Early bird: Slovakia will allow EU anti-Russian sanctions to be approved, Fico announced. Trump is linked to Jeffrey Epstein's case
After the European Commission proposed certain guarantees to Slovakia, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said that further refusal of new anti-Russian sanctions would harm the interests of his country. Slovakia will therefore support new anti-Russian sanctions. The current US President faces criticism, as he could have attended parties, at which the trader Epstein paid for escort girls, with whom he subsequently had sex, some of them being underage.
Slovakia is backing off
The Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said that any further refusal of new anti-Russian sanctions would harm Slovak interests. So far, Slovakia has sought guarantees for another European Commission initiative, which Bratislava disagrees with and according to which the import of Russian gas to the union is to be gradually terminated.
"Therefore, I give instructions to our representatives in the European Union to pave the way for the 18th sanctions package. But right after that, the second phase of our fight with the European Commission matter of Russian gas begins. We have an approved clear plan,"
declared the Slovak Prime Minister.
The Commission has provided specific guarantees in recent days. Fico recently called the plan to end the import of Russian gas into the EU imbecilic, the server Ceskenoviny.cz reported.
Birthday letter to Epstein contained Trump's signature and a drawing of a naked woman
A collection of letters gifted to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday in 2003 included a message containing the name of the current American president Donald Trump and an outline of a naked woman, the portal of television CNN wrote.
A drawing showing female breasts with the signature "Donald" in place of the hair, was reportedly accompanied by several lines of written text. The letter allegedly ends with this statement:
"Happy Birthday - may every day be another wonderful mystery."
Epstein was a well-known businessman, but also a sex offender. He paid for escort girls, with whom he subsequently had sex, some of whom were underage.
France withdraws the last soldiers from Senegal
France has officially handed over the two remaining military bases that it had been using so far, to Senegal. By withdrawing its soldiers, France ends a 65-year presence of its army in the country. With this step, it stopped operating in the region of western and central Africa. This is happening at a time when this region is facing a number of conflicts - for example in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, noted Al Jazeera.
Zuckerberg reaches agreement with critics, it will cost him 8 billion dollars
Mark Zuckerberg and other managers of Meta Platforms have reached an agreement with shareholders who filed a lawsuit due to repeated violations of Facebook user privacy. The costs associated with settling these claims reportedly climbed to 8 billion dollars, claims Al Jazeera. Managers were criticized for bearing the responsibility for the fines and court costs the company has had to pay in recent years.
Sources: Ceskenoviny.cz, Al Jazeera, CNN
