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Sejla Ahmatovic

Brussels, Brussels Capital

Breaking News Reporter at POLITICO Europe

Brussels Playbook @POLITICOEurope. Previously @faznet (069!) femme fatale literature and iced coffee enthusiast. Get in touch: [email protected]

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  • Jun 2, 2024 | politico.eu | Sejla Ahmatovic

    Claudia Sheinbaum, a climate scientist and former mayor of Mexico City, became the first woman to be elected president of Mexico, winning Sunday's vote in a landslide. Sheinbaum, 61, received nearly 58 percent of the vote, according to preliminary results from the Mexican electoral office. In another precedent, Sheinbaum is also the first Jewish person to lead one of the world’s largest predominantly Catholic countries.

  • May 30, 2024 | politico.eu | Sejla Ahmatovic

    Nothing can separate Donald Trump from the love of Viktor Orbán. The Hungarian prime minister backed Trump on Friday morning after the former U.S. president was found guilty on 34 counts in a criminal trial held in New York City. Trump became the first U.S. ex-president to be convicted of a crime when a jury found him guilty of falsifying documents to cover up a hush money payment to a porn star ahead of the 2016 election.

  • May 27, 2024 | politico.eu | Sejla Ahmatovic |Stuart Lau

    Ukraine and Belgium have signed a security agreement which includes the delivery of 30 U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets, in a move to bolster Kyiv's defense capabilities against Russian President Vladimir Putin's ongoing invasion. Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo agreed on a plan that “includes at least €977 million in Belgian military aid to Ukraine this year,” the Ukranian  president announced Tuesday, during a visit to Belgium.

  • May 27, 2024 | politico.eu | Sejla Ahmatovic

    EU officials have condemned an Israeli air attack on refugee tents in Rafah that killed at least 45 Palestinians, including many children. Sunday’s strikes — which took place in a camp where displaced Palestinians had been sheltering — come days after the U.N.’s top court ordered Israel to halt its operations in the city of Rafah in Gaza, citing the “immediate risk” to Palestinians. Over half of those killed were women, children and elderly people, local health officials said.

  • Apr 4, 2024 | politico.eu | Sejla Ahmatovic

    The Israel Defense Forces admitted culpability and fired two officers following an investigation into the airstrikes which killed seven aid workers from World Central Kitchen on Monday. An internal probe revealed significant errors and protocol violations that led to multiple strikes on an aid convoy. The IDF said the soldiers believed the vehicle was carrying Hamas gunmen, not aid workers.

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Šejla Ahmatović
Šejla Ahmatović @contextual94
1 Apr 25

RT @hahauenstein: Germany Turns to U.S. Playbook: Deportations Target Gaza War Protesters - my latest @theintercept https://t.co/LlL1Kw9wyD

Šejla Ahmatović
Šejla Ahmatović @contextual94
28 Mar 25

Im ICE von Brüssel nach Frankfurt. Ein Fahrgast wird offensichtlich racially geprofilet; gleich zwei Mal kontrollieren ihn Polizisten in Zivil, durchsuchen Jacke und Gepäck und finden nichts. Schwer mitanzusehen.. @Polizei_soh @Polizei_NRW_AC

Šejla Ahmatović
Šejla Ahmatović @contextual94
26 Mar 25

Von der Leyen and Costa met up with Vučić on Tuesday evening: It seems like the EU is slowly losing patience with #Serbia. https://t.co/WyyQt1EI1Q