Source link All civilians in Lithuania may join military reserve units, the country’s Defense Ministry has announced Lithuania is establishing permanent military training centers that will operate nationwide to prepare personnel to serve in the rear during war, Defense Minister Laurynas Kasciunas told reporters on Friday. A total of 27 command headquarters that are due […]
Source link The Irish government spent up to €1 million a month to house pets owned by refugees, the Irish Mirror has revealed Irish taxpayers footed the bill for accommodating nearly 2,000 pets owned by Ukrainian refugees, including some they acquired after arriving in the country, according to local media. The money was allocated by […]
Source link The EU and US are strangling the Balkan country because they believe it’s too similar to Russia Modern international politics, as practiced by Western countries, sometimes take on a completely absurd character. Recently, the Political Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) approved the membership of the self-proclaimed Republic […]
Source link At least 18 people have died and thousands displaced in the wake of tropical cyclone Gamane that hit Madagascar this week, Reuters reported on Friday. According to a report of the National Bureau of Risk and Disaster Management (BNGRC), hundreds of people lost their homes after a cyclone hit on Wednesday and Thursday. […]
Source link Customers who withdrew more than they own during a weekend system flaw will face prosecution, Ethiopia’s commercial bank has warned A banking system glitch in Ethiopia over the weekend allowed customers to withdraw more than they had in their accounts, with the East African nation’s largest bank reportedly scrambling to recover more than […]
Source link Morocco has requested over 600 missiles thought to be in short supply due to the Ukraine conflict The US has given a green light to the possible sale of Javelin anti-tank missiles valued at $260 million to Morocco, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. Washington has previously struggled to replenish its supply of the […]
Source link At least 50 people have died in Angola after being coerced into drinking a herbal potion to prove they were not practitioners of witchcraft, police reported on Thursday. The deaths occurred in the past two months near the town of Camacupa, local councilor Luzia Filemone told national radio, claiming that traditional healers had […]
Source link Burundi has launched operations at a medical laboratory fully outfitted with Russian equipment, Moscow’s ambassador to Burundi, Valery Mikhailov, told TASS on Wednesday. According to Mikhailov, Moscow has supplied laboratory reagents that can be used to treat various forms of hemorrhagic fever, leptospirosis, and other dangerous infectious diseases. “In February, a laboratory fully […]
Source link Finland has joined Estonia and Lithuania in enforcing the bloc’s punitive measures against vehicles from Russia Cars with Russian license plates must leave Finland no later than March 15, otherwise they will be seized, Finnish customs warned on Tuesday. The measure is mandated by EU sanctions against Russia, as well as a policy […]
Source link The former UK PM met with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the newspaper has claimed Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson secretly flew to Venezuela last month to conduct unofficial talks with the leader of the South American nation, Nicolas Maduro, the Sunday Times has reported. The meeting came amid allegations from Ukraine’s Western […]
Source link Vehicles with Russian plates must have left Lithuania by a designated date, the Baltic nation’s customs service has said Owners of Russia-registered vehicles in Lithuania will either be fined or have their cars seized under a new regulation that came into force on Monday. According to Lithuanian Customsowners must either re-register and get […]
Source link The average Briton is less happy than someone from Yemen or Ukraine, a new survey has found The UK has been named the second-most unhappy country in the world in a survey conducted by Sapien Labs, a neuroscience foundation. According to the survey, Britons’ mental health has plunged since the coronavirus pandemic, with […]
Source link Bulgaria has prematurely waived its exemption from a EU embargo which allowed it to buy crude until the end of 2024 Bulgaria stopped imports of Russian oil from March 1, prematurely discarding its exemption from an EU ban, news outlet Novinite reported on Friday. The Balkan country’s move to completely abandon deliveries of […]
Source link Cuba has appealed to the World Food Programme (WFP) for help with providing milk to children on the island, for the first time in its history, the UN body has acknowledged. Havana has admitted to milk shortages for weeks, but has not made the request to the WFP public. The agency confirmed it […]
Source link As a child of the Cold War, action movie star Steven Seagal told RT that he was taught to fear Russia, but that visiting his grandparents’ homeland made him realize that it was home to some of the “deepest and most beautiful culture on Earth.” Born in Michigan at the dawn of the […]