Diplomatic tension

China

China denounces Lithuania’s expulsion of its diplomats

The Chinese foreign ministry accused Lithuania of undermining its sovereignty and warned of potential countermeasures.

02/12/2024

Europe News

Kosovo shuts five Serbian institutions, fuelling tensions

The closure comes amid rising tensions in Kosovo-Serbia relations, despite the 13-year-long normalisation of talks facilitated by the European Union which have failed to make progress.

31/08/2024

Europe News

Italy 'ready for any event' in Middle East, says foreign minister

The country's foreign ministry has warned Italians still in Lebanon that "those who can should return".

07/08/2024

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Tensions escalate in South China Sea as China clashes with Philippines

Chinese personnel repeatedly rammed and boarded two Philippine navy boats to prevent them from delivering supplies to an outpost on Second Thomas Shoal, claimed by both nations.

20/06/2024

Poland

Lethal Gaza aid convoy strike sparks row between Poland and Israel

The two countries had recently begun a rapprochement after the fall of a nationalist government in Warsaw that indulged in Holocaust revisionism.

05/04/2024

Belarus

Lithuania demands answers after citizen dies in Belarusian prison

Lithuanian government demands answers after citizen dies in Belarusian prison.

13/03/2024

Moldova

Moldova protests Russian voting stations in Transnistria

The eastern European country summoned Russia's ambassador on Tuesday, after Moscow decided to open polling stations for Russian elections in the Transnistrian region without its consent.

12/03/2024

World News

Kosovo number plates to be recognised in Serbia

Serbia has announced that drivers with Kosovo licence plates can enter Serbian territory from 1 January, seemingly ending a years-long dispute that at times has turned violent.

01/01/2024

Algeria

French-Moroccan tourists shot dead off Algerian coast

Coastguards killed two holiday makers and arrested another after they mistakenly strayed into Algerian waters, fuelling diplomatic tensions between the country and neighbouring Morocco.

01/09/2023

World

Pashinyan: 'Nobody promised it was going to be easy to reach peace'

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told Euronews that a road to reconciliation between Armenia and Azerbaijan is possible, but work needs to be done.

02/08/2023

World

Azerbaijan's President Aliyev: 'I think it is right to be hopeful'

The president told Euronews he hopes ongoing talks with Armenia will end with with a successful scenario in the coming months.

02/08/2023

World

Armenia and Azerbaijan leaders say peace possible, despite differences

In this latest episode of the Global Conversation, Euronews speaks with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev and Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan

01/08/2023

China

China: Foreign Minister Qin Gang relieved of his duties

In office since the end of December 2022, Mr Qin has not been seen since 25 June after a meeting with his Vietnamese counterpart in Beijing

25/07/2023

Euronews Witness

What’s behind the new tensions in Kosovo?

Divisions between the Kosovan ethnic Serb minority and ethnic Albanians resurface bringing violent clashes with Nato forces. Is a full-fledged conflict a possibility? What led to this and what are the consequences? Monica Pinna went to Northern Kosovo to find out.

30/06/2023

World News

Serbian court releases three Kosovo police officers

A Serbian court releases three Kosovo police officers and allows them to return to their country after they were detained earlier in June and charged with illegal possession of weapons and explosive devices.

26/06/2023

Italy

Italian minister cancels Paris trip over migration policy row

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has cancelled his trip to Paris after a French minister said Premier Giorgia Meloni “is incapable of resolving the migration problems for which she was elected."

05/05/2023

Taiwan

China says it has completed three-day military drills around Taiwan

China announced it had "successfully" finished three-day military drills on Monday.

10/04/2023

Israel

Israelis mourn sisters killed in occupied West Bank attack

The mother who was also shot in the attack remains in critical condition in a hospital, unaware of her daughters' deaths.

09/04/2023

World News

US House leader McCarthy, Taiwan president meet as China protests

China claims sovereignty over Taiwan, which it considers a rogue province. The United States meanwhile has long maintained a "strategic ambiguity" on the matter, trying to dissuade China from invading the island, while at the same time discouraging Taiwanese leaders from declaring independence.

05/04/2023

USA

Aliens aren't behind recent sightings in US airspace: The White House

After a surreal weekend, in which three aerial devices were downed over America, National security spokesman John Kirby put rumours to bed of extra-terrestrial involvement but said the US has uncovered a Chinese intelligence-gathering programme.

14/02/2023