In 2014 the Russian Delegation of the Council of Europe had its’ voting rights stripped along with being banned from participating ruling bodies or monitoring missions. Obviously this sets up for a tense situation between Russia and the rest of the council, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine their rights got stripped- however Russia was contributing about 33 million Euro… Read more »
The Russian Upper House speaker says the country’s authorities are preparing to quit the Council of Europe as Russian politicians are “tired” of constant reprisals from the body. Russian Upper House speaker Valentina Matviyenko made the announcement at a Thursday meeting with the president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Liliane Maury Pasquier, adding that she… Read more »
Donald Trump suggested building a wall across the Sahara desert to solve Europe’s migration crisis, a Spanish politician has claimed. The US president made the suggestion to Spain’s foreign affairs minister Josep Borrell, according to Spanish media reports. The conversation between the two politicians is believed to have taken place when Mr Borrell visited the States with the king and… Read more »
The German government has approved the delivery of controversial weapons systems to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan, despite a January ban on arms sales to countries embroiled in the bloody conflict in Yemen, a German lawmaker confirmed to CNN on Thursday. Earlier this week, Germany’s economy minister Peter Altmair wrote a letter to parliament members that outlined… Read more »
A report on sexual abuse inside the Catholic Church in Germany says 3,677 people were abused by clergy between 1946 and 2014, two leading German media outlets said Wednesday. Spiegel Online and Die Zeit said the report they obtained – commissioned by the German Bishops Conference and researched by three universities – concludes that more than half of the victims… Read more »