⊂ EUROPE ⊃

Poland accuses Belarus of preparing migrants to storm border fence: The Polish border guard has accused security forces on the Belarusian side of preparing stranded migrants there to storm the border fence. Many tents are said to have been cleared at the camp in Belarus directly opposite Poland’s border crossing of Kuznica. The reports cannot be independently verified since journalists and aid workers have been denied access to the area ever since Poland declared a state of emergency along its border. Poland, Lithuania and Latvia are considering asking NATO to hold emergency talks.
au.news.yahoo.com, euronews.com

• On Saturday, a group of about 50 migrants broke through defences on the border and entered Poland. All of them were detained reuters.com
• Polish soldier dies in accidental shooting reuters.com
• EU foreign ministers will widen sanctions on Belarus on Monday reuters.com
• EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei spoke on the phone on Sunday. Makei informed his counterpart about steps taken by Belarus to reduce the migrant flow and providing them with humanitarian aid on the border, the Belarusian foreign ministry said reuters.com
• Syria’s Cham Wings Airlines halts Minsk flights france24.com
• Europol is on the trail of a Syrian smuggling network in Germany welt.de
• Latvia begins military exercise on border with Belarus spiegel.de

Russian gas supplies: Russian President Vladimir Putin chides Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko over threat to cut off gas to EU. politico.eu

Russia:

• Ukraine warned of ‘high probability’ of Russian military escalation this winter ft.com
• UK must be ready for war with Russia, says outgoing head of the UK’s armed forces Gen Sir Nick Carter theguardian.com
• Russia starts missile supplies to India despite US sanctions risk reuters.com

Hungary’s Orban warns against „German Europe“: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán wants the next German government to reduce Germany’s influence on the EU. „I hope that the German government that is now forming wants more of a European Germany and not a German Europe where they (the Germans) tell the others what to do,“ Orbán said on Sunday at a party congress of his right-wing nationalist party Fidesz in Budapest.
faz.net

World leaders reach climate agreement at UN summit following two weeks of negotiations: Following two weeks of high-profile negotiations for urgent climate action, world leaders have come to an agreement at COP26 in Glasgow. The deal pushes countries to strengthen near-term climate targets and move away from fossil fuels faster. In last-minute changes, India’s climate negotiator Bhupender Yadav proposed that language calling for the “phaseout of unabated coal and inefficient fossil fuel subsidies” be changed to the “phase-down.” Fighting back tears, the president of the Cop26 climate summit, Alok Sharma, offered an emotional apology for the last-minute change, saying he was “deeply sorry” for how the event had panned out.
washingtonpost.com, theguardian.com

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Austria to impose Covid lockdown for the unvaccinated: Austria will implement lockdown measures for all those age 12 and older who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 from Monday, Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg announced. Unvaccinated people will only be permitted to leave home for limited reasons, like working or buying food. About 65% of Austria’s population is fully vaccinated – one of the lowest rates in western Europe.
cnn.com, bbc.com

• Protests against Covid measures in Italy and Switzerland dw.com, nau.ch
• France tightens entry requirements for unvaccinated travellers politico.eu
• Israel considers travel ban to some EU countries orf.at

EU digital index: IT skills shortage slows down digitisation heise.de
Sudan: Six killed during protests against military takeover cnn.com
Libya: Son of former Libyan ruler Gaddafi runs for president reuters.com

⊂ QUOTE OF THE DAY ⊃

„The world is undeniably heading in the right direction.“
The Glasgow climate deal is a „game-changing agreement“ which sounds „the death knell for coal power“, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said.
bbc.com

⊂ COUNTRIES ⊃

New anti-graft centrist party seen winning Bulgaria’s election: Bulgaria’s new centrist political party, We Continue The Change, was seen winning parliamentary elections on Sunday with about 26% of the vote, according to four exit polls. The pollsters saw Premier Boyko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party in second place with about 23-24%. Market Links said the new party got 26.5% support. Gallup International also sees the new party ahead with 26.3%.
reuters.com

Early results in Kosovo’s mayoral runoffs show defeat for governing party: Preliminary results in Kosovo’s election show that British-educated architect Perparim Rama, who is running with the opposition Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) party, has won the race in the capital Pristina, beating former Health Minister Arben Vitia from the governing Vetevendosje (Self-Determination) Movement.
rferl.org

Germany pays tribute to soldiers, civilians killed in war: German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Sunday laid a wreath for the victims of German war aggression as the country marked Volkstrauertag, or the people’s day of mourning. He said while Nazi-era crimes in western and central Europe form part of the country’s collective memory, many Germans struggle to recall the atrocities committed in eastern and southern Europe. Steinmeier also spoke of the unease felt by many Germans over the deployment of the present-day armed forces, the Bundeswehr, to conflict zones around the world, considering the country’s past.
dw.com

Austria: ÖVP commissioned expert opinion absolving former chancellor Sebastian Kurz of any responsibility in corruption affair sueddeutsche.de
Serbia: Protesters decry Mladic mural in Belgrade rferl.org
France honours victims on sixth anniversary of terror attacks in Paris france24.com

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⊂ LAST BUT NOT LEAST ⊃

Cuba withdraws accreditation for Spanish journalists: The Cuban government withdrew press credentials from journalists from the Spanish news agency EFE. Atahualpa Amerise, head of EFE’s Cuba bureau, said authorities didn’t provide „the exact reason“ why they would be barred from reporting. „When we asked why, they pointed to the regulations on foreign press,“ Amerise said. „They haven’t told us whether it’s temporary or permanent,“ he added.
dw.com, reuters.com