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Zelensky meets German opposition leader, Israeli president at Davos forum

President Volodymyr Zelensky separately met with German opposition leader Friedrich Merz and Israeli President Isaac Herzog on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Jan. 22. Talks between Zelensky and Merz focused on "necessary efforts and coordinated actions with allies to achieve a just and lasting peace," the Presidential Office said. Merz […]

Ukraine

January 22, 2025

Trump sworn in as 47th US president, says he's taking back Panama Canal; doesn't mention Ukraine

Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States in a ceremony held in the United States Capitol on Jan. 20. "Golden age of America begins right now," Trump said. Vice President J.D. Vance took the oath of office alongside the president. J.D. Vance is sworn in as U.S. Vice President […]

Ukraine

January 20, 2025

Russian-friendly incumbent Zoran Milanovic re-elected president of Croatia

Croatia's populist incumbent president, Zoran Milanovic, was re-elected to the post by a wide margin on Jan. 12, election results show. Milanovic defeated Dragan Primorac, the candidate of Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic’s HDZ party, by a margin of 74.7% to 25.3%, with 99% of polls reporting. The total turnout sat around 44% of eligible voters. […]

Ukraine

January 12, 2025

Serbian president offers to host Trump-Putin meeting in Belgrade

Serbia will officially offer to host the upcoming meeting between U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said in a television broadcast on Jan. 12. Trump announced on Jan. 9 that plans for a meeting with Putin were already underway, but no concrete details have been made public. Belgrade […]

Ukraine

January 12, 2025

Azerbaijan's President Aliyev calls Armenia 'fascist state, threat to region'

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Jan. 7 called Armenia effectively a "fascist state," claiming that Baku might have no other choice but to "destroy" its neighbor's so-called "fascist ideology." Azerbaijan and Armenia are bitter rivals, having clashed in multiple territorial and ethnic conflicts since they gained independence three decades ago. Speaking in an interview with […]

Ukraine

January 8, 2025

'Absurd versions' — Azerbaijan's president accuses Russia, condemns Putin’s denial in plane crash

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev again accused Russia of causing the Dec. 25 crash of Airlines Flight J2-8243, which killed 38 people, and criticized Vladimir Putin for not admitting guilt during a Jan. 6 meeting with victims’ families and surviving crew members. The flight, en route from Baku to Grozny, Chechnya, changed course and crashed in […]

Ukraine

January 6, 2025

Crashed Azerbaijani airliner hit by live fire, electronic warfare over Russia, Azerbaijan's president says

An Azerbaijan Airlines plane was rendered "uncontrollable" by electronic warfare and damaged by fire from the ground while flying over Russia before crashing, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev told the media, the Trend News Agency reported on Dec. 29. Flight J2-8243 was flying from Azerbaijan's capital of Baku to Grozny in Chechnya before changing course and […]

Ukraine

December 29, 2024

Anti-Western Kavelashvili sworn in as Georgia's president, pro-EU Zourabichvili disputes legitimacy

Georgian anti-Western politician Mikheil Kavelashvili, an ally of the ruling Georgian Dream party, was inaugurated as the country's sixth president on Dec. 29 in a move seen as illegitimate by the opposition. Georgia's fifth president, Salome Zourabichvili, said she would vacate the presidential palace and "take legitimacy" with her, pledging to continue the struggle against […]

Ukraine

December 29, 2024

Putin apologizes to Azerbaijani president over plane crash, yet doesn't acknowledge Russia's responsibility

Russian President Vladimir Putin called the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to discuss the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash that killed 38 people, the Kremlin reported on Dec. 28. The Kremlin press service released a briefing detailing a call between Putin and Aliyev, during which the Russian president addressed some aspects of what he called a "tragic […]

Ukraine

December 28, 2024

Iranian President Pezeshkian plans to visit Moscow in January

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is going to visit Moscow on Jan. 17, the Russian state-controlled news agency RIA Novosti reported on Dec. 26, citing Kazem Jalali, the Iranian Ambassador to Russia. Ties between Moscow and Tehran have deepened since the outbreak of the full-scale war in Ukraine in 2022. Iran has provided Russia with thousands […]

Ukraine

December 26, 2024

Narrowly overcoming pro-Russian comeback, Moldovan President Sandu is facing tough term ahead

Moldovan President Maia Sandu begins her second term in office on Dec. 24 in unprecedented circumstances. Russian meddling in domestic affairs is widespread, and the Kremlin makes clear their position of not acknowledging Sandu as a legitimate president of her own country. Sandu also begins her term amid an energy crisis sparked by years of […]

Ukraine

December 24, 2024

Peace cannot be achieved without territorial loss for Ukraine, Slovak president says

Slovak President Peter Pellegrini, speaking to Slovakia's public broadcaster STVR on Dec. 15, argued that achieving peace in Ukraine would likely require accepting partial territorial losses and called for the immediate start of peace negotiations. "When it comes to peace, I believe that realism must be maintained. Today, probably no sensible person in Europe believes […]

Ukraine

December 15, 2024