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US State Department confirms sale of weapons to Ukraine
RIA Novosti reports that US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert has stated that Washington decided to supply defensive weapons to Ukraine to ensure the protection of its territorial integrity and sovereignty.
"The United States has decided to provide Ukraine with enhanced defensive capabilities as part of our efforts to help Ukraine build its long-term defensive capabilities to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity, and to deter further aggression," Nauert said in a …
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French public figures call on the media regulator to suspend license of Russia Today TV Channel
Public figures in France have demanded that the Russian propaganda channel Russia Today halted broadcasting, and that the license given to it be withdrawn. They appealed to the head of the Supreme Council for Audiovisual Resources of France (CSA), Olivier Schrameck, in a corresponding letter, reported the publication Le Monde.
"We appeal to you, Mr. Schrameck, with a request for the preservation of civil peace, to suspend the license for broadcasting rights in France issued to Russia Today," …
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Swedish Finance Minister: Stockholm made a mistake accepting so many refugees
The Swedish finance minister, Magdalena Andersson, in a Friday interview for the newspaper Dagens Nyheter said that Sweden made a mistake by accepting thousands of asylum seekers in 2015.
It is the first such statement of the politician from the ruling Sweden’s Socialist Working Party, whose coalition government together with the Green Party, welcomed over 163 thousand asylum seekers in 2015.
"The integration [of immigrants] does not go as it should. We had a problem with it before the autumn …
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Warsaw: Poland will continue judicial reform despite EU sanctions
Poland regrets the decision of the European Commission (EC) to launch procedures for imposing sanctions against the country.
The Foreign Ministry of Poland said that the EC deliberately undertook this burden of relations.
Polish Foreign Ministry called the EC’s claims regarding judicial reform in the country “unfair”.
"We cannot accept one-sided and unfair opinions directed at Poland. The negative information campaign about reforms carried out in our country is not based on facts and …
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U.S. Congress approves sale of Javelin missile systems to Georgia
The U.S. Congress has decided in favor of selling the Javelin anti-tank missile system to Georgia, as reported by Georgia Online, citing as a source a statement by the head of the Defense Ministry of Georgia Levan Izoria.
According to him, the decision of the U.S. Congress means recognition of the reforms carried out by the Georgian Defense Ministry.
“An important step has been taken toward acquiring the Javelin missile system. On March 29 of this year, I wrote to the U.S. Department of …