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14.03.2024 17:50 Since the beginning of the war against Ukraine, Switzerland has sent regular shipments of relief goods to those impacted, with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs spearheading the effort financially and logistically. The first of three aid consignments in 2024 arrived in Kiev today. The deliveries are made up of spare parts for fire

14.03.2024 17:50 On 13 and 14 March 2024, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Krišjānis Kariņš, is on a working visit in London, the United Kingdom.

14.03.2024 17:50 President Gitanas Nausėda is paying a working visit to Paris. On Tuesday, the Lithuanian leader met with French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss support for Ukraine, European security, strengthening the defense industry, and bilateral cooperation.

14.03.2024 17:50 Pope Francis has issued a fresh condemnation of all wars after angering Kyiv and Western governments earlier this week by suggesting that Ukraine should surrender and negotiate peace with Russia.

14.03.2024 17:50 Vice president and president-elect Lai Ching-te said Wednesday during a meeting with a visiting delegation of scholars from Washington DC that his most important political task was to maintain the status quo in the Taiwan Strait.

14.03.2024 17:50 Ocean Affairs Council Minister Kuan Bi-ling apologized Wednesday for the Coast Guard's shortcomings in evidence collection during a fatal boat chase off Taiwan-held Kinmen last month, which left two Chinese nationals dead and subsequently heightened tensions across the Taiwan Strait.

14.03.2024 17:50 A United States-funded project to expand a Philippine civilian port facing a strategically crucial channel could assist U.S. allies in the Pacific, including Taiwan, in the event of a conflict with China, military experts have said.

14.03.2024 17:50 Fourteen Chinese military aircraft were detected in Taiwan's air defense identification zone Wednesday morning, including nine that crossed the Taiwan Strait median line or its extension, according to the Ministry of National Defense .

14.03.2024 17:50 If the Democratic Progressive Party authorities continue to evade the issue and stall in solving the problem, we will take further measures, and all consequences will be borne by Taiwan authorities, a Chinese mainland spokesperson warned on Wednesday, a month after a brutal expulsion of a mainland fishing boat by the Taiwan coast guard caused the deaths of two mainland fishermen on February

14.03.2024 17:50 A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Wednesday said that those creating information cocoons on the island of Taiwan and smearing the mainland are truly frightening.

14.03.2024 17:50 A mainland spokesperson on Wednesday condemned Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party authorities for evading their responsibilities in the handling of a fatal boat incident.

14.03.2024 17:50 Today marks thirteen years since peaceful protests began throughout Syria and were brutally repressed by the Assad regime, provoking a conflict which continues to this day.

14.03.2024 17:50 Vladimir Putin answered questions from Dmitry Kiselev.

14.03.2024 17:50 National unity and patriotism have helped Moscow prevail against the West, the president has said.

14.03.2024 17:50 President Vladimir Putin has warned the Western countries that Russia is "fully prepared" for a nuclear war, emphasizing that any deployment of United States troops to Ukraine would be regarded as a substantial escalation of the ongoing military operation.