Mogherini: “If confirmed, DPRK’s action would represent a grave violation of the DPRK’s international obligations not to produce or test nuclear weapons, as determined by several United Nations Security Council Resolutions, and a threat to the peace and security of the entire North East Asia region.”
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With the European Union threatened by waves of immigration and economic turbulence, the Dutch have a key role to play in maintaining the fundamental balance and structure of the EU. – Stratfor Global Intelligence
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Europe is currently confronted with major political, financial and social challenges that will put EU leaders under pressure, according to the “2016, Annual Forecast” by Stratfor Global Intelligence.
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EU :”To avoid further escalation of violence, all political leaders need to call for an immediate ceasefire and to return urgently to the Kurdish Peace Process.”
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Persecution, conflict and poverty have driven a staggering one million people to seek safety in Europe in 2015, according to estimates by the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR and the International Organization for Migration, IOM.
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EIB President Werner Hoyer, following a meeting with Greek state officials, introduced Nicholas Jennett, the Head of the EIB’s newly established Investment Team for Greece, who from early next year will be resident in Athens.
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The Greek candidate cities are Corfu, Delphi, Eleusis, Ioannina, Kalamata, Larissa, Lesvos, Messolonghi, Piraeus, Rhodes, Salamina, Samos, Tripolis and Volos.
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EU has adopted three final visa liberalisation reports for Georgia, Ukraine, and Kosovo. All the reports reflect the individual and merit-based assessment that the Commission has done on the visa liberalisation process in the three countries concerned.
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European Council agreed to speed up actions on the operation of hotspots, the implementation of the relocation decisions and returns, the control of the EU’s external borders and cooperation with countries of origin and transit.
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Xydakis highlighted Greece’s longstanding support for proposals that enhance border protection, adding that the new force, when it is created, must act with the consent of the interested state.
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