(Wikipedia) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES The European Network of Transmission System Operators for electricity (ENTSO-E) announced Tuesday it has increased electricity export capacity to Ukraine and Moldova from neighbouring EU countries for this winter. Ukraine and Moldova will now be able to import
By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte confirmed Monday that North Korea has dispatched troops to Russia to help Moscow in its war with Ukraine. Rutte, speaking at a press briefing in Brussels, said North Korean military units have been deployed
Dennis Francis, President of the seventy-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly, addresses the first plenary meeting of the seventy-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly Sept. 05, 2023. (UN Photo/Manuel Elías) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW
Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation (Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES The International Criminal Court Friday issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin, accusing him of committing war crimes in Ukraine. Amnesty International said the ICC arrest
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III addresses media during press conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Feb. 15, 2023. While in Europe, Austin hosted the ninth Ukraine Defense Contact Group in Belgium. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES
Boris Pistorius, an interior minister of Lower Saxony State, is Germany’s new defense minister (Credit: Olaf Kosinsky, Wikipedia) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday appointed Boris Pistorius, an interior minister, as the country’s new defense boss. Pistorius will replace
Christine Lambrecht ,Minister of Defence, Germany, gives opening remarks at meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence – Brussels, Belgium Oct. 13, 2022 (Credit: NATO.int) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES Germany’s Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht has resigned amid dwindling confidence in her abilities
A UN-chartered ship loaded with 23,000 tonnes of Ukrainian wheat destined for millions of hungry people in Ethiopia docked in neighbouring Djibouti Aug. 30, 2022. (Credit WFP) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The first maritime shipment of