Tag: Diplomacy
European Commissioners received at the Élysée Palace to inaugurate the French Presidency of the EU
If France has officially assumed the presidency of the Council of the European Union since January 1, its mandate begins in earnest this Thursday evening with the reception of the…
Covid vaccines at the heart of Chinese diplomacy
Since 1991, Chinese diplomacy has devoted its first official trip of the year to Africa. This year is no exception to the rule. Wang Yi begins this Tuesday a tour…
Joe Biden assures Ukraine US ‘will respond vigorously’ to Russian invasion
US President Joe Biden assured his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in a phone call on Sunday January 2 that the United States and its allies ” will respond energetically If…
Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin share warnings
This is the second telephone conversation in less than a month for Joe Biden and Vladimir Poutin. Thursday evening, December 30, the Russian and American presidents spent nearly an hour…
Washington dissatisfied with Moscow demands
Tensions between Russia and Ukraine remain a sensitive subject in Washington. Friday, December 17, Moscow unveiled its demands for a de-escalation. Requirements, many of which are unacceptable, Washington believes. With…
Germany sentences Russian murderer to life imprisonment, Kremlin singled out
While tensions are already strained between Germany and Russia, the Berlin court on Wednesday (December 15th) sentenced a Russian citizen to life imprisonment for murder. According to German justice, the…
In the spotlight: the faces of the new German government
They are in One of Die welt. Sixteen ministers and the new Chancellor Olaf Scholz, from what is called in Germany a ” coalition in traffic light “. The term…
In the spotlight: the Russian threat in Ukraine
A Ukrainian soldier patrols a trench. We are in the Donetsk region, camouflage atmosphere: image of this war which has lasted for almost eight years in eastern Ukraine. A front…
Eighth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation opens in Dakar
The New Silk Roads are gaining ground, on the eve of the 8th ministerial conference of the Forum on Sino-African Cooperation in Dakar, Monday, November 29, 2021. Two days of…
new chapter in Franco-Italian relations
Emmanuel Macron and Mario Draghi spoke after the signing of the Quirinal Treaty which should seal the strengthening of cooperation between France and Italy From our special correspondent in Rome,…