Tag: Algeria

  • EU, representatives, agree on limits for methane emissions from gas imports

    EU, representatives, agree on limits for methane emissions from gas imports

    BRUSSELS, Belgium: To pressure international suppliers to reduce leakage of the potent greenhouse gas, the European Union (EU) on Wednesday reached agreement on a law to impose limits on methane emissions on Europe’s oil and gas imports from 2030. After carbon dioxide, methane is the second leading cause of climate change and has a much…

  • EU state raises Islamist terror threat level

    EU state raises Islamist terror threat level

    Sweden is now seen as a “priority target” by some religious extremists, the country’s security chief has said Sweden’s national security agency has raised its terror alert to the second highest level after a string of Quran-burning incidents in the country sparked anger across the Muslim world. Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, Charlotte…

  • Heat, wildfires threaten southern Europe’s vital tourism sector

    Heat, wildfires threaten southern Europe’s vital tourism sector

    ATHENS, Greece: The Greek island of Rhodes, which is known for its beaches and ancient sites, is still recovering after 11 days of devastating wildfires in July. Following thousands of people being evacuated during the height of the travel season, Rhodes is now reflecting on how the crisis will affect its vital tourism sector, which…

  • Heat, Wildfires Put Southern Europe’s Vital Tourism Earnings at Risk

    Heat, Wildfires Put Southern Europe’s Vital Tourism Earnings at Risk

    RHODES, GREECE – Tourists at a seaside hotel on the Greek island of Rhodes snatched up pails of pool water and damp towels as flames approached, rushing to help staffers and locals extinguish one of the wildfires threatening Mediterranean locales during recent heat waves. The quick team effort meant that ‘by the time the fire…

  • Activist torches another Quran in Sweden

    Activist torches another Quran in Sweden

    The demonstration drew a handful of counter-protesters, who urged for an end to the holy book-burning A woman set fire to a copy of the Quran during a police-approved protest held near the Swedish capital, TASS has reported. The move follows several similar actions in recent weeks, which have triggered outrage across the Muslim world…

  • Swedish PM brands burning of Quran ‘destructive’

    Swedish PM brands burning of Quran ‘destructive’

    The stunts have made Sweden a priority target for terrorist attacks, Ulf Kristersson says The burning of the Quran by anti-Islam activists is a destructive act that harms Sweden’s national security, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Thursday. Writing on Facebook, Kristersson urged the public to understand that the situation is “very serious.” “The most…

  • Swedish PM brands burning of Quran destructive

    Swedish PM brands burning of Quran destructive

    The stunts have made Sweden a priority target for terrorist attacks, Ulf Kristersson says The burning of the Quran by anti-Islam activists is a destructive act that harms Sweden’s national security, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Thursday. Writing on Facebook, Kristersson urged the public to understand that the situation is “very serious.” “The most…

  • Sweden blames Moscow for outrage over Quran-burning stunts

    Sweden blames Moscow for outrage over Quran-burning stunts

    Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson claimed that Russia was slandering his country Sweden’s prime minister has accused Russia of using a “disinformation campaign” to tarnish Stockholm’s image abroad, alleging that Moscow has spread false claims about the recent Quran-burning incidents in the Swedish capital. Ulf Kristersson took to social media on Wednesday to declare that “states…

  • Outrage in the Muslim world over Koran burning in Europe

    Outrage in the Muslim world over Koran burning in Europe

    Even rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran were united in condemning the series of incidents in Sweden and Denmark Muslim-majority nations have angrily criticized the governments of Denmark and Sweden for repeatedly allowing the burning of the Koran during protests in their capitals. The latest incident, during which the Muslim holy book was trampled and destroyed,…

  • Muslim world outraged by Koran burning in Europe

    Muslim world outraged by Koran burning in Europe

    Even rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran were united in condemning the series of incidents in Sweden and Denmark Muslim-majority nations criticize the governments of Denmark and Sweden for repeatedly allowing Korans to be burned in their capitals. The latest incident took place in Copenhagen on Monday. Trkiye condemned the protest, which was staged by an…

  • Support for Ukraine largely limited to Europe, the US and allies

    Support for Ukraine largely limited to Europe, the US and allies

    In October 2022, about eight months after the war in Ukraine started, the University of Cambridge in the UK harmonized surveys conducted in 137 countries on their attitudes to the West and to Russia and China. The results in the studywhile not free from margin of error, are robust enough to be taken seriously. These…

  • Number of non-EU nationals asked to leave Italy rises by over 2,000% in Q2

    Number of non-EU nationals asked to leave Italy rises by over 2,000% in Q2

    BRUSSELS, Belgium: The European Union’s statistics office, Eurostat, said the number of non-EU nationals ordered to leave Italy rose by more than 2,000 percent from April to June, compared with January to March. Eurostat added that in the second quarter Italy ordered 6,020 people to leave its territory, compared with 260 in the first quarter…

  • European leaders sign energy deal to reduce need for Russian gas

    European leaders sign energy deal to reduce need for Russian gas

    ROME, Italy: This week, the leaders of Italy, France and the EU signed agreements with their counterparts in Algeria, Azerbaijan and the United Arab Emirates to buy natural gas, due to fears of a disruption in Russian supplies. Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi visited Algeria’s capital, Algiers, where President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said a $4 billion…

  • Xinhua Middle East News Summary at 2200 GMT, July 18

    ANKARA – Turkey will suspend Finland’s and Sweden’s accession process to NATO if they do not keep their promises to fight terrorism, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday. “I would like to remind you that we will freeze the process if they do not take the necessary measures to meet our conditions,” Erdogan…

  • EU leaders decide to talk to Putin is a waste of time

    EU leaders decide to talk to Putin is a waste of time

    Italian Prime Minister says it is likely pointless to try to negotiate with the Russian leader to end the conflict in Ukraine Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi has apparently almost given up on negotiating a solution to the Ukraine crisis, saying he suspects it is a “waste of time” to negotiate with Russian President Vladimir…

  • According to the UN, 2021 was one of the seven warmest years

    According to the UN, 2021 was one of the seven warmest years

    Global warming and other long-term climate change trends are expected to continue as a result of the record number of greenhouse gases that capture global warming, WMO said in a press release on Wednesday. Although the La Nina events of 2020-2022 temporarily cooled global average temperatures, WMO said. The average global temperature in 2021 was…

  • Italy may have been the hottest day in Europe on record

    Italy may have been the hottest day in Europe on record

    The Sicilian authorities confirmed the Italian record, but the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has to formally confirm it, CNN reports. “At the moment, there is no reason to annul it, but if possible, we will make an ex-post evaluation of the accuracy of the measure,” said Sicily’s official weather station operator, the Sicilian Agometeorological Information…

  • Power outage interrupts case of woman joining Islamists

    The woman is accused of having joined the Islamic State organization in Syria and in doing so violated several provisions of the criminal law section on terrorism-related crimes. The woman denies guilt, and in court she does not appear in a way that would match a stereotypical notion of an Islamist. She is wearing a…

  • The provocateur who will not let himself be kidnapped

    The provocateur who will not let himself be kidnapped

    The day will probably be etched in Lars Vilks’ memory forever, but it has not made him stop his work as an artist. He turns 75 on June 20. The attack on Krudttønden is probably the episode that most Danes want to associate his name with, but even before that Lars Vilks was a well-known…

  • Today, Sweden’s hunt for an Olympic venue begins

    Today, Sweden’s hunt for an Olympic venue begins

    Silver in the World Cup a little over a month ago and now the national handball team is faced with a perhaps even tougher task in the Olympic qualifiers. Matches against in turn Germany, Algeria and Slovenia in a tournament in Berlin where the two best qualify for the Olympics in Tokyo. “It is a…

  • You do not screw up with the Sahara: how Denmark has been caught in the crossfire by a grudge of six decades

    You do not screw up with the Sahara: how Denmark has been caught in the crossfire by a grudge of six decades

    “The Sahara is an uncompromising desert, the world in its extreme direction. There is no place like dry and hot and hostile, ”wrote the author William Langewiesche, and perhaps France might have followed his warning if he had written it earlier than 1997. To ironic irony, a cloud of Sahara radioactive dust has recently left…

  • Record number of migrants to the Canary Islands

    Record number of migrants to the Canary Islands

    Over forty boats with around 2,000 African migrants have arrived in the Canary Islands over the weekend in just 48 hours. This is more than ever so far in such a short time and the authorities are worried about how they will be able to handle the situation, reports our migration correspondent Alice Petrén from…

  • The EU proposes new migration agreements with North Africa

    The EU proposes new migration agreements with North Africa

    There are several signals that the EU wants to reach new agreements with countries in North Africa to deal with the influx of refugees and migrants. On 30 September, EU Commissioner Ylva Johansson will present her proposal for a new migration policy for Europe. But already now several are talking about agreements with external countries…

  • Manchester City’s Mahrez and Laporte test positive for COVID-19

    LONDON – September 7 (Xinhua) – Manchester City players Riyad Mahrez and Aymeric Laporte have been tested positive for COVID-19, the English Premier League club confirmed on Monday. “Both players are currently observing a period of self-isolation in accordance with the Premier League and the UK government quarantine protocol. Nor does it show the symptoms…