Joe Biden Calls Xi Jinping a Dictator: Tensions Rise Between US and China

Joe Biden Calls Xi Jinping a Dictator: Tensions Rise Between US and China

Joe Biden, the American President, made a controversial statement on Tuesday, June 20, categorizing his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, as a “dictator.” Biden made this remark during a reception in California with donors of the Democratic Party, in the presence of journalists. The comment came in reference to a recent incident where the United States … Read more

World News Update: Ukraine Counter-Offensive, Saudi Arabia Diplomatic Game, Knife Attack in France, and US Presidential Race

World News Update: Ukraine Counter-Offensive, Saudi Arabia Diplomatic Game, Knife Attack in France, and US Presidential Race

Published on : 09/06/2023 – 21:14 This week in Ukraine, the counter-offensive seems to have begun, a few days after the explosion of the Kakhovka dam. In Saudi Arabia, MBS is sharpening its new diplomatic game, moving from pariah status to that of an important player in the region. In France, a knife attack in … Read more

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discusses human rights and potential normalization with Israel in Saudi Arabia visit

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discusses human rights and potential normalization with Israel in Saudi Arabia visit

The head of American diplomacy Antony Blink met on the night of Tuesday June 6 to Wednesday June 7 in Jeddah with the Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman on the first day of his visit to Saudi Arabiaand spoke about human rights as well as a potential normalization of relations between Riyadh and Israel. The … Read more

Foreign Minister Kaskarelis congratulates Erdogan at Ankara swearing-in ceremony

Foreign Minister Kaskarelis congratulates Erdogan at Ankara swearing-in ceremony

[InTime News] Foreign Minister Vassilis Kaskarelis has personally congratulated Tayyip Erdogan on his reinauguration as Turkish president, on the sidelines of a dinner for the representatives of foreign governments who attended the swearing-in ceremony in Ankara, the Foreign Ministry has said. Kaskarelis was representing the caretaker Greek government at the ceremony. The minister also had … Read more

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen to Visit Vienna for Bilateral Meeting with Austrian Counterpart

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen to Visit Vienna for Bilateral Meeting with Austrian Counterpart

31. May 2023 Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen comes to Vienna © APA/AFP/MICHAL CIZEK Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen will pay a bilateral visit to Vienna on Thursday. A working meeting with Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg (ÖVP) is planned for the morning. It is Cohen’s first visit to Austria since he took office as Foreign … Read more

France condemns North Korea’s military satellite launch in violation of Security Council resolutions

France condemns North Korea’s military satellite launch in violation of Security Council resolutions

France strongly condemns North Korea’s attempt to launch a military satellite on May 31, carried out in flagrant violation of Security Council resolutions. Since 2006, numerous Security Council resolutions have called on North Korea not to carry out activities related to ballistic missiles designed to be capable of carrying nuclear weapons, including the firing of … Read more

Decision on Beleri’s detention expected Monday

Decision on Beleri’s detention expected Monday

File photo. The Special Court of Tirana will decide on Monday whether Fredi Beleri, the recently-elected ethnic Greek mayor of Himare in southern Albania, and his aide Panteli Kokavesi will be released or if their pretrial detention will continue, sources in the Albanian capital said on Friday. On Thursday, Theocharis Lalakos, the secretary-general of the … Read more

“Ukrainian President Finally Speaks with Xi Jinping about Russian-Ukrainian Conflict”

“Ukrainian President Finally Speaks with Xi Jinping about Russian-Ukrainian Conflict”

The Ukrainian president announced on Wednesday that he had had a “long and significant” telephone exchange with Xi Jinping, an ally of Moscow, with whom he had wanted to discuss for months. China presented an initiative at the end of February with a view to ending the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, but this remains vague and theoretical, … Read more

António Costa guarantees that Portugal will deepen relations with Brazil – Politics

António Costa guarantees that Portugal will deepen relations with Brazil – Politics

The Prime Minister, António Costa, thanked, this Tuesday, the state visit made to Portugal by the Brazilian President, Lula da Silva, considering that Brazil is back on the political and diplomatic levels and that bilateral relations will be deepened. “Thank you very much for this visit, President Lula [da Silva]. Brazil is back and we … Read more

FM announces relocation of Greek forces to Egypt for potential Sudan rescue

FM announces relocation of Greek forces to Egypt for potential Sudan rescue

Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias announced that jointly with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ it was decided to relocate Air Force aircraft and members of the army’s Special Forces to Egypt on Sunday to participate in a potential operation to rescue Greek and Cypriot citizens that remain trapped in Sudan. In his statement, Dendias underlined that the … Read more