For the first time in the two-year period following the Brexit referendum in Great Britain, prime minister Theresa May has agreed to a preliminary version of the deal with her Сabinet. Both sides have approved a text which will finalize Great Britain’s exit from the European Union. A number of British ministers resigned from their posts in protest of the ...
The Khashoggi ordeal Saudi Arabia has finally recognized the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The authorities of Saudi Arabia denied their participation in Khashoggi’s disappearance for more than two weeks. He disappeared on October 2 after entering the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul. “A discussion with other persons during his presence in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul led to a ...
Europe Serbia: a step towards the recognition of Kosovo On August 9, Serbian President Alexander Vučić said he was in favor of delimitation with the Albanians in Kosovo, despite the fact that this decision will likely be unpopular in the country. The decision is part of an attempt at legitimizing the occupation of native Serbian territories in Kosovo in exchange ...
Europe NATO summit: Realist Trump against European liberals July 11-12 in Brussels the NATO summit took place. The behavior of the President of the United States Donald Trump attracted the attention of most of the world media. He firstly criticized German Chancellor Angela Merkel for buying gas from Russia and refusing to raise military spending to a level agreed to ...
Trump-Putin Meeting: the dialogue of realists Trump and Putin met on the 16th of July in Helsinki. The meeting was held amidst a complex political background: just several days after the NATO summit (where Trump criticized Germany for collaboration with Russia) and Trump’s visit to the UK, where he tried to establish a new Anglo-saxon economic axis, and criticized Theresa ...
On the eve of Trump’s visit, a British government report was published with proposals for future relations with the EU after Brexit (the so-called “White Book”). Trump gave the interview to The Sun before meeting with May, in which he speaks extremely harshly about May’s policies (the headline speaks for itself: “I told May how to do Brexit.” She broke ...
NATO summit: the main results and difficulties On July 11-12, 2018 the NATO summit was held in Brussels. On the agenda were key issues regarding how the military bloc functions, defense spending of member countries and the construction of “Nord Stream-2”. Results: • The leaders of the 29 NATO countries approved the creation of 30 battalions and 30 air squadrons ...