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Gernelle – La drôle de guerre de la France

ette explosion-là nous a paru moins lointaine. Un journaliste de BFM TV, Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff , est mort en Ukraine , touché par un éclat d’obus alors qu’il se trouvait dans un convoi humanitaire. Il s’agit du deuxième après Pierre Zakrzewski, caméraman pour Fox News, tué près de Kiev. « J’ai …

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Boris Johnsons Charakterfehler

Boris Johnson ist als britischer Premierminister krachend gescheitert – selbst wenn er Montag Abend das Misstrauensvotum seiner eigenen konservativen Abgeordneten überstanden hat. Angezählt ist er trotzdem, denn ein Premier, an den selbst eine veritable Minderheit seiner eigenen Partei nicht mehr glaubt, ist politisch mehr tot als lebendig. Johnson hat das …

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Syrian, Russian forces boosted after Turkey signals operation, officials say

Russia and Syrian government forces have been bolstered in northern Syria where Turkey may soon launch an offensive against Kurdish fighters, Turkish and rebel Syrian officials said, as Ankara prepares for talks with Moscow. President Tayyip Erdogan said two weeks ago Turkey would launch new military operations in Syria to …

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Bosnian Serb leader plans to meet Lavrov, Putin

Secessionist Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik plans to meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Belgrade on Tuesday and President Vladimir Putin on 17 June in Moscow, istraga.ba reported. “This may provoke some people in the West, but what I can do. My task is to provide stability for my …

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Serbia, Russia agree to gas deal in principle, Lavrov says

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and Russian President Vladimir Putin have discussed the terms of gas supply arrangements and reached an agreement in principle, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told the Bosnian Serb entity TV on Sunday in an interview. The agreement should be elaborated within the companies involved, Lavrov added.

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Government bars Hungarian municipalities, SMEs from energy price cap

Municipalities and small to medium enterprises (SMEs) will no longer be able to enjoy the capped utility bills now exclusively available to households, Minister of Economic Development Márton Nagy announced Sunday morning on the public radio. The government has decided to backtrack on an earlier decision from the end of …

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Erdogan wants Swedish PM to fire defence minister

Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson should dismiss Defence Minister Peter Hullqvist, said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the newspaper Expressen reported on Saturday. Erdogan’s demand is based on a speech Hulqvist gave at a party 10 years ago where he celebrated the Kurdistan Workers’ People, PKK, and its imprisoned leader …

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Austria releases oil stocks after refinery malfunction

A technical issue at oil giant OMV’s Schwechat refinery on Saturday forced the government to release strategic gasoline stocks while OMV considers what to do about its investments in Russia. The government announced a release of 112,000 tonnes of petrol and 56,000 tonnes of diesel. The release will cover a …

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‘Submission to Russia’: Macron slams challengers ahead of June elections

French President Emmanuel Macron criticised his opponents, leftist Jean-Luc Mélenchon and far-right Marine Le Pen, labelling their political projects as being about “disorder and submission,” in his first press interview since his re-election on Friday. With France’s legislative elections due to take place on 12 and 19 June, Macron took …

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Turkey’s Nordic demands spark Western Balkan déjà vu

Turkey’s move to pressure Sweden and Finland into extraditing alleged “terrorists” they harbour is a method Ankara used for several years against countries in the Western Balkans, including EU candidate countries, under the idle gaze of Brussels. While Turkey wields investment and aid as a sword of Damocles over the …

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