Germany Urges Swift EU Accession for Western Balkan Countries
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has issued a compelling call for the expedited integration of candidate countries from the Western Balkans into the European Union
The Islamic State (IS) militant group has threatened to attack Germany and Chancellor Angela Merkel, according to a video posted online on Wednesday, AFP reported.
In the five-minute video two German-speaking men claiming to represent the jihadist group call on their "brothers and sisters" in Germany and Austria to launch attacks on “infidels’’ or join the IS fighters in Syria and Iraq.
One of the men in the video threatens Chancellor Merkel over the presence of German troops in Afghanistan as part of a NATO-led training and advisory mission and their support for the coalition against IS, AFP said.
Some 600 Germans have joined jihadist groups in Syria and Iraq, the newswire said, citing German intelligence estimates.
Earlier on Wednesday, the head of Germany's domestic intelligence agency BfV Hans-Georg Maassen said that the flow of people travelling to Iraq and Syria to join the Islamic State group is slowing.
“This year the number of people leaving [for Iraq and Syria] has increased, but not at the same rate,” Maassen told Reuters.
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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was shot at close range in Handlova on Wednesday, is now in a stable but serious condition following surgery
The Prime Minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, has dismissed the prospect of the Greek parliament ratifying the three memoranda associated with the Prespa Agreement with Skopje
Russian forces are reportedly making advances towards the Ukrainian village of Lyptsi near Kharkiv
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has proposed the establishment of a European air defense system, modeled after Israel's "Iron Dome"
A man has been apprehended in Serbia after allegedly making threats against President Aleksandar Vucic, according to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Ivica Dacic
US President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are gearing up for debates in June and September, setting the stage for what promises to be a contentious face-off as they both contemplate another shot at the White House in 2024
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