Month: September 2021

У Білорусі порушили кримінальну справу через пошкодження прикордонного знака на кордоні з Україною

За даними Державної прикордонної служби України, пошкодження виявили прикордонники Луцького прикордонного загону та поінформували білоруську сторону …

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Обстріл бойовиками Щастя – постраждала цивільна людина

У штабі операції Об’єднаних сил повідомили, що через обстріли бойовиками у четвер населеного пункту Щастя на Луганщині є пошкодження інфраструктури і одна цивільна людина постраждала. «Сьогодні зранку незаконні збройні формування РФ вкотре грубо порушили режим припинення вогню. Так, о 6:40 та о 7:30 годині, окупанти двічі обстріляли населений пункт Щастя з напрямку н.п. Весела Гора (попередньо із застосуванням міномету калібру 82 мм). Внаслідок обстрілу було пошкоджено об’єкти цивільної інфраструктури, а саме адміністративну будівлю, цивільний автомобільний транспорт та отримала поранення цивільна особа. Стан її здоров’я – задовільний», – йдеться в повідомленні. За даними штабу, на місці події працюють правоохоронні органи. Бойовики …

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Who Will Succeed Angela Merkel as Germany’s Chancellor?

On September 26 Germans will go to the polls in a federal election to apportion seats in the Bundestag and decide who will succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor. Marking the end of the Merkel era, many view this electoral contest as Germany’s most important election in decades. But one wouldn’t be able to guess that from the campaign, which has been bland and cautious. All the main party leaders have played for safety, promising political continuity and competing over who has the right to be seen as the true ideological heir of Angela Merkel, who’s retiring from politics. “Is this …

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British PM Continues Shake-up of Cabinet with Reassignment of Junior Ministers

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson continued reshuffling his Cabinet Thursday with two junior ministers taking on new roles.      The prime minister moved Penny Mordaunt from paymaster general at the Cabinet Office to a ministerial role at the trade department.  Mordaunt is being replaced by Michael Ellis, who served as solicitor general.      The reassignments of Mordaunt and Ellis took place a day after Johnson demoted Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to justice secretary while naming him deputy prime minister as part of a Cabinet reshuffle seen by some as an attempt to refocus on rebuilding an economy still …

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US Backs Lithuania in Row With China Over Taiwan

The United States is backing Lithuania in the face of what American officials describe as China’s “coercive behavior” after Vilnius recently became the first European country since 2003 to allow Taiwan to open a representative office.On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis met for talks at the State Department. The meeting followed a call on August 21 in which Blinken “underscored ironclad U.S. solidarity” with Lithuania in the face of China’s “coercive behavior.”“Lithuania and the United States are very strong partners in NATO. We stand together for collective defense and security. We stand against …

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Germany Vows ‘No Repeat’ of 2015 Refugee Influx as Election Looms

Campaigning to elect a new German leader this month is being clouded by concerns that the country will face a new influx of refugees — this time those fleeing Taliban rule in Afghanistan.  In 2015, more than 1 million migrants, many of them Syrians escaping their country’s civil war, traveled across the Mediterranean and Europe to reach Germany, according to German officials. Angela Merkel is not standing in the September 26 election, so Germany will soon have a new chancellor tasked with formulating policy toward Afghanistan and the unfolding refugee crisis. FILE – Armin Laschet, chairman of the German Christian Democratic Union, …

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Germany Vows ‘No Repeat’ Of 2015 Refugee Influx as Election Looms

Six years ago, more than a million migrants traveled across the Mediterranean and Europe to reach Germany — many of them Syrians escaping the civil war. So, could history repeat itself as refugees try to flee Taliban rule in Afghanistan? As Henry Ridgwell reports from Berlin, immigration is high on the agenda as Germany prepares for a general election later this month.Camera: Henry Ridgwell, Memet Aksakal   Produced by: Henry Ridgwell, Mary Cieslak    …

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