Director of @SHGConsults • Opinionated European • Hobby Academic • Researching Geopolitics and Foreign Affairs • Catholic (Uncensored: @ImJustKenPriv) 🇫🇮🇵🇹
J’ai remis les insignes de la Légion d’honneur au Patriarche latin de Jérusalem, le cardinal Pizzaballa.
Alors que les populations civiles et, parmi elles, les chrétiens de Terre Sainte, sont pris dans la tourmente de la guerre, j’ai tenu à honorer par ce geste cet apôtre infatigable du dialogue interreligieux, de la justice et de la paix, et à exprimer la reconnaissance de la République pour son courage et son humanité.
Conformément à ses responsabilités historiques, la France demeure engagée auprès des chrétiens de Terre Sainte, et de tous les peuples du Proche et Moyen-Orient. J’ai redit à ce titre au cardinal Pizzaballa notre attachement indéfectible au respect du statu quo sur les lieux saints de Jérusalem.
Seules la tolérance et la diversité religieuse rendent possible la paix dont cette région du monde a tant besoin.
NB8 (Nordic-Baltic countries) is emerging as a new powerhouse within the Western allied space. The meeting of heads of government held today in Tallinn marked a new chapter in the cooperation of eight like-minded and strong democracies. An integral part of this is the defence of Ukraine’s sovereignty. The presence of the President of Ukraine at the meeting was highly significant. 🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹🇫🇮🇳🇴🇮🇸🇸🇪🇩🇰🇺🇦
⚡ BREAKING: EU proposes first-ever entry ban on anyone who has served in the Russian military since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Ursula von der Leyen says.
Our sanctions keep biting hard and cutting deep.
🔸Sanctions have cut Russia off from global capital markets.
🔸Russia’s economy is slowing sharply.
🔸Its budget is under growing pressure.
Our consistency is paying off.
Estonia and Latvia are inseparably linked. Today in Kadriorg, I met Latvia’s new PM @AndrisKulbergs to discuss security cooperation, including in drone warfare and Rail Baltica. And of course the overall impact of Russia’s war of aggression on regional security.
Arrived in Tallinn for Nordic-Baltic & Ukraine Summit.
We will discuss competitiveness and security. Looking forward to discussing how to strengthen our shared region even further.
FM @larsloekke: “Completely unacceptable that Israeli Supreme Court maintains unreasonable registration requirements for humanitarian aid organizations. This hinders efforts to deliver life-saving aid to address catastrophic humanitarian crisis in Gaza.”
https://t.co/0DMbS5JGT4
Btw, sad facts about this: Dima Bilan has never been totally sober after winning the contest and there have been HIV+ rumours going around for years. Evgeniy Plushenko and Bilan’s manager Yana Rudkovskaya have a son together, Sasha and are ruthless stage parents for his skating career. Apparently physical abuse is involved if he doesn’t get the results they want. Poor kid.
Americans with a $5.000 salary are one accident away from losing everything.
Europeans on €1.300 can have a perfectly fine life in some countries.
This slopulism doesn't do anything, we need faster growth, yes, but these examples are useless.
Nearly 500,000 Russian citizens enjoyed European holidays last year.
Meanwhile, Ukrainians were dying on the battlefield.
It's time to end Schengen tourist visas for Russian tourists.
Holidays in the EU are a privilege, not a right for citizens of a country waging war on our continent.
The next 🇪🇺 🇰🇷 summit will take place on Wednesday.
The leaders will discuss how to further deepen bilateral cooperation in key areas:
▪️trade
▪️defence and security
▪️digital technologies
▪️energy
They will also discuss geopolitical developments.
→ https://t.co/ugHoGLmOMl