Category: Europe

The EU has announced investigations into some of the biggest tech firms in the world over uncompetitive practices. Alphabet, which owns Google, Meta, and Apple are all being looked into for potential breaches of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) introduced in 2022. If they are found to have broken the rules, the firms can face […]

Current head of state Zuzana Čaputová – the first woman to hold the post – is not running for a second term. Slovaks have voted for a pro-Western career diplomat over a close ally of the country’s populist leader Robert Fico in the first round of a presidential election. Former Foreign Minister Ivan Korčok bagged […]

Voice of America News reports: Poland said Sunday it would demand that Russia explain “a new violation of airspace” after a Russian missile breached the NATO country’s airspace by about 2 kilometers Sunday morning before returning to Ukraine, according to a spokesperson for the Polish army. “Polish airspace was breached by one of the cruise […]

MOSCOW: Russian authorities arrested four people suspected of taking part in the attack on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed at least 133 people and believe they were headed to Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin said Saturday during an address to the nation. Kyiv, meanwhile, strongly denied any involvement in Friday’s attack on the Crocus […]

MOSCOW, Russian news agency TASS reports: Intelligence agencies have detained 11 people, including four terrorists, who were directly involved in an attack on the Crocus City Hall, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said in a statement. “The activities of intelligence and law enforcement agencies have resulted in the detention of 11 people, including four terrorists, […]

According to BBC: A million people are without power across Ukraine after Russian missiles targeted energy infrastructure. There is no electricity in the second-largest city of Kharkiv, the regional head says, and more than 53,000 households in Odesa are without power. Ukraine’s energy minister, German Galushchenko, accused Russia of trying to provoke “a large-scale failure […]

EU leaders on Thursday agreed to open talks with Bosnia on joining the bloc, though negotiations will only begin in earnest once the Balkan country has passed more key reforms. “Congratulations! Your place is in our European family. Today’s decision is a key step forward on your EU path,” European Council head Charles Michel wrote […]

LONDON: Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, who made history as his country’s first gay and first biracial leader, announced Wednesday that he will step down within weeks once a successor is chosen. Varadkar announced Wednesday he is quitting immediately as head of the center-right Fine Gael party, part of Ireland’s coalition government. He’ll be replaced […]

Undocumented workers, who earn barely more than $50 a day in Italy’s lush north, say they have suffered racism and inhumane conditions. Piedmont, Italy – One of the first words that Sajo* learned in the Langhe, Italy’s northeastern wine country, was “Anduma!” In Piedmontese, the language spoken in the Piedmont region, it means “Let’s go!” […]

Euro News Reports: Thousands gathered in central Bratislava over the weekend to protest the overhaul of the nation’s public broadcaster RTVS. Protesters fear that the reform will put the channel under governmental control. The reform plan is to rename RTVS into STaR (“Slovak Television and Radio”) and to dismiss most of its top management, including […]