Egypt to hold presidential elections in December 2023

 


Sept 27, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

 Cairo.

Egyptians will cast their votes in the 2024 Presidential Elections on December 10, 11, and 12, 2023 domestically, while eligible voters living abroad will vote on December 1, 2, and 3, 2023, announced Head of the Egyptian National Election Authority (NEA) Walid Hamza in a press conference on Monday.

Nagorno Karabakh: 68 people confirmed dead in fuel depot explosion, 105 missing – Artsakh Ombudsman

 


Sept 27, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

 

Sixty-eight people have been confirmed dead as a result of the fuel depot blast near Stepanakert, Artsakh’s Human Rights Defender informs. Only 21 bodies have been identified.

Oil & Gas Reserves Discovered in Libya’s Ghadamis Basin

 


Sept 26, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

 

Libya’s Supreme Council for Energy Affairs has called on the state-owned National Oil Corporation (NOC) to expedite negotiations with international companies, to begin investments in the Ghadamis Basin.

Erdogan: Turkey will back Sweden's NATO bid if US keeps promise on F-16 sale

 


Türkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, US, September 19, 2023. (Reuters)

Sept 26, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

Turkey’s parliament will keep its promise to ratify Sweden's NATO bid if US President Joe Biden's administration paves the way for F-16 jet sales to Ankara, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday, according to Turkish media.

The five Bulgarians charged in the UK with spying for Russia remain in custody

 


Sept 26, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

 

A court in the UK on September 26 formally charged five Bulgarian citizens with espionage. Orlin Rusev, Biser Dzhambazov, Katrin Ivanova, Vanya Gaberova and Ivan Stoyanov did not appear in court in person.

Thousands of Armenians flee Nagorno Karabakh

 


Sept 25, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

Armenian government says at least 6,650 people from Nagorno-Karabakh cross into Armenia, amid reports of heavily congested roads

Egypt Rejects Any Initiative “By passing” Libya’s Parliament

 


Antonio Tajani(r) and Sameh Shoukry 

Sept 25, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

Cairo.

On Sunday, Egypt’s Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry announced that Egypt “firmly opposes any attempts to undermine the role of the Libyan Parliament.”

Saudi Arabia Calls for Withdrawal of Foreign Forces from Libya

 


Sept 25, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

 

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah, called for the complete and immediate withdrawal of all foreign forces, fighters, and mercenaries from Libya.