said there will be no famine but definitely a food shortage for quite some time, especially for countries with low production capacity. More than 800 million people in the world… Continue reading FAO official warns some countries will definitely face food shortages
The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti has rejected the invitation of the Prime Minister of Northern Macedonia, Dimitar Kovacevski to participate in the Open Balkans Initiative, which is expected to be held in Ohrid, on June 7 and 8, 2022. In Kurti’s letter to Prime Minister Kovacevski, he states that Kosovo is committed to… Continue reading Kurti rejects Northern Macedonian PM’s invitation to next Open Balkans summit
The European Union on Thursday gave its final approval to new sanctions on Russian oil and top bank Sberbank, after much wrangling with Hungary, as punishment for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine. EU leaders, used to a plentiful supplies of Russian energy, agreed to an embargo on crude oil imports that… Continue reading EU gives final approval to sanctions targeting Russian oil and Sberbank
Kosovo wants to find a suitable time to formally apply for NATO membership. President Vjosa Osmani said that the inter-institutional working group formed on this issue is working to determine the best time for application. In an interview with the Montenegrin news agency, Osmani stressed that EU and NATO membership is the only way forward… Continue reading Osmani discusses Kosovo’s NATO membership application
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of pursuing a “consistent criminal policy of deporting our people” into mostly remote areas of Russia. During his daily address on Wednesday, Zelensky said more than 200,000 children have been deported so far. “Russia “forcibly removes both adults and children. This is one of Russia’s most heinous war… Continue reading Zelensky: More than 200,000 children deported to Russia from Ukraine
The Speaker of the Assembly of Kosovo, Glauk Konjufca, has asked official Athens for Greece to recognize Kosovo. He had a special meeting with his Greek counterpart, Constantine Tassoulas. In a meeting with his Greek counterpart, the head of the Kosovo legislature presented him with a filigree work as a sign of deepening cooperation. The… Continue reading Konjufca urges Athens to recognize Kosovo
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sweden and Finland joining NATO would be a victory for democracy, as their citizens “demanded it.” He said that “anyone who wonders the difference between democracy and authoritarian states like Russia,” need only look at Russia, Finland and Sweden. “One would lie to its people to wage a… Continue reading Blinken: Sweden and Finland joining NATO would be a victory for democracy
After winning the Nobel Peace Prize last October, the Russian journalist Dmitri A. Muratov said he thought the honor should have gone to a different Russian: the jailed opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny. Mr. Muratov, the editor of the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta (who shared the prize with the journalist Maria Ressa of Rappler, a… Continue reading Russian Journalist to Auction Nobel Medal to Benefit Ukraine
