French troops will leave Ivory Coast, with Paris continuing to reduce its presence (and influence) in Africa. This was announced by Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara, claiming that it is a choice in line with the policy of reorganizing the French military presence in the region. “We can be proud of our army, which is modernising. It is in this context ...
Belgium is the first country in the European Union to say goodbye to disposable e-cigarettes. The crackdown will come into force from January 1, 2025 and also includes a smoking ban in numerous public spaces, such as sports facilities, zoos, playgrounds and areas near schools and hospitals. This is a necessary measure for “health and environmental reasons”, explained the Minister ...
Sweden could invoke NATO’s Article 4 and call an emergency alliance summit to respond to broken cables in the Baltic Sea. The request comes from the opposition Social Democrats who ask Stockholm to take a hard line. “In the Baltic Sea there has been one accident after another. These various hybrid activities will not stop, and we cannot have a ...
Incumbent President Zoran Milanović, a critic of NATO and the European Union whose populism has been compared to that of Donald Trump, is on track to be elected for a second term as head of state in Croatia. The independent politician, once leader of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia, won the first round of yesterday’s presidential ballot (Sunday 29 ...
An underwater telecommunications cable in the Baltic Sea was damaged in the last few hours, in a case that fuels the hypothesis of sabotage actions at the hands of Russia. The Estlink 2 cable, which connects the Finnish and Estonian electricity grids, has been out of order since yesterday afternoon: the reasons remain unknown but the Finnish authorities suspect an ...
The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria continues to create hope among the many Syrians who have fled the country and the civil war. Tens of thousands are returning with the hope that a new era of peace, tolerance and prosperity can begin. Over 25 thousand Syrian refugees in Türkiye have returned to Syria in the last two weeks ...
After the resignation of Giorgia Meloni, the European Conservatives and Reformists party is preparing for a change of leadership. The reins of the political formation will pass to former Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. The exponent of the Law and Justice party intends to work so that the right of the European Parliament, from the moderate of the People’s Party ...
No access by Swedish authorities to the Chinese ship linked to the breakage of two underwater fiber optic communications cables in the Baltic Sea. This is what the Swedish investigators report, who were not authorized by Beijing to conduct investigations on board the Chinese merchant ship. And this despite the reassurances from Beijing, which had said it was ready to ...
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico doesn’t sleep easy these days. He has a thought that grips him: the supply of Russian gas to Slovakia. This is in fact threatened by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky who has announced that he does not want to renew the contract that allows the passage of Russian gas into Ukrainian territory, which expires at the ...
It’s not an easy time for TikTok. The social network of the Chinese ByteDance, which risks closing in the United States, will soon be blocked in Albania. Albanian users will not be able to access the social network for at least a year, starting from the first weeks of 2025. The ban was announced today by Albanian Prime Minister Edi ...