State Secretary Antony Blinken voices ‘serious concerns that the result announced does not reflect the will or the votes of the Venezuelan people.’ Chile’s president says ‘we will not recognize any result that is not verifiable’
The 27 member states have lately taken significant steps on military and economic security matters, but the nature of the organization and internal discrepancies continue to slow down the push for a more ambitious union
Josep Borrell, EU foreign policy chief, said the sanctions show ‘our determination to hold Russia’s political leadership and authorities to account for the continuing violation of the human rights’
The United States will impose the largest single tranche of penalties since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The European Union’s sanctions will target companies and Russian officials and businessmen
Lyudmila Navalnaya, who has been trying to get his body since Saturday, appeared in a video outside the Arctic penal colony where Navalny died on Friday
Seven EU countries are ready to provide ships or planes. Belgium has already committed to send a frigate. Germany is expected to do the same
European Union ministers have met to discuss a ‘comprehensive’ 12-point peace proposal put forth by Josep Borrell, which envisages a conference with other states in the region, the United Nations and the U.S.
Guatemala faces mounting criticism by world leaders and watchdogs accusing it of attempts to block progressive president-elect Bernardo Arévalo from taking office in January
In an interview in Jerusalem, the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs emphasizes that the humanitarian situation in Gaza is ‘absolutely horrific’ and admits that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict ‘is very divisive in Europe’
Josep Borrell stresses that ‘all human lives have the same value’ after pointing out that innocent civilians, including thousands of children, have died in recent weeks
Acquiring 1 million of shells, as the 27-nation bloc offered, could secure stability for Ukraine for at least half a year
EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell brandished a statement on behalf of the 27 nations as a show of unity following weeks of contrasting statements on how the group should address the Israel-Hamas war
Fears are high of a resumption of the violence that has marked their relations since Kosovo unilaterally broke away from Serbia in 2008
The talks took place after the weekend election victory in EU member Slovakia of former Prime Minister Robert Fico, whose pro-Russian agenda has increased the question marks about the EU’s continued support for Kyiv
Conservative Alexander Schallenberg defends his country’s military neutrality in the Ukrainian war and expresses concern about the possibility of Moscow taking advantage of the loopholes left by the EU
An internal document from the foreign service points to Moscow as the probable perpetrator and gauges the effects of an ‘unprecedented’ catastrophe
The European Union is willing to collaborate in the deepening of the country’s economic reform
Josep Borrell, who was in Colombia for a summit on the Venezuela crisis, considers that a window of opportunity has opened to hold fair elections in the country
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is a challenge to the world order that has precipitated military, geopolitical, economic and human consequences on a planetary scale
The Munich Security Conference underscored how the US, EU, China, India and Russia are competing to expand their area of influence among non-aligned nations