Published on 19/03/2026 – 10:29 GMT+1 US envoy John Coale met Belarus leader Aliaksandr Lukashenka in Minsk on Thursday, as Washington pushes for the release of hundreds of political prisoners in the Russia-allied country. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The authoritarian state has released dozens of prisoners in recent months, largely due to US efforts. President Donald Trump […]
Continue ReadingSlovenia goes to the polls Sunday in an election pitting the liberal Golob against right-wing populist Janez Janša, who currently has a narrow lead according to POLITICO’s Poll of Polls. Leaked audio and video recordings, published earlier this month and apparently designed to tie Golob’s government to corruption, showed prominent Slovenian figures apparently discussing illegal […]
Continue ReadingThe European Union is pulling its funding of a Rwandan military operation that helps to protect a huge natural gas project in Mozambique. It’s a murky story. The high price of gas in Cabo Delgado Rwanda warned last weekend it will withdraw its forces from northern Mozambique, where they have been fighting an insurgency led […]
Continue ReadingHungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has enraged his fellow leaders by backtracking on the deal they reached in December to provide Ukraine with a €90 billion loan. The pent-up exasperation will be laid bare on Thursday.
Continue ReadingNot many politicians’ hearts are sent racing by the prospect of a debate on structural reforms of the European Union’s single market. A summit of the EU’s 27 leaders in Brussels on Thursday had been arranged to give momentum to internal tweaks that might give Europe more of an economic edge. All that has been […]
Continue ReadingA close U.S. government ally in Latin America, Central American Costa Rica, is cutting diplomatic ties with Cuba. March 19, 2026, 05:48March 19, 2026, 05:48 “The government of Costa Rica does not recognize the legitimacy of the communist regime in Cuba,” said conservative President Rodrigo Chaves. Havana criticized the decision. Costa Rica is joining the […]
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump said Wednesday that the U.S. had no advance knowledge of an Israeli strike on a major Iranian natural gas field that prompted Iran to retaliate against neighboring Qatar and sent oil prices soaring. Even as he distanced the U.S. from the strike on the South Pars gas field, Trump vowed to “massively […]
Continue ReadingMusalia Mudavadi (l.) and Sergei Lavrov on March 16 in Moscow: Kenya’s foreign minister took a stand against Russia’s recruitment of Kenyans for the Ukraine war. image: imago / Alexey Nikolskiy Russia’s military is luring thousands of foreigners into war under false pretenses. Now the Foreign Minister of Kenya is defying his counterpart Lavrov. Mar […]
Continue ReadingThe Ukrainian secret service SBU has revealed an intimidation campaign by Russian services against the Hungarian minority in Ukraine. Mar 19, 2026, 4:08 amMar 19, 2026, 4:08 am The SBU in Kiev said this would further strain the tense relationship between Hungary and Ukraine. Hungarians also live in the west of Ukraine (the city of […]
Continue ReadingWhile the bloc has so far shied away from a major confrontation with Hungary — it hasn’t stripped Budapest’s voting rights, for example — this cautious calculus may well change after the election. At that point, fears of feeding into Orbán’s campaign narrative will be displaced by the need to dissuade other leaders from copying […]
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