November 25, 2022

EU prepares 9th package of sanctions against Russia

The EU is preparing its 9th sanctions package against Russia, said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday. In a speech delivered during a visit to the Finnish capital Helsinki, Leyen said the EU, along with the G7 and other partners, will soon approve a price cap on Russian

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18-billion-euro support package for Ukraine not yet authorized

The EU’s 2023 financial support package for Ukraine of 18 billion euros has not been approved because of opposition by Hungary. Hungary said Wednesday that it will not accept the contribution package but will provide 187 million euros in financial aid to Ukraine in exchange for the EU disbursing billions

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Vietnam sends 7 more officers to UN peacekeeping missions

  The Defense Ministry gave a send-off to seven army officers headed to UN peacekeeping missions at a ceremony on Thursday. Two are assigned to the EU Training Mission in the Central African Republic for the first time. Two others will take up duty at the UN Mission in the Central

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Binh Duong province to host Techfest Vietnam 2022

-National Innovative Entrepreneurship Day (Techfest Vietnam 2022) will take place in Binh Duong province next month to promote creative solutions in healthcare, education, and energy. At a press conference in Hanoi on Thursday, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Tran Van Tung said more human resources must be trained to

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Hungary to ratify NATO bids of Sweden, Finland in 2023

– Hungary will ratify the NATO membership of Finland and Sweden in early 2023, said Hungarian PM Viktor Orban on Thursday at a meeting in Slovakia with his counterparts from Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia. Orban said the Swedes and the Finns have not lost a single minute of membership

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Top legislator visits Vietnamese Embassy in Philippines

-National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue asked the Vietnamese Embassy in the Philippines to set up a Vietnamese expat community there next year.  During his visit to the Embassy on Thursday, part of his first official trip to the Philippines since he took office last year, Mr. Hue briefed the

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