Merkel pressures Putin to act on Poland-Belarus standoff / On Thursday, November 11, Germany's outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged Russian PresidentVladimir Putin to help resolve the ongoing migrant standoff between Poland and Belarus and addressed the security situation in Ukraine, press service of the Federal Government of Germanyreports.
How to deal with the migration crisis in Europe: The Pope made a statement / Pope Francis called for getting rid of prejudice and not treating migrants like strangers, but to providing them with all necessary assistance.
Poland blames Putin for instigating border crisis / On Tuesday, November 9, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin for orchestrating an attempt by more than a thousand migrants to storm the Polish-Belarusian border.
Saakashvili was immediately transferred from prison / On Monday, November 8, the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the National Reform Council under the President of Ukraine, former President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili, who is starving for the 39th day, was taken out of prison by helicopter.
Saakashvili's condition is critical: politician needs the help of the world community / Chairman of the Executive Committee of the National Reform Council under the President of Ukraine Mikheil Saakashvili addressed the Ukrainian Ombudsman Lyudmyla Denysova.
Belarus and the Russian Federation approved a joint military doctrine / On Thursday, November 4, at a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State, which Russian President Vladimir Putin and illegitimate Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko held online, a new joint military doctrine was approved, BelTA agency reports.
Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused Ukraine of 'discrimination' against Polish people / Deputy Foreign Minister of Poland Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk said that Poles in Ukraine are discriminated against in terms of religion, access to education in their native language, and freedom of speech.
The EU has updated the "green" list of countries / On Friday, October 29, review under the recommendation on the gradual lifting of the temporary restrictions on non-essential travel into the EU, the European Council updated the list of countries, special administrative regions, and other entities and territorial authorities for which travel restrictions should be lifted.
A large-scale fire broke out off the coast of Canada on a cargo ship carrying mining chemicals / On Saturday, October 23, a container fire that broke out Saturday on a cargo ship carrying mining chemicals off British Columbia is smoldering and appears to be under control, Canadian Coast Guard officials said on Sunday.
Russia is suspending its mission to NATO in response to staff expulsions / Russia is suspending the work of its permanent mission to the North Atlantic Alliance, as well as NATO structures in Moscow in response to the alliance's expulsion of eight Russians.
