MIL-OSI Mediterranean: Alt. Minister of Foreign Affairs G. Katrougalos’ interview on “Russia Today” with journalist S. Shevardnadze (Moscow, 7 December 2018)
Source: Republic of Greece – Foreign Affairs JOURNALIST: George Katrougalos, thank you for being with us today on our programme. It’s a pleasure. Welcome to Moscow. G. KATROUGALOS: The pleasure is mine. JOURNALIST: Lots to talk about. Prime Minister Tsipras and President Putin are set to discuss the TurkStream natural gas pipeline project, which has […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Africa: President Ghani: despite immense pushback, we are determined to tackle…
Source: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan – Report: Arg—President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said on Monday that Afghan government is firm to uproot corruption, and reiterated commitments regarding anti-corruption agenda made in Geneva Conference while observing International Anti-Corruption Day. President Ghani said, despite persistence of the corrupt and immense pushback, the government is making inroads in eradicating […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Nations: Humanitarian assistance continues to prevent a massive human catastrophe in Yemen but it is not enough
Source: World Food Programme UN agencies warn that an urgent scale up of humanitarian assistance is needed to save lives As many as 20 million Yemenis are food insecure in the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Already, 15.9 million people wake up hungry, according to the latest Integrated food security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis (http://www.ipcinfo.org/fileadmin/user_upload/ipcinfo/docs/1_IPC_Yemen_AF…), which […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Mediterranean: Interview of the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexis Tsipras to the ITAR TASS News Agency with journalist Mikhail Gusman
Source: Republic of Greece – Foreign Affairs JOURNALIST: Prime Minister, I am happy to meet with you again! It is now 10:00 o’clock in the evening, and you are still working. I understand that this is a difficult day, and we are meeting a few hours before your visit to Moscow. This is not the […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Mediterranean: Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs Giorgos Katrougalos’ interview for the newspaper “IZVESTIA” with journalist Ekaterina Postnikova
Source: Republic of Greece – Foreign Affairs JOURNALIST: You are visiting Moscow in order to attend the Russian-Greek Intergovernmental Committee. The agenda mainly consisted of economic issues. What is your assessment of the results of these meetings? G. KATROUGALOS: Our discussion focused not only on the economy but also on other directions of Greek-Russian relations. […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: Remarks by President Trump and Vice President Pence at a Hanukkah Celebration | The White House
Source: United States White House East Room 4:30 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you very much. How are you? (Applause.) You know our great Vice President and Karen Pence, two spectacular people. And they wanted to be here with us and I wanted to have them. Thank you all for coming to the White […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Europe: Report – Blockchain: a forward-looking trade policy – A8-0407/2018 – Committee on International Trade
Source: European Parliament Blockchain: a forward-looking trade policy (2018/2085(INI)) The European Parliament, – having regard to Articles 207(3) and 218 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), – having regard to the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), – having regard to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Information Technology Agreement (ITA), – having regard […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: House Members Commemorate One-Year Anniversary of President Donald Trump’s Official Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Andy Biggs (AZ-05) WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Andy Biggs and 42 cosponsors introduced a resolution to commemorate the one-year anniversary of President Donald Trump’s official recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel and the announcement of his intention to relocate the American […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Canada: Canada assumes command of multinational naval task force
Source: Government of Canada 2 December 6, 2016 – Ottawa – National Defence/Canadian Armed Forces Commodore Darren Garnier of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) officially assumed command of Combined Task Force 150 (CTF 150) today during a change of command ceremony held at Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) Headquarters in Manama, Bahrain. Commodore Garnier assumed command […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Speech: Michael Ellis’ Speech at Heritage Day 2018
Source: UK Government Thank you Loyd for your kind introduction. I am delighted to be here this morning to celebrate and discuss with all of you our shared commitment to our heritage and historic environment. But before that, I would like to say a few words about Loyd’s imminent departure as Chairman of the Heritage […]
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