Tag: NATO

• Tuesday, April 17th 2018 - 08:01 UTC

  UK/Russia relations “worse than during the Cold War” because of Russiaphobia

  

  Diplomatic tensions between the UK and Russia deepened amid claims that Moscow was blocking investigators from reaching the site of a chemical weapons attack in Syria. The UK said it was “essential” the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) was granted “unfettered access” to Douma.

• Tuesday, March 20th 2018 - 09:35 UTC

  Ex-president Sarkozy, arrested for supposed illegal financing

  

  Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been arrested on Tuesday at west of Paris as part of an investigation that revealed he received millions of euros in illegal financing from the regime of the late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi in 2007.

• Wednesday, June 21st 2017 - 02:53 UTC

  Attacker was the only person dead after new terror attack in Brussels' train station

  

  Belgian security forces shot dead a would-be suicide bomber around 9 p.m. local time Tuesday in Brussels' central train station, which was evacuated following a small but fiery blast, in what is being treated as a new case of terrorism. Apart from the attacker, there were no other casualties, it was reported.

• Wednesday, February 8th 2017 - 11:20 UTC

  Rajoy speaks to Trump and offers to act as a link with Latin American countries

  

  United States President Donald Trump has expressed his commitment to NATO and bilateral cooperation with Spain during a telephone call with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, a media report said on Wednesday. They also discussed the fight against the terrorist group Islamic State (IS), and Spain's role as potential bridge with Latin American countries and Europe.

• Saturday, January 28th 2017 - 09:33 UTC

  “A free and independent UK is a blessing to the world and our relationship has never been stronger”, Trump tells PM May

  

  In his first meeting with a foreign leader, U.S. President Donald Trump spoke of the two nations' “special relationship,” and British Prime Minister Theresa May agreed, mentioning common economic interests and shared values, but pointedly saying the new president had pledged he is “100 percent” behind NATO.

• Thursday, December 1st 2016 - 12:17 UTC

  PM May and Trump talk about UK/US relationship and the role of NATO

  

  Minister Theresa May spoke on Tuesday with President-elect Donald Trump about building close UK-US relationships and about the role of NATO. A Downing Street spokesperson said ”the Prime Minister called the US President-elect this afternoon as part of establishing a regular dialogue between both of them.

• Thursday, October 27th 2016 - 09:11 UTC

  Russian Task Force passes through Gibraltar Strait; Spain denies refueling at Ceuta

  

  Russia has withdrawn a request to refuel its warships in Ceuta, after Spain became the subject of international criticism, from the NATO secretary general among others. Spain had recently signed statements accusing Russia of war crimes in Syria, where it’s believed the ships are headed.

• Monday, July 4th 2016 - 10:05 UTC

  Czech president referendum proposal on EU and NATO, rattles Brussels

  

  The Czech government has no intention of holding any referendum on European Union or NATO membership, Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka's office said in a statement, a week after Britain's surprise vote to leave the bloc.

• Thursday, May 5th 2016 - 15:26 UTC

  Israel will have a non-member representation at NATO headquarters

  

  NATO said on Wednesday it had agreed to non-member Israel setting up representation at its Brussels headquarters, a tentative sign of rapprochement between the Jewish state and NATO member Turkey.

• Saturday, April 23rd 2016 - 07:33 UTC

  As your friend, let me say that the EU makes Britain even greater

  

  By Barack Obama, President of the United States - In 1939, President Franklin D Roosevelt offered a toast to King George VI in the White House. “I am persuaded that the greatest single contribution our two countries have been enabled to make to civilisation, and to the welfare of peoples throughout the world,” he said, “is the example we have jointly set by our manner of conducting relations between our two nations.”