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Klare Kante, aber keine Konfrontation

Außenministerin Baerbock und Bundeskanzler Scholz haben Deutschlands Position im Ukraine-Konflikt deutlich gemacht: Kommunikation statt Konfrontation, aber ohne dabei Russlands Verhalten schön zu reden. Richtig so. Wir können noch miteinander reden. Das war die Botschaft von Deutschlands erster Botschafterin, Außenministerin Annalena Baerbock, heute in Moskau. Reden – nicht gegeneinander, sondern miteinander. …

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A special and principled person

Roberta Metsola began her political career as a university student campaigning for Malta to join the EU as its smallest state. Less than two decades later, she has been elected to preside over its most important democratic institution. Former Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi, said he recognised her talents from her …

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Nazarbayev Resurfaces, Dismisses Talk of Elite Conflict in Kazakhstan

The statement from the First President came just after evidence of elite conflict began surfacing in earnest, with suggestions of a purge of Nazarbayev elites. After two weeks with nary a peep, save a spokesman statement that he had not fled the country, Kazakhstan’s First President Nursultan Nazarbayev surfaced with …

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