Alexei
Navalny, the fiercest foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin who crusaded
against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests, died in
prison Friday, Russia’s prison agency said. He was 47.
In a joint
press conference between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Egyptian
President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, both leaders stressed the importance of
coordination and cooperation between their countries to support efforts aimed
at achieving stability in Libya.
Athens.
Greece’s
parliament is to vote Thursday to legalize same-sex civil marriage in a first
for an Orthodox Christian country and despite opposition from the influential
Greek Church.
Tirana.
U.S.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Albania on Thursday to reaffirm
relations with a key partner in the Balkans and an ally in supporting Ukraine’s
fight against Russia’s full-scale invasion.
Paris.
French President Emmanuel Macron will sign a
bilateral security agreement with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on
Friday in Paris as part of a trip that will also go through Germany, the French
presidency said in a statement.
Serbia
should not be conditioned with its accession in the European Union on the issue
of Pristina, said Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary, Péter Szijjártó
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Sofia.
Bulgaria is
among the 18 Nato countries that meet the criterion of allocating 2 per cent of
GDP to defence, Defence Minister Todor Tagarev said on February 15 in Brussels,
where he is participating on a meeting of the alliance’s defence ministers.
The American Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has arrived in Tirana. The
plane in which Blinken was traveling landed at the “Mother Teresa” airport at
around 11:12.