Exactly ten years ago, flight 771 of Afriqiyah Airways crashed near the airport of the Libyan capital Tripoli. The disaster killed 103 people, 70 of whom were Dutch. Only the then nine-year-old Ruben from Tilburg survived. A retrospective view. May 12, 2010. The eight-month-old Airbus A330-202, with 93 passengers and 11 crew on board, heads … Read more
The Russian Foreign Ministry today, April 27, has denied publications in the Arab media about the death of April 10 Wagner PMC mercenaries fighting on the side of the Libyan National Army (LNA), led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar. According to Arab media, during the fighting in the area of the city of Salah ad-Din, … Read more
Rita Neves Costa Yesterday at 9:13 pm– Three thousand camels were evacuated this Wednesday night from the port of Tripoli, Libya, after a bombing attack that occurred in the vicinity. Evacuation images are circulating on social media. Thousands of camels circulating on the street are a strange and unprecedented image. Even in Libya. Three thousand … Read more
WORLD ON SUNDAY: The coalition between the conservative ÖVP and the Greens is unique at federal level in the history of the EU and is considered outside of Austria as a test laboratory. Can it be a model for Europe? Sebastian Kurz: The political systems in Europe are so different that I would be careful … Read more
refugees “Open Arms” Italy has rescue ship moored with 363 migrants – – Status: 9:20 a.m. | Reading time: 2 minutes – – – Malta had previously prevented the rescue ship from entering a safe harbor Credit: pa / NurPhoto / Gabriele Maricchiolo – – Several hundred migrants disembarked in Sicily from a ship operated … Read more
foreign countries Visit to Turkey “I think we misunderstand each other,” Merkel says to Erdogan – – As of: 6:01 p.m. | Reading time: 3 minutes Chancellor Merkel on a difficult mission at Erdogan – – It will be a difficult but very important conversation. Chancellor Merkel visits Turkey today and meets with President Erdogan. … Read more
Germany Integration Minister NRW Dead are “provoked” – stamp against preferential treatment of boat refugees – – As of: 3:45 p.m. | Reading time: 4 minutes “We’ll have to talk about ‘Sophia’ again anyway” – – Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas believes it is necessary to rethink the “Sophia” EU rescue mission in the Mediterranean. … Read more
Germany Integration Minister NRW Dead are “provoked” – stamp against preferential treatment of boat refugees – – Status: 11:50 a.m. | Reading time: 4 minutes “We’ll have to talk about ‘Sophia’ again anyway” – – Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas believes it is necessary to rethink the “Sophia” EU rescue mission in the Mediterranean. The … Read more
Did the Libya conference make a breakthrough? Foreign Minister Maas is confident: “We have never been this far in recent years.” Others warn: Putin and Erdogan have no interest in peace at all. The guests Heiko Maas (SPD), Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Sevim Dagdelen (Die Linke), member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the … Read more
Dhe federal government has shown ambition and shown courage – the Libya conference could also have been a flop. For a long time it was not clear who would participate. But finally everyone came: Putin and Erdogan, who see themselves as new powers in the Middle East. And the heads of state and government of … Read more