Denmark and the Netherlands have significant reservations about granting candidate status to Kiev, Bloomberg reported While the European Commission will likely recommend next week that Ukraine be granted candidate status, Denmark and the Netherlands may block this step toward EU membership, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. Danish officials are reportedly concerned about Ukraine’s track record of…
The breakthrough agreement will see dozens of hostages freed and a temporary halt to the fighting The Israeli government has agreed to a deal that will secure the release of 50 hostages abducted by Hamas during the group’s October 7 attack, according to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In exchange, Israeli forces will briefly pause operations…
Vilnius wants to have a “conversation” about Pope Francis’ praise of Russian history The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry has requested a meeting with the Vatican’s envoy to the country about recent remarks made by Pope Francis on Russian history, local media have reported.