ISRAEL. The son of a former president, Isaac Herzog was elected to the position by Knesset members on the same day as the announcement that opponents of Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu had signed a government agreement.

E.U.. The European Commission will be able to launch the process of issuing a common debt on the own resources of the twenty-seven Member States. A first.

SYRIA. Without any suspense, Bashar el-Assad came out on top in the presidential election, obtaining 95.1% of the votes.

MEDITERRANEAN. Entrusted by the Union for the Mediterranean to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, the publication of the first report on regional integration in the Mediterranean will serve as a basis for measuring its evolution.

FRANCE / MALTA / SLOVENIA. To combat the social and economic impact of the coronavirus crisis, the European Commission has approved the modification of five operational programmes in three Mediterranean countries for an amount of €286.5 million.

ISRAEL / PALESTINE. After eleven days of deadly clashes, Israeli authorities and Palestinians from Hamas and Islamic Jihad agreed to a ceasefire.

EUROPEAN UNION. The twenty-seven member states of the European Union have reached an agreement to allow entry into the EU for travelers from third countries who have received the necessary doses of Covid vaccines.

ALGERIA. The Algerian Council of Ministers has "approved proposals for a partial opening of Algeria's land and air borders from the beginning of June". The press release issued by the presidency on Sunday, May 16, 2021, states that only the three largest cities in the country will initially be concerned with the resumption of...

ISRAEL / PALESTINE. Israeli fighter jets and helicopter gunships strike Gaza and Palestinian armed groups in the occupied territories rain rockets and mortars on Israel on the morning of Wednesday 12 May 2021. Version française

EU. At the Social Summit in Porto, all 27 EU Member States committed themselves to achieving the objectives set out by the European Commission in the European Social Rights Action Plan.

ISRAEL. Benyamin Netanyahu fails to form a new government and returns to Israeli President Reuven Rivlin the mandate he had given him.

LEBANON / FRANCE. At the heart of a complaint against X for alleged "money laundering" and "fraud", committed in Lebanon and outside the country, Riad Salamé, his family and his relatives may have to explain themselves to the French justice.