Image by Agencia de Noticias ANDES Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto declared that the Eastern European nation will not back down on laws recently passed that were condemned by the European Parliament. The main issues have been Hungarian legislation against asylum seekers, NGOs, and foreign universities. When asked, Szijjarto said,…
Russia has appealed to the World Trade Organization to implement consultations over Ukraine’s sanctions against Moscow, which are active since 2014. “The Russian delegation in the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva sent a request to the WTO Dispute Settlement Body and the Government of Ukraine to hold consultations…
Image by Alina Zienowicz The European Parliament has condemned Hungary for human rights issues and a breakdown of the rule of law. Brussels is now threatening all-out financial war against both Hungary and Poland, among others, for alleged human rights abuses and anti-democratic policies and actions. But with conservative governments…
The Georgian Foreign Ministry is denouncing the signing of yet another illegal cooperation deal between Russia and Georgia’s breakaway Abkhazia region. On May 18, Russia and the de-facto leadership of Abkhazia signed an agreement about establishing a joint information and coordination center of the interior ministries of Russia and…
Image by MacedonianBoy Macedonia appears to have turned the corner on a political crisis which recently saw thugs storm parliament and beat up MPs. Gjorge Ivanov, its president, gave opposition leader Zoran Zaev the legal mandate to form a coalition government with two ethnic Albanian parties on Wednesday (17 May)….
The EU Special Representative for South Caucasus and Georgia Crisis Issues, Herbert Salber, yesterday met the so-called president of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov and congratulated him on the new “post.” His statement caused quite a misunderstanding in Georgian and with EU representatives. The EU Ambassador to Georgia, Janos…
Image by Kremlin.ru The conflict in the Donbass region of East Ukraine has been simmering for months, with sporatic outbreaks of fighting and use of banned heavy weapons per the 2015 Minsk agreements. For the most part, the agreements signed have dampened heavy fighting somewhat but that is changing as…
Image by Pavel Kazachkov This cool-looking dragon drawn on a rock weighing a staggering 120 tons is believed to be exceptionally old, a megalith designed by a mysterious ancient population about whom we know nothing. The unique megaliths were located at Mokhnataya mountain in Altai region, some 20 kilometres from…
Kozeta Cika contributed to this article The Albanian Opposition party and its ally’s protest, planned days ago through media and tv spots by the Democratic Party (DP), whose “new” offices now are settled in a tent in the middle of main boulevard for more than 80 days, was waged peacefully…
Image by Alfredas Piladys Military sources said today the U.S. military may deploy the Patriot missile system in the Baltics as part of a temporary rotation of troops in Lithuania. The news would herald a serious commitment to continue to build capability to defend the Baltic nations against perceived Russian…