Category: Europe

Bayrou, 73, was named the new prime minister after Michel Barnier’s government was toppled by a vote of no confidence on 4 December. François Bayrou, a centrist and loyal ally of President Emmanuel Macron, was appointed as France’s new prime minister on Friday afternoon. The announcement came after the French leader and Bayrou spoke for […]

KYIV, UKRAINE — Russia launched a large-scale aerial attack on Ukraine on Friday, targeting the nation’s energy infrastructure with waves of cruise missiles and drones. The assault, part of a continued strategy to cripple Ukraine’s power grid, comes as winter looms. Ukraine’s Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko described the strikes as “terror,” noting that energy workers […]

BRUSSELS: EU states on Thursday cleared Bulgaria and Romania to become full members of the borderless Schengen zone from the start of next year, officials said. “It is a historic moment to finally welcome Bulgaria and Romania,” said Hungarian Interior Minister Sandor Pinter, whose country holds the EU’s rotating presidency. The two countries, both members […]

BUCHAREST – Protests broke out near Bucharest on Sunday as frustrated Romanians gathered at a polling station demanding their right to vote after the Constitutional Court annulled the presidential election run-off. Among the demonstrators was far-right presidential frontrunner Călin Georgescu, who has sharply criticized the decision, calling it a “formalized coup d’état.” The electoral turmoil […]

Tens of thousands of people across the UK were left without power on Saturday morning after Storm Darragh hit the country with strong winds and caused pre-Christmas travel disruption. The UK’s Met Office had issued a rare red alert for high winds overnight to Saturday morning (0300 to 1100 GMT) covering parts of Wales and […]

At least four people have been confirmed dead, and several others are feared missing following a series of explosions that destroyed multiple flats in The Hague, Netherlands, early Saturday morning. Three individuals sustained injuries in the incident, authorities reported. The blasts occurred around 6:15 a.m. local time (5:15 GMT) in the Tarwekamp neighborhood, causing a […]

Romania’s top court has annulled the results of the first round of the presidential election and says the process must be rerun after allegations that Russia ran a coordinated campaign to promote the far-right candidate who emerged as the frontrunner. The Constitutional Court’s decision on Friday, which is final, came after President Klaus Iohannis declassified […]

PARIS:resident Emmanuel Macron on Friday was to hold talks with political factions as he seeks to name a new prime minister and find a way out of France’s political crisis. Macron adopted a defiant tone in an address to the nation late Thursday, 24 hours after Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s government was ousted in a […]

French President Emmanuel Macron addressed the nation following the resignation of Prime Minister Michel Barnier, who lost a historic no-confidence vote in parliament on Wednesday. The motion, jointly tabled by the left-wing New Popular Front (NFP) and Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Front (RN), marked the first time in over six decades that a French […]

PARIS – Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s far-right National Rally (RN), is at a pivotal moment that could propel her closer to power—or derail her ambitions. A no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Michel Barnier, over disagreements on the 2025 budget, has placed Le Pen at the center of France’s political upheaval. The budget aims […]