Shorouk Express Belgium’s government is holding out over fears it will be on the hook to repay the full amount if Russia claws back the money, but has so far lacked a heavyweight ally ahead of the December summit. Now Italy has shaken up the diplomatic dynamics by drafting a document with Belgium, Malta and…
Shorouk Express Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email A Canadian citizen had her passport information, immigration history and contact details erroneously shared with a Russian woman by the Home Office in…
Shorouk Express Merz echoed the sentiment in German media. “Belgium’s particular concern about the question of how to make use of frozen Russian assets is undeniable and must be addressed in any conceivable solution in such a way that all European states bear the same risk,” he said. De Wever offered no comment and the leaders…
Shorouk Express A structure designed to prevent radioactive leakage at the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine is no longer operational after Russian drones targeted it earlier this year, the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog has found. The so-called new safe confinement was built as part of a €1.5 billion Europe-led initiative in 2019 to replace the…
Shorouk Express Hungary’s rejection came hours before a dinner between German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever in Brussels to discuss the loan. Merz said he was planning to use the event to bring De Wever on board. “I take the concerns and objections of the Belgian prime minister very seriously,”…
Shorouk Express Hopes had grown in recent days that De Wever could reverse his position if the European Commission were to offer him legal guarantees in the proposal that Belgium would not be financially exposed. But despite increasing diplomatic pressure for Belgium to cave, De Wever on Thursday only increased his hostility to the Commission’s…
Shorouk Express He added that last year, 96 North Korean citizens were accepted to Russian universities, including MGIMO, the university that trains diplomats. A further 29 were enrolled in geology courses in Russia this year. Kozlov said the two countries are cooperating in education across sectors such as banking, energy, medicine, and geology. He added that…
Shorouk Express Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The Royal Navy intercepted a Russian warship and a tanker off the coast of the United Kingdom. HMS Severn, a patrol vessel, shadowed…
Shorouk Express Trump officials’ meeting with Russian officials in Miami spurs questions about Ukraine proposal US officials and lawmakers are increasingly concerned about a meeting last month in which representatives of the Trump administration met with Kirill Dmitriev, a Russian envoy who is under US sanctions, to draft a plan to end the war in…
Shorouk Express The question of how to use Russia’s immobilized assets has been one of the hardest for Ukraine’s allies to resolve, amid multiple layers of concern over the potential legal, political, security, and economic ramifications. The thorniest issue is that the assets are largely held in a facility in Belgium called Euroclear, which leaves…
