Author: Filio Ganide

Mali has revoked Air France’s permit to fly between Paris and Bamako after the carrier suspended operations to and from the country over regional instability. Air France on Monday suspended flights to Mali and Burkina Faso after the airspace in neighbouring Niger was closed by the coup leaders who seized power on July 26. The measure was due to end on Friday, but the company extended it to August 18, citing the coup in Niger and the “geopolitical situation” in the Sahel region. The Malian authorities said the suspension breached the terms of its permit to operate the route. In…

Askhat Zhumagali, chairman of the Anti-Corruption Agency, said that Antikor plans to return $300 million to Kazakhstan from abroad, Khabar 24 TV channel reports . The head of Antikora spoke about the agency’s plans to return assets illegally withdrawn from the country in the Interview program. According to Askhat Zhumagali, the money will go to the state treasury in one of the criminal cases. The head of the department noted that through joint efforts, state bodies have already returned more than 850 billion tenge to the budget of the republic. All finances will go to the construction of schools and…

Paris has sent two Rafale fighters from the French Air and Space Force while three F-15 and two F-2 fighter jets from Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) are participating in the joint drill over southwestern Japan, according to the JASDF. The drill, which would continue until Saturday, came amid reports that France is opposed to the idea of NATO opening its office in Tokyo. Aerial fueling planes and transport aircraft from the countries are also accompanying the jets. 
 On Wednesday, the French fighter jets reached Nyutabaru Air Base in Miyazaki province. The air force of Japan has held joint…

According to a recent survey, 44% of the over 1 million Ukrainian refugees in Germany intend to stay in the country, up from 39% in 2022, Reuters reported. This could carry severe financial losses for Ukraine: a recent study found that the country could lose $119 bn over 10 years if refugees do not return. A survey in 2022 showed that 39% of refugees do not plan to return to Ukraine. Based on current data, 18% of Ukrainian refugees found a job in Germany, 1% more than in the 2022 survey. This is because three-quarters of refugees were participating in…

Turkey’s Parliament will let its foreign affairs committee carry out work during the summer recess that started Saturday, allowing the country to speed up its ratification process of Sweden’s membership in NATO. Parliament voted to keep the foreign affairs committee on standby, before it went into recess that will last until Oct. 1, according to the Official Gazette on Saturday. The decision effectively clears the way for deliberations on Sweden’s NATO bid without delay if asked by the government. Turkey Agrees to Back Sweden’s NATO Bid in Boost to Alliance Turkey — the only other NATO member along with Hungary…

She had a talent for ‘matching crazy flavours’ When Ana Ros started as a chef in Slovenia, all she had were some cookbooks and a bit of a “crazy” personality, as she herself puts it. Now the self-taught cook – who was named the world’s best woman chef in 2017 – has her two Michelin stars tattooed on her fingers, and is helping make her small Alpine homeland one of Europe’s prime gastronomic destinations. Ros quickly found she had a talent for “matching crazy flavours”, like coffee pasta with sea bass, lemon foam and basil, one of the early dishes…

Archaeologists from the University of Göttingen in Thorikos, Greece discovered one of the earliest-known Iron Age houses in Athens under the Thorikos Archaeological Project Gent-Göttingen.  The find gives fresh insight into the early history of Greece, as in the past there has never been any building structures from the earliest Iron Age discovered in Attica. The ancient village is 60 kilometers south of Athens, close to a historic silver mine. In the region there are Mycenaean dome tombs and a classical settlement with homes, businesses, temples, a theatre, and graveyards. In 2019, an uncovered wall corner was discovered that, at first glance,…

LONDON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in the United Kingdom on Monday for “substantive” talks with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who said ahead of the meeting that his country would supply Ukraine with hundreds of missiles and long-range attack drones. “I will meet my friend Rishi. We will conduct substantive negotiations face-to-face and in delegations,” Zelenskyy said on Twitter. UK officials said ahead of Monday’s meeting that they’d send hundreds of air defense missiles and long-range attack drones — with a range of over 200 km — to Ukraine to aid in the fight against Russia. “These will all be delivered over the…

GAFAM giants will have marked their calendars today as the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the European Union’s plan to curb the market power of Big Tech, now technically applies, after entering into force last November. The next major milestone is a few months out, in early fall, when the Commission will confirm which of the usual suspect tech giants will be subject to the bloc’s shiny new ex ante competition regulation regime. But tech giants are facing a busy summer to prepare their regional compliance strategies. Quick recap: The DMA applies a fixed set of obligations to so-called Internet “gatekeepers” who meet…

The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo have agreed to co-operate to locate and identify hundreds of people still missing from the 1998-99 war. More than 13,000 people were killed during the conflict which pitted the overwhelmingly ethnic Albanian majority of Kosovo against Serbia. According to the European Union, 1,621 people remain unaccounted for. The EU has led efforts to normalise ties between Serbia and Kosovo, which declared its independence in 2008. Most Western countries have recognised Kosovo, but Serbia has not. The agreement on the missing persons was reached during talks in Brussels on Tuesday. Under the deal, Serbian President Aleksandar…