Europe

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Polls suggest South Africa will face a historic turning point in a national election in May as the ruling African National Congress could lose its majority for the first time since coming to power in the country’s first all-race vote at the end of apartheid in 1994. The ANC […]

Annalena Baerbock, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany, came to Odesa with an unannounced visit on 24 February, the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Source: European Pravda, with reference to DPA, Germany’s state news agency Details: Baerbock travelled to Odesa alongside her Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba. It is her sixth visit […]

Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico has said that Russia started its war against Ukraine in 2014 because “Ukrainian neo-Nazis” were “rampant”. Source: European Pravda, with reference to Aktuality, a Slovakian news outlet Details: Fico said on Facebook that the war started in 2014 because “Ukrainian neo-Nazis” were “rampant”. He said that the Russian Federation’s military […]

LONDON (AP) — The U.K.’s governing Conservative Party has suspended ties with one if its lawmakers after he accused London Mayor Sadiq Khan of being controlled by Islamists, as tensions over the Israel-Hamas war roil British politics. The party said on Saturday that Lee Anderson was suspended after he refused to apologize for remarks made […]

When asked about the signing of the Italy-Ukraine security agreement, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni stressed the importance of military aid for Ukraine. Source: Meloni during a press conference in Kyiv on 24 February Details: Meloni said that the bilateral security agreement between Italy and Ukraine sets out the commitments Italy has taken on alongside […]

The Office of the President of Ukraine has published the full texts of the bilateral security cooperation agreements with Canada and Italy that were signed in Kyiv on 24 February. Source: European Pravda Details: The Canada-Ukraine security agreement comprises eight sections, which outline its goals, the consultation process that will take place if one of […]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that Ukraine will only use the weapons provided by its partners on the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine but never against other states. Source: Ukrinform news agency, citing Zelenskyy during a press conference in Kyiv Quote: “As for the downing of the A-50 [Airborne Warning and Control System] and […]

Following a telephone conversation with Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba announced that the EU plans to supply Ukraine with nearly 170,000 shells by the end of March. Source: Kuleba and Borrell on Twitter, as reported by European Pravda Discussed with FM […]

The bilateral agreement on security cooperation between Italy and Ukraine signed on 24 February 2024 will see Italy provide more military aid for Ukraine and ensure greater cooperation between the countries in different defence industries. Source: Ihor Zhovkva, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, on Facebook, as reported by European Pravda […]

Researchers in China have developed a super-high capacity optical disk format that is claimed to hold up to 125TB of data, reports Hong Kong’s SCMP. The new disks are described as outwardly similar to previous Optical Data Storage (ODS) formats like Blu-ray disks. However, thanks to the application of nanotechnology and a 3D stacking architecture, […]

Both Canada and Italy have signed agreements on security assistance with Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Feb. 24. The U.K., Germany, Denmark, and France have already signed similar agreements based on a pledge made by the Group of Seven (G7) last July to help Ukraine repel Russia’s aggression. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and […]