First Independent Mena Newspaper
Palestine’s desire of statehood has received another boost after the newly appointed EU Foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, stated that it was time to establish a Palestinian state and not just stopping at recognizing it. Mogherini is preparing to visit the region by the weekend and has stressed that it was time to “move forward” […]
Ankara and Berlin could be entangled in diplomatic crisis after reports that the German intelligence agency, Bundesrichtendienst (BND), has been spying on Turkey since 2009. The Turkish government reacted to the reports by summoning the German Ambassador for explanations. The spying allegations are expected to affect the relationship between the two governments. Almost 3million Turks […]
Israel will be associated to Horizon 2020, the new EU research and innovation program, under an agreement signed on Sunday in the presence of visiting European Commission’s President José Manuel Barroso and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The agreement will boost cooperation between Israeli and EU researchers and innovators and will enable hi-tech companies and […]
Iran has claimed that positive results have been gained from their discussions with the EU’s diplomatic Chief Catherine Ashton. Iran’s nuclear program has always been suspicious under the eyes of some regional countries and the West. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Tehran is “determined to find a solution that respects the rights of the […]
Libya has begun to send warnings to its Mediterranean neighbors and European countries at large that they will have to collaborate in efforts to stop the influx of would-be migrants hoping to reach Europe with boats. Interim Interior Minster Salah Mazek told a news conference that Libya has already had “paid the price” of the […]
British Prime Minister, David Cameron, has ordered Whitehall officials, drawing on assessments by MI5 and MI6, to conduct a review into party’s alleged links to extremism in light of the mounting speculations that the group could be banned in the United Kingdom. A Downing Street source confirmed that the investigation would examine claims that the […]
On one side is the world’s most prominent political and military alliance, on the other a Russia actively looking beyond its borders into a Europe that has been a close partner for several years. However this is not the Cold War. At its fall the Soviet Union was struggling to compete in an arms race […]
The Barcelona-based Union for the Mediterranean officially launched last week an employability-skills training program labelled “Skills for Success: Employability Skills for Women” aimed to provide economically disadvantaged girls and young women who have completed secondary school (aged 15-20) with specific knowledge, skills and tools to enter the job market. The program includes training in English […]
The infamous Dutch right-wing leader of anti-Islam PVV party, Geert Wilders, faced an unprecedented storm of protest on Thursday (March 20) after he told supporters he would make sure there were “fewer Moroccans” in the Netherlands. The day following Wilders’ pledge to his chanting supporters that he would arrange for there to be fewer Moroccans […]
About 500 people stormed Spain’s North African enclave of Melilla on Tuesday (18 March), which is the largest number to force their way across the border in almost a decade as increasing naval patrols discourage entry into the territory by sea. Spain has two enclaves in Morocco – Melilla and Ceuta – and migrants mainly […]