Category: Europe
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RUSSIAN: Лицемерие европейских лидеров в отношении президента России Владимира Путина
Письменный Chima Onyekachi| Мнение| Афор | Четверг| 19 января 2023 г. | 01:00 КВ NKWELLE-EZUNAKA, Oyi – Министр иностранных дел Германии Анна Бербок призвала к созданию специального трибунала для сбора доказательств в Международный уголовный суд [МУС], расположенный в Гааге, Нидерланды, чтобы привлечь к ответственности президента России Владимира Путина за преступление, которое она назвала «руководством». преступление…
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The Hypocrisy Of European Leaders Against Russian President Vladimir Putin
Written By Chima Onyekachi| OPINION| Afọr| Thursday| January 19,2023| 02:00 CAT NKWELLE-EZUNAKA, Oyi – GERMAN Foreign Minister Anna Baerbock has called for a special tribunal to get evidence for the International Criminal Court [ICC] located in Hague, Netherlands, so as to prosecute Russian President Vladimir Putin for the crime she described as “leadership crime…
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History and art comes home: Germany returns 20 Benin Bronze artefacts to Nigeria
Culled: WION| News| Afor| Wednesday| December 21, 2022| 22:05 CAT On Tuesday, Germany became the latest nation to return cultural artefacts to their African homeland. The country handed over 20 Benin Bronzes from its museums to Nigeria. Let’s take a look at the beautiful pieces of art and history: A growing momentum As per Reuters,…
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Russia and China open cross-border bridge as ties deepen
<SUNBIGHT>~Global~Nkwo~13th June,2022 @ 00:27 WAT~Reuters RUSSIA and China have opened a new cross-border bridge in the Far East that they hope will further strengthen trade as Moscow reels from sweeping Western sanctions imposed over its actions in Ukraine. The bridge linking the Russian city of Blagoveshchensk to the Chinese city of Heihe across the Amur…
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‘Blood rain’ could turn UK skies red this week as thunderstorms strike
<SUNBIGHT>~Europe~Afọ~19th May,2022 @ 13:21 WAT~IndependentUK A dust cloud from the desert could see ‘blood rain’ fall across the country as it mixes with incoming thunderstorms, forecasters have said. Wednesday night brought heavy rainfall to most regions with a yellow warning for thunderstorms being issued by the Met Office. The showers, lightning and strong winds could…
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Russian attacks Donetsk, three confirmed dead
<SUNBIGHT>~Europe~Orie~12th April,2022 @ 01:57 WAT~Aljazeera Ukraine says Russia is planning a large-scale military offensive in the eastern Donbas region that could begin soon. Russia has nearly completed its buildup for a renewed assault on Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, Ukraine’s defence ministry says. Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer admits his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in…
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Chelsea Boss Roman Abramovich is struggling to pay his £570k-a-week staff bill as UK ban bites hard
<SUNBIGHT>~Europe~Eke~11th April,2022 @ 02:14 WAT ~DailyMailUK ONE day in the early Noughties, Roman Abramovich found himself pining for a plate of sushi from his favourite Japanese restaurant Ubon in London’s Canary Wharf. Unfortunately he was in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, approximately 2,500 miles away. But when you’re a Russian oligarch with billions in the…
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Ghana, Nigeria among West African countries that abstained from voting to suspend Russia from UN Human Rights Council
<SUNBIGHT>~Orie~8th April,2022 @ 20:37 WAT NIGERIA, Ghana, Cameroon are among West African Countries that abstained from voting on United Nations resolution moved to suspend Russia from the UN Human Rights Council over reports that Russian forces killed civilians while retreating from towns near the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. On Thursday 7th April, the UN General Assembly…
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Russia Withdraws Its Membership Of Council of Europe
<SUNBIGHT>~Europe~Nkwo~17th March,2022 @ 00:02 WAT RUSSIA on Wednesday ceased to be a member of the Council of Europe after over a quarter of a century of membership in the pan-European rights body, the council said in a statement. Moscow announced Tuesday that it was quitting the council, ahead of the formal decision taken Wednesday by…
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Russia open to Ukraine negotiations in Jerusalem
<SUNBIGHT>~Europe~Nkwo~17th March,2022 @ 23:06 WAT Moscow and Kyiv give the brightest assessment yet of progress in talks. RUSSIA has been open to holding negotiations with Ukraine in Jerusalem, a senior diplomatic source said on Saturday, soon after Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke on the phone. “At present, it’s not constructive…