Russian President Vladimir Putin Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky look set for a peace summit after fast-moving talks on Monday 18 August between Donald Trump and European leaders that focused on the key issue of long-term security guarantees for Kyiv. Hopes of a breakthrough rose after Trump said he had spoken by phone with Russian counterpart Putin, whom he met in Alaska last week, following a "very good" meeting with the Europeans and the Ukrainian president at the White House on Monday.
For years, Armenians perceived the United States as "the land of milk and honey". Benyamin Poghosyan argues in this op-ed that throughout the post-Soviet space and beyond the image of the US is now increasingly tarnished, reducing America's capacity to use soft power to influence events abroad.
NATO is preparing for a second possible corona wave," said the Secretary General of the alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, in an interview published this morning in the German newspaper WELT AM SONNTAG.
In a wide-ranging speech on countering disinformation amid covid-19, Vera Jourova who is the European Commissioner responsible for Values and Transparency, emphasised this must not be done at the expense of freedom of speech and media.
Ukrainian planes escorted the B1B Lancers, and Turkish aircraft and those of other NATO allies provided mid-air refuelling during a training mission for Bomber Task Force Europe,
The case caused a huge outcry in Armenia, both during the time of the murder, as well as following the presidential pardon. A case was initiated by two Armenian citizens in front of the court.
Russia must honour the 2008 cease fire agreement with Georgia before it is embraced back as a partner in Europe's security argues Dennis Sammut in this week's Monday Commentary
It is easy to succumb to the pressures of the arms lobby and to rush into a military spending spree without understanding that there are still alternatives to this, and that these alternatives have not yet been exhausted, argues Dennis Sammut in this week's Monday Commentary on commonspace.eu