Source link Russia’s share of Türkiye’s energy imports neared 60% in 2023, according to Hurriyet Russia maintained its position as the top oil and gas supplier to Türkiye in 2023, the Hurriyet newspaper reported on Saturday, citing data from Ankara’s Energy Market Regulatory Authority. In October, the share of Russian gas in Türkiye’s imports reportedly […]
Source link A once popular 24/7 news program lost viewers as it painted “too rosy a picture” of the conflict with Russia, the paper reports Ukrainian viewers are turning away from Telemarathon United News because, many have said, its round-the-clock program, set up as single source of televised information about the conflict with Russia, has […]
Source link London is scrambling to replace Rear Admiral Simon Asquith, the navy’s director of submarines The UK Royal Navy has been forced to post job ads on LinkedIn as it seeks to hire a new rear admiral to preside over the country’s submarine fleet, a move dubbed “unprecedented” and “shameful” by British military sources. […]
Source link Russia’s envoy to Eritrea has welcomed a ship loaded with humanitarian food in the port of Massawa A bulk carrier named Lugano – delivering 25,000 tons of free grain to Eritrea – was received in the port of Massawa by Russia’s ambassador to the African Horn’s country, Igor Mozgo, on Thursday. Mozgo told […]
Source link Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has characterized Russia as his country’s “main partner and ally,” adding that bilateral relations are “at a very high level.” In a Wednesday interview with the country’s Egemen Qazaqstan newspaper, the leader also said that close ties between the two neighbors are crucial for “ensuring regional stability and international […]
Source link Washington has denied any involvement in the bombing and said there is no indication that Israel played a role The US State Department has insisted that Washington played no role in the terrorist bombings that killed nearly 100 people in Iran on Wednesday or in the drone strike that took out a Hamas […]
Source link The group has welcomed five new members, with further expansion expected later this year Saudi Arabia on Tuesday officially announced that it has joined the BRICS+ group, with the news carried by state TV. Riyadh has been in negotiations on its accession to the group for months, with Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin […]
Source link Citing international law, Türkiye said it will block the vessels from entering the Black Sea The Turkish government said on Tuesday that it will not allow minesweeping vessels that the UK donated to Ukraine to enter the Black Sea. Ankara, which controls the straits linking the Black Sea with the Mediterranean, shut down […]
Source link The development comes amid a US-led operation against Yemen’s Houthi militants, who have been attacking commercial ships recently Iran’s Alborz destroyer crossed the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and entered the Red Sea on Monday, the country’s state-run IRNA and Tasnim news agencies have reported. The deployment followed a deadly encounter between US warships and Yemen’s […]
Source link The checks at Bulgaria’s Neftohim coincided with the entry into force of a ban on Russian oil on January 1 Bulgarian officials on Monday raided the Neftohim oil refinery and 50 crude warehouses, according to an announcement on the country’s customs service website. The raids coincided with the start of a ban on […]
Source link The amendment to Estonia’s Family Law, passed in June, took effect at the start of 2024 Estonia became the first former Soviet republic to legalize gay marriage on Monday, opening marriage applications to same-sex couples with the new year. Applications are expected to take between one and six months to process, with the […]
Source link Exports from Latvia have reportedly surpassed those from the world’s biggest producer, Italy Latvia has emerged as Russia’s largest supplier of sparkling wine in the first nine months of 2023, RIA Novosti reported on Sunday, citing international trade statistics. According to the report, in January to September last year, the Baltic country exported […]
Source link Norwegian police officers will be temporarily armed during New Year’s weekend due to an unspecified “threat” to “Jewish and Israeli targets,” as well as Christian churches, the country’s law enforcement agency announced on Sunday. Citing a threat assessment by Norway’s Police Security Service, the country’s national police force said that “the threat to […]
Source link The government of Belarus has decided to pay for a new potato storage facility from the space exploration fund, according to a decree made public on Thursday. The National Academy of Sciences in Minsk has been notified that approximately $670,000 in funds for a planetary survey network has been reassigned to the agricultural […]
Source link Benin has lifted sanctions imposed at the behest of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) that had prevented imported goods from transiting through the autonomous port of Cotonou (PAC) to landlocked Niger. The measure was taken following the ouster of Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum in a recent coup. Bart Johan Van […]