Joe Biden is not president of the United States, but he is already busy changing the foreign policy of his predecessor Donald Trump. On Tuesday it was the turn of the Palestinians. In a speech to the United Nations, US Ambassador Richard Mills called on the United Nations to re-establish diplomatic relations with the Palestinian Authority and to support Palestinian …

January 27, 2021 – 10:00 am – Morocco © Pressure is mounting on the Moroccan-Spanish government to recognize Moroccan sovereignty over the Sahara, or at least to show its support for a regional solution to the conflict, as France has done. Morocco, according to diplomatic sources, prioritizes good relations with the United States over relations with Spain. Last month, the …

© Share The UN oversees the stability of the International Monetary Fund. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects Spain’s economy to shrink by 11 percent by 2020 and grow by 5.9 percent in 2021. In October, the International Monetary Fund forecast economic growth of 7.2 percent of GDP for this year. However, the Spanish government is sticking to the forecast …

Peter Weeker, former finance chief executive of De Volsbank, has gone back to court. It will appear from Wednesday Parliamentary letter sent Finance Minister Wobke Hokstra (CDA) and A news release from de Volksbank. The minister and the state bank did not respond to Wager’s request. He is said to want to force a new inquiry into the management culture …

A U.S. State Department spokesman said the U.S. government, led by new President Joe Biden, would “fully review” US sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. Biden’s predecessor Donald Trump imposed sanctions on the ICC because a criminal court prosecutor is investigating US war crimes in Afghanistan. “If we do not agree with the ICC’s actions on …

January 25, 2021 – 8:40 pm – Morocco © The Moroccan Association of Mimona has signed an agreement with the US State Department against anti-Semitism and Zionism. Bahrain had already signed such an agreement in October. The second Arab country to do this was Morocco. The JDA said it was also receiving official support from the government for the deal. …

“Trump has changed the world in four years. He has fundamentally reduced the concept of international liberal order.” Han Den Brook, director of political affairs at the Hague Center for Strategic Studies, uses those harsh words to describe the Trump years. He hopes things will get better under Biden, he said Europe continues. Ask: Europe turns # 45 – Trump …

In the US state of Georgia, voters can go to the polls on Tuesday from 7:00 am (Dutch time until 1:00 pm) to elect two senators. This decision will have a major impact on the balance of power in Congress and the first term of President Joe Biden. Voting officially ends at 7pm (1am Dutch time), but by law in …

But if the infection is brought under control quickly, with a rapid vaccination process, growth could actually reach 5 percent, the company said. Overall, there are many uncertainties about the forecasts, the World Bank agrees. The contraction in 2020 appears to be lower than previously thought. The United States, the world’s largest economy, is expected to grow 3.5 percent this …

January 23, 2021 – 2:00 pm – World © New US Secretary of State Anthony Blingen has announced plans to review agreements between Israel and four Arab countries, including Morocco, to normalize diplomatic relations. At a session of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Blinken called US support for Israel a “sacred issue” for new US President Joe Biden. The Minister …