Bulgarian army destroys drone that landed in Black Sea resort on 19/09/23
A Bulgarian army bomb disposal team on Monday (18 September) destroyed in a controlled explosion a drone that landed on Sunday evening in the Black Sea town of Tyulenovo, the defence ministry said in a statement. US-bound plane leaves Doha with five Americans freed by Iran on 19/09/23
A US-bound plane carrying five Americans freed by Iran left Doha on 18 September as part of a prisoner swap for five Iranians held in the US and the transfer of $6 billion, marking a rare deal between the long-time antagonists. France is EU’s first importer of ‘Russian nuclear products’: study on 19/09/23
France will have more than tripled its imports of Russian industrial nuclear products between 2021 and 2022, making it he EU's leading importer of such products, according to a study by Polish think tank Forum Energii, which raises questions about the EU's ability to weaning itself from Russian resources. Ukraine says punctured Russian defence lines as Zelenskyy arrives in New York on 19/09/23
Kyiv said Monday (18 September) its forces had broken through Russia's defensive lines near the war-battered town of Bakhmut in the slow-moving but high-stakes Ukrainian counteroffensive, ahead of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressing the UN General Assembly. EU voices solidarity with ‘hostage’ French envoy in Niger on 19/09/23
The European Union's top diplomat on Monday (18 September) voiced solidarity with France's ambassador to Niger, who has faced intense pressure after refusing expulsion orders from military leaders. Poland proposes ban on Russian diamonds, LPG in new sanctions package on 19/09/23
Poland proposed on Monday (18 September) that new European Union sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine should include a ban on Russian diamonds and Liquid Petroleum Gas and called for aligning sanctions against Belarus with those against Moscow. Germany, France make EU reform pitch ahead of enlargement talks on 19/09/23
A Franco-German expert report on how to best reform the EU to prepare it for the accession of future members is expected to be submitted to European affairs ministers on Tuesday (19 September). The report, prepared by a group of... EU foreign ministers expected to meet in Kyiv in October on 19/09/23
EU foreign affairs ministers will meet in Ukraine’s war-torn capital Kyiv ‘soon’, the bloc’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell announced on Monday (18 September). Earlier this year, the EU side had already once visited the war-torn country for a meeting, including... Ukraine files WTO lawsuit against Poland, Slovakia, Hungary over agri import ban on 18/09/23
Ukraine has filed lawsuits at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against Poland, Slovakia and Hungary following their decision to unilaterally impose a ban on Ukrainian agricultural goods. Georgia accuses Ukrainian official of plotting coup on 18/09/23
Georgia on Monday (19 September) accused a senior Ukrainian official of plotting to overthrow the Black Sea nation's government by organising mass unrest, in the latest episode of escalating tensions between the ex-Soviet countries.
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