Press Releases

Rebalancing Russia’s Mediterranean strategy: From showing the flag to retreating to the gray zone

Due to the peculiarities of Russia’s system of government, its authorities routinely demonstrate a rather notorious trait: a stubborn unwillingness to admit mistakes, while confidently claiming their own righteousness. As a result, the official...

U.S. Stocks End Midweek in Green on Nvidia’s Historic Surge

(MENAFN) The New York Stock Exchange surged midweek, driven by a tech rally propelled by Nvidia, which became the first company to achieve a staggering $4 trillion market valuation. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.49%, adding 217.54...

UN Reports Sudanese Refugees Face Rising Hunger, Malnutrition

(MENAFN) The UN's refugee and food agencies issued a critical warning on Tuesday about the worsening food insecurity and malnutrition crisis affecting millions of Sudanese refugees, as severe funding shortages continue to disrupt life-saving aid...

Sudan’s FM accuses Ukraine of being proxy for West

(MENAFN) A Sudanese Foreign Ministry representative has accused Ukraine of acting as a proxy for Western powers by supporting militant groups responsible for attacks in several African nations. In an interview given Saturday, Muhammad Al-Sirr...

Media reports more African nations face US visa prohibition

(MENAFN) The United States intends to widen its controversial travel restrictions to citizens from 36 additional countries, with 25 of them located in Africa, according to an internal State Department memo reported by The Washington Post over the...

EU lives out Gaddafi`s grim prophecy

(MENAFN) The migration crisis at Europe’s southern borders has been intensifying for decades, and it has now reached a critical point. In response to the increasing number of refugees, the European Union (EU) is increasingly shifting the burden to...

Activists set off from Tunisia to break Israel siege

(MENAFN) On Monday, over 1,000 activists from North African countries set off from Tunisia’s capital, beginning a land journey aimed at breaking Israel’s siege of the Gaza Strip and expressing solidarity with Palestinians. The Maghreb resilience...

Highlights of Slovenia's activity in the UN Security Council in January 2025

SLOVENIA, February 3 - Minister Fajon participated in the Security Council’s open debate following the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. In her address, she urged the warring parties in the Middle East to respect the agreements and...

Two years on, Sudan’s war seems further than ever from resolution. Can US involvement help peace efforts?

Two years on, the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has created the world’s largest humanitarian crisis and wrought terrible destruction: the capital, Khartoum, and other major cities and...

Ukrainian Deminers Complete Final Course of Mriya Aid’s Yearlong 'Train & Equip' Program

Over 165 Ukrainian Defence Personnel Certified to Help Clear Dangerous Explosive Remnants of War KYIV, KYIV REGION, UKRAINE, April 29, 2025 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Ukrainian deminers and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) professionals from various...

Greek Coastguards Face Charges Over Shipwreck

(MENAFN) Seventeen individuals from Greece's Hellenic Coast Guard have been formally accused in connection with the 2023 Pylos shipwreck, considered one of the gravest maritime tragedies involving migrants in the Mediterranean in recent years....

Preparing your 2024 Form 20-F

Artificial intelligence The SEC has been increasingly focused on disclosure around artificial intelligence (AI), including “AI washing,” or making potentially false or misleading AI-related claims. This has been reiterated in several instances,...

Guyana Assumes UN Security Council Presidency

(MENAFN) At the start of June, the South American nation of Guyana assumed the rotating leadership of the United Nations Security Council, taking over from Greece. This temporary presidency grants Guyana the opportunity to shape the Council’s...

Presentation of Credentials Ceremony, 7 January 2025

The following foreign Heads of Mission presented their credentials to President Tharman Shanmugaratnam in separate ceremonies at the Istana today: (a) The Ambassador of the Republic of Panama His Excellency Sebastian Breton Pérez (b) The...

UN Chief Presses for Gaza Ceasefire, Unimpeded Humanitarian Aid

(MENAFN) United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, speaking at the 34th Arab League Summit in Baghdad, pressed for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, demanding the unconditional release of all hostages and unimpeded...

Complementary and Alternative Medicine Market Size Worth USD 1,282.70 Bn by 2034

Ottawa, April 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The complementary and alternative medicine market size was evaluated at USD 154.69 billion in 2024 and is forecasted to cross USD 1.7 trillion by 2034. The market is expected to expand at a solid CAGR of...

Greece Takes Over UN Security Council Presidency

(MENAFN) Greece has taken over the rotating leadership of the United Nations Security Council for May, succeeding France. At a press briefing on Thursday, Greece's UN representative, Evangelos Sekeris, stated that the council's agenda will heavily...

European security cannot happen without this main component

(MENAFN) The perception of Russia in European security has become increasingly skewed in recent years. Once a crucial player in shaping European geopolitics, Russia is now often viewed as an outsider or even an adversary. This narrow viewpoint has...

Thinking the unthinkable: Improved US-Iran relations under Trump?

It is no surprise that both Iran and the United States have approached their first diplomatic engagement in four years with wariness and skepticism. While not an insuperable hurdle, it is hard to overcome more than 40 years of mutual enmity. Both...

Highlights of Slovenia's activity in the UN Security Council in October 2024

SLOVENIA, November 1 - In the open debate, State Secretary Gabrič called for greater inclusion of women in peace processes, additional funding for women's organisations at the local level and more accountability in cases of grave violations of the...