The French have begun voting on Sunday, April 24, in an election that will decide whether the current pro-European Union president, Emmanual Macron, will continue for another term or be defeated by Eurosceptic Marine Le Pen. Recent polls have given Macron a slight boost, and analysts have said that Le Pen – despite her efforts… Continue reading Macron or Le Pen: French people vote in presidential elections
The launch of the Artemis I Moon rocket to the Moon has been postponed for the second time. This is after the rocket suffered another hydrogen leak, the BBC reports. The problem emerged early Saturday morning as the launch team in Florida began filling the 100-foot-tall rocket with about 4.5 million liters of hydrogen. Within… Continue reading NASA postpones the launch of the rocket to the moon again
Big tech companies like Google and Facebook parent Meta will have to police their platforms more strictly to better protect European users from hate speech, disinformation and other harmful online content under landmark EU legislation approved early Saturday. European Union officials clinched the agreement in principle on the Digital Services Act after lengthy final negotiations… Continue reading EU reaches deal on major law aiming to regulate tech giants
The Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama, has repeated the calls for all the countries in the region to join the “Open Balkan” initiative, while he has also called on Turkey, Greece, Italy and Hungary to join this initiative. “For us, it is very important that not only all the countries of the region join… Continue reading Rama invites Turkey, Greece, Italy and Hungary to “Open Balkan”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Russia’s military operation in his country was just the beginning and that Moscow has designs on capturing other countries, after a Russian general said it wants full control over southern Ukraine. “All the nations that, like us, believe in the victory of life over death must fight with us.… Continue reading Zelensky warns Russia is eyeing other countries after Ukraine
The EU’s special envoy for the dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade, Miroslav Lajcak, believes that the current political calendar presents a unique chance for the process of normalizing relations between Pristina and Belgrade, because as he says, elections are not expected either in Kosovo, Serbia, not even in the EU or USA. This chance, Lajçak… Continue reading Lajcak: The next two years, a unique chance for the normalization of Kosovo-Serbia relations
One person died and at least three were injured in a strong earthquake that struck Bosnia-Herzegovina on April 22, sending people fleeing their homes. The earthquake, which struck shortly after 11 p.m., was felt throughout the country and in neighboring Kosovo, Croatia, Serbia, and Montenegro. The director of the Safet Mujic Cantonal Hospital in Mostar… Continue reading One death reported after strong earthquake felt across Balkans
The American president, Joe Biden, criticized Donald Trump and his “extremist” supporters on September 1, describing them as enemies of American democracy. Speaking in Philadelphia, the US president attacked all Republicans who support former President Trump’s Make America Great Again (MAGA) ideology and called on his supporters to fight this ideology. “Donald Trump and MAGA… Continue reading Biden: Trump’s ideology threatens American democracy
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
