Shorouk Express Chinese President Xi Jinping and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are among the leaders set to attend the celebrations to commemorate the victory of the Soviet Union and its allies over Nazi Germany on May 9 in Moscow, according to several media reports. Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council…
Shorouk Express Thousands queue to view Pope lying in state at Vatican’s St Peter’s Basilica On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch More than 200,000 people are expected to attend the funeral of Pope Francis in…
Shorouk Express It’s becoming a thing — another week, another meeting of European Union leaders in Brussels. As was the case earlier this month and at the leaders’ retreat in February, defense spending is again top of mind. The main topic will be Ukraine, of course, as the bloc continues to show its support for…
Shorouk Express The effusive praise for Zelenskyy — who will meet King Charles III Sunday — comes after an extraordinary public row between the Ukrainian leader, U.S. President Trump and his U.S. Vice President JD Vance. The two American leaders subjected Zelenskyy to a tirade of withering abuse in the Oval Office, cutting short a…
Shorouk Express The US president openly berated Zelensky on Friday for not being “thankful”, and later accused the Ukrainian leader of “not being ready for peace” and having “disrespected” the United States in the “cherished Oval Office”. Here are some of the political reactions from around the world. EU: ‘world needs new leader’ European Union…
Shorouk Express BRUSSELS — European Council President António Costa announced a video conference of European leaders Wednesday morning ahead of the special summit scheduled for March 6. “To prepare for the Special European Council on 6 March, I am organizing a videoconference of the members of the EU Council, tomorrow morning, to hear a debriefing from…
Shorouk Express While Scholz didn’t call out the U.S. leader by name, there’s no doubt who he was slapping down when he said: “Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the elected head of state of Ukraine. The inability to hold regular elections in the midst of war is in line with the Ukrainian constitution and electoral laws. No…
Shorouk Express Other German leaders also expressed shock. “What is objectionable is that Ukraine has not been informed about this and neither has Europe,” German liberal MEP Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann told POLITICO. She attacked Scholz for failing to bolster Germany’s defenses more aggressively during his time as chancellor, saying his government had “criminally failed to implement…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Sir Keir Starmer will place security and defence at the heart of his post-Brexit reset with the EU, calling on leaders in Brussels to…
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, who takes workplace Jan. 20, desires NATO allies to spice up their protection spending to greater than double the present goal of two p.c of gross home product, the Monetary Occasions and the Telegraph reported Friday. In line with the studies, Trump’s crew has instructed European officers that the incoming American president expects members of…
