A petition against imposing sanctions on Russia was presented in Belgrade on Monday after signatures were collected from 200 public figures, including the academics Matija Becković, Kosta Čavoški and Vasilije Krestić, Serbian Orthodox Church bishops Irinej and David, filmmaker Emir Kusturica and former ambassador to Russia, Slavenko Terzić.
Only a quarter of Bulgarians trust Russian President Vladimir Putin as support for him has continued to decline since the start of the war, a nationally representative survey by Alpha Research has found.
The drop in Putin’s rating in Bulgaria in just one year is remarkable – a year ago, his positive rating was 55%. Now 61% of Bulgarians distrust the Russian president.
The Russian embassy in Cyprus has rejected as unfounded press reports suggesting that Moscow was mulling establishing a consulate in the territories occupied by Turkey in the north of the island.
The French embassy was re-established in Kyiv this weekend after security conditions were deemed “acceptable” in the Ukrainian capital.
The French embassy returned to Kyiv on Friday (15 April), while it continues to advise French nationals against travelling to Ukraine formally. Before the re-establishment, the embassy was moved to Lviv, where it had been functioning since 28 February.
Rwanda has announced an agreement with the United Kingdom to take in some asylum-seekers for processing in the East African country. Having pledged to control the country’s borders during the successful “Brexit” campaign to leave the European Union, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday announced a crackdown on migrant crossings via routes across the English Channel, saying that migrants who do not meet strict asylum criteria will be flown more than 4,000 miles to Rwanda for processing and possible resettlement there.
Une ONG française a appelé l’Union européenne (UE) à oeuvrer pour la fin “des actes de torture et mauvais traitements” infligés par les autorités d’occupation marocaines au détenu politique sahraoui Mohamed Lamine Haddi et le lancement d'”une enquête indépendante” sur les violations subies par les militants de la cause sahraouie.
En pleine flambée des cours des hydrocarbures, l’Europe occidentale lorgne le pétrole nigérian. Pourtant, la population du premier producteur d’or noir d’Afrique subsaharienne ne profite pas de cette opportunité. Au contraire.
Une embarcation en bois transportant environ 35 migrants a chaviré, vendredi, au large de la Libye, selon l’Organisation internationale pour les migrations. Six personnes sont mortes, 29 autres sont portées disparues.
La mission de l’ONU en Centrafrique a annoncé vendredi à l’AFP avoir ouvert une enquête sur des informations non confirmées par Bangui sur les meurtres d’une dizaine de civils attribués à des militaires locaux et des paramilitaires russes.
How Macron Lost the Left
Not so long ago, the war in Ukraine appeared to have made French President Emmanuel Macron a shoo-in for a second term. Polls showed that a majority of French voters trusted him to handle the crisis, and two weeks after Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, Macron garnered support from 31 percent of voters surveyed compared with just 18 percent for Marine Le Pen, the far-right candidate who was in second place. The last time a French candidate enjoyed such a big lead in the run-up to a presidential election was more than three decades ago.