Polish ecologists: Nord Stream 2 is a hazardous and unnecessary project
The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is harmful for the ecological initiative, and also contravenes the norms of European law.
Robert Cyglicki, director of Greenpeace Poland, and Marcin Stoczkiewicz, lawyer from the ClientEarth initiative, made a statement to this effect regarding the results of the public hearing and the preparation of comments on the project by ecologists from various countries, which took place on June 5 in Finland.
The Polish ecologists called “Nord Stream 2” a hazardous and …
Russia is pushing its candidate to the head of UN department on terrorism
The Russian Foreign Ministry expects that the new UN department to fight terrorism will be headed by a representative of Russia, as stated by Dmitry Feoktistov, Deputy Director of the Department on New Challenges and Threats of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, RIA Novosti reports.
He said that Russia has already nominated its candidate for this post, but did not mention the name of the Russian contender. “We are speaking about the representative of Russia being appointed to the newly …
President of Ukraine asks head of OSCE to deploy police mission in the Donbas
During a meeting with Sebastian Kurz, acting chairman of the OSCE and Austrian Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign affairs, President Petro Poroshenko called for discussion to be initiated in Vienna regarding the deployment of an armed OSCE police mission to the Donbas, as reported on the president’s website.
Special attention was given to the increase in incidences of OSCE observer intimidation by the pro-Russian separatists. The Ukrainian President pointed out that the …
Lithuania declares nuclear power plant in Belarus a threat to national security
The Cabinet of Ministers of Lithuania has declared that the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant (BelAES), which is being built about 50 kilometers from Vilnius (on Belarus Island), poses a threat to national security. The portal Delfi reported this.
The government proposes that the Seimas recognize BelAES as unsafe, representing, by virtue of its geographical position, a threat to the national security of Lithuania, the environment and human health.
"The interests of national security and the …
US-led coalition says it has the right to attack any military forces threatening its partners in Syria
The US-led coalition reserves the right to strike at any forces that are a threat to Coalition's forces and its partners, as stated by the official spokesman for the coalition, Ryan Dillon, Interfax news agency reports.
"We reserve[d] that right for any force that presents a threat, whether it is ISIS or anybody else," Dillon said responding to a question by Interfax.
Earlier the US-led coalition once again struck a blow against pro-government forces in southern Syria. The coalition’s …