Credit: eutmmali.eu / The European Union Training Mission Mali (EUTM) trains soldiers of the Malian Armed Forces. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The European Union has suspended its training missions in Mali after the military coup that ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. The two
Credit: Wikipedia / Belarus Opposition challenger Svetlana Tikhanovskaya By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Belarusian activist Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said Tuesday “Belarus has woken up” and “the peaceful revolution is taking place.” Tikhanovskaya, who is best known as Belarus’ main opposition leader, fled Minsk and is
Credit: Wikipedia / Belarus Opposition challenger Svetlana Tikhanovskaya By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Belarus main opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has fled the country in the aftermath of Sunday’s disputed presidential elections. Tikhanovskaya reportedly left Belarus and is in Lithuania after she asserted that
Stock photo / Diplomatic relations between the European Union and Venezuela have been strained recently. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Venezuela government of President Nicholas Maduro issued the European Union an invitation to deploy an “election accompanying mission” for the legislative elections scheduled to
Credit: europe-diplomatic.eu/ Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko, President of Belarus By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell sharply criticized Sunday’s presidential elections in Belarus for the “disproportionate and unacceptable state violence against peaceful protesters”. According to a preliminary
Stock photo / Diplomatic relations between the European Union and Venezuela have been strained recently. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has reversed its recent decision ordering the European Union’s ambassador to leave the country after Brussels slapped
Venezuela president Nicolas Maduro By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday ordered the European Union’s ambassador to leave the country in 72 hours after Brussels slapped sanctions against 11 officials of the Maduro regime. Isabel Brilhante Pedrosa, the EU
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The European Union condemned Iran’s execution by hanging of a juvenile offender. Shayan Saeedpour was executed in Iran Tuesday morning after being sentenced to death in October 2018 in connection with a fatal stabbing. He was 17 years old
Credit: /eeas.europa.eu / European Union High Representative Federica Mogherini DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF European Union foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini said Monday that EU member states continued “to fully support the nuclear deal with Iran.” Mogherini also met privately with U.S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo,
Credit: UN / DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF The United Nations and the European Union (EU) have signed a joint framework aimed at strengthening partnership in counter-terrorism efforts. The UN Office of Counter-Terrorism said in a statement that the framework was enacted on the occasion of the