Tag: disputed
China and the Philippines agree on disputed atoll
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screen China and the Philippines have reached an agreement on the disputed Second Thomas Shoal atoll. In March this year, China used water bombs against a…
The EU announces Stockholm’s disputed environmental zone
The European Commission has carried out an investigation into whether the new environmental zone in Stockholm, which will be introduced on 31 December, is legal. After the implementation of this,…
Albania approves the disputed agreement, Italy starts moving migrants who want to land in Albania | Foreign countries
Two reception centers are being built in Albania, where those who want to cross the Mediterranean to Italy will be transferred. In Albania, the parliament has approved an agreement on…
Preliminary investigation into disputed thesis begins
Anna Karolina Eriksson/TT share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left fullscreen Sameh Egyptson defended his dissertation last year with his thesis “Global political Islam? The Muslim Brotherhood & the Islamic Confederation in Sweden” in…
Over 50 killed in disputed area
share-arrowShare unsaveSave More than 50 people have been killed in fighting in an area claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan, the UN says. Among the dead are two from…
Hindu nationalists staged a historic show of strength: Disputed temple opened on mosque ruins in India | Foreign countries
Many Indian states declared the day as a holiday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who presided over the event, said the opening of the temple ushered in a “new era”. There…
In disputed South China Sea, Manila and Beijing blame each other for ship collision
This Sunday, December 10, a Philippine boat and a Chinese coast guard vessel collided in the waters of the Spratly Islands. The two countries blame each other for the incident…
Venezuela will hold a referendum on annexing the disputed border area | Foreign countries
The international court ICJ ordered Venezuela on Friday to refrain from actions that would change the current situation in the region. On Sunday, Venezuela is scheduled to hold a referendum…
Arctic, submarine cables, disputed zones… An essential “geopolitics of the seas”
Consider the following scenario. Due to the premature melting of the ice in the Arctic Ocean, Russia now exports a significant part of its natural gas via the so-called North-East…
Somaliland: new rise in tension around the disputed town of Las Anod
In Somaliland, tension is rising again around Las Anod, six months after very deadly fighting in this town at the heart of a disputed region between Somalia and Somaliland –…