BELGIUM – The European Union leaders’ plan to use frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine war effort failed, and instead settled on a €90 billion ($105 billion) EU borrowing package to cover Kyiv’s financing needs for the next two years. Speaking after a European Council meeting, Ursula von der Leyen said member states had agreed to […]
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Ursula von der Leyen Survives No-Confidence Vote
FRANCE – The EU Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday survived a no-confidence vote in the European Parliament despite of a unified front by far-right and far-left lawmakers. During the plenary sitting in Strasbourg, neither motion reached the two-thirds majority required to pass, or the minimum 361 votes in favor. The far-right motion […]
No Evidence of GPS Interference on Ursula von der Leyen’s Plane; Bulgaria
BULGARIA – Bulgaria have dismissed claims by the EU Commission that Russia jammed the GPS signal of Ursula von der Leyen’s plane on Sunday, saying that there’s no evidence of any GPS interference. The Commission had earlier claimed that it had “received information from the Bulgarian authorities that they suspect that this apparent interference was […]
Russia’s Involvement in GPS Jamming of Ursula von der Leyen’s Plane Preposterous; Moscow
RUSSIA – The western media reported that a plane carrying EU’s president Ursula von der Leyen was hit by a GPS jamming in what was publicized as a Russian attack on Sunday even without solid proof to back the claims. The Russian Foreign Ministry on Thursday responded saying that these claims were false and a […]