Category: 3. Europe

Young believes that compounding that humiliation at this stage would be a grave error. Trying to dictate a new political reality and substantially reduce Hezbollah’s power too quickly risks civil war. “Major decisions, when not taken by consensus in Lebanon, tend to generate sectarian… Continue Reading

BBC Menka Gomis is leaving his friends and family behind in France as feels he will have more opportunities in Senegal Menka Gomis was born in France but has decided his future lies in Senegal, where his parents were born. The 39-year-old is part of an increasing number of French Africans who are… Continue Reading

BBC A former counter terrorism chief has described how he initially wondered if the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter could have been “an act of war”. Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were exposed to the deadly nerve agent Novichok in Salisbury in March 2018. Neil… Continue Reading

For instance, Lithuania will maintain its hardline approach toward Russia and will keep its pro-Western foreign policy, with LDSP having vocally supported increasing the defense budget. Blinkevičiūtė, a member of the European Parliament, is hoping to form a coalition with the Union of… Continue Reading

Electoral participation also seems to have improved, although only slightly and from an eye-catchingly low baseline. Exit poll data published by Alpha Research at 19:00 as the polls closed showed 38 percent voter turnout, up from 34.4 percent in the June election. “People want a… Continue Reading

There are always “irregularities” in election counts Georgia’s PM has said, but he denied interfering with the result which gave his party the most votes. Speaking in an exclusive interview to the BBCs Steve Rosenberg, Irakli Kobakhidze also said Russian “occupation” of Georgian land was a… Continue Reading