Bulgaria Exempt From Russian Oil Embargo Until End Of 2024, Says Prime Minister
Bulgaria has been exempted from the European Union embargo on Russian oil until the end of 2024, Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov told reporters in Brussels on Tuesday. Further details on the exemption will be revealed in a couple of days, Pe...
“The Whole Country Is Watching”: Ukraine Looks To Secure World Cup Qualification
It’s more than 1,800 miles from Severodonetsk to Glasgow. As Russian pressure increases in the strategically key eastern Ukraine city where two-thirds of properties have been reported as destroyed, an international football match in the Scottish ...
‘How Much More Carnage Are We Willing To Accept?’, President Biden Makes Fervent Plea For Stricter Gun Laws
President Joe Biden issued a fervent appeal Thursday for stricter gun laws -- including a ban on assault weapons, tougher background check laws and a higher minimum age of purchase -- as a spate of gun massacres have left the nation shaken and prom...
Queen’s Jubilee Thanksgiving Service Holds Despite Monarch Pulling Out
Members of Britain's royal family arrived at St Paul's Cathedral in London for a jubilee thanksgiving service on Friday in honor of Queen Elizabeth II's 70-year reign. However, the 96-year-old monarch was forced to skip the occasion after experiencin...
EU Adopts Sixth Package Of Anti-Russia Sanctions, Including Partial Oil Embargo
The Council of the EU has adopted the sixth package of sanctions against Russia, which includes a delayed embargo on Russian seaborne crude oil and petroleum products, de-SWIFTing of Sberbank, Russian Agricultural Bank, Credit Bank of Moscow, and the...
Russian Shelling Has Destroyed Over 113 Churches In Ukraine Since Start Of War – President Zelensky
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian artillery has "destroyed" 113 churches during "the full-scale war" with Ukraine. In his nightly address on Saturday, Zelensky said, "Among them are the ancient ones - those that withstood World War...
Optimistic Prediction Sees War Over By The End Of The Year – Ukrainian Defense Minister
It is "hard to predict when the war will end, but my optimistic projection is that it may end by the end of the year." The Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said Reznikov was speaking at the GLOBSEC-2022 forum in Bratislava in Slovakia. He ...
Zelensky Criticizes Macron’s Comments That “We Are Not Going To Humiliate Russia”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that he “simply cannot see the preconditions for ending the war.” In a broadcast interview with the Financial Times, Zelensky said that while “any war should be ended at the negotiati...
“Progress Is Being Made” On The Russian Military Activities In Ukraine – Russian Ambassador
Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations said the country's military is progressing according to plan in its “special military operation” in Ukraine. “The progress is being made, that’s clear,” Vasily Nebenzya, Russia’s ambassador to t...
First Visit Of Turkmen Leader To Russia, Sign Of Special Ties Between Two Countries – President Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the first foreign visit of Serdar Berdimuhamedov, Turkmenistan’s new President, precisely to Russia emphasizes the special nature of relations between the two countries at a meeting with his Turkmen counte...
