Category: Europe

French President Emmanuel Macron will get a taste of public resistance to his second-term reform agenda this week during the first nationwide strike called since his re-election in April. The 44-year-old head of state has pledged to push ahead with raising the retirement age having backed away from the explosive issue during his first five […]

KYIV: The Kremlin said on Monday it was in “sporadic” contact with the United States on nuclear issue, a day after Washington warned of “catastrophic consequences” if Moscow used nuclear weapons to protect Ukrainian regions it looks set to annex. Citizens in four regions of Ukraine were voting for a fourth day on Monday in […]

Italy’s far-right leader Giorgia Meloni claimed victory early Monday in the country’s general elections. In her first speech after the vote, Meloni said Italians have sent a “very clear message” that they want a “center-right government led by the Brothers of Italy (Fdl).” “This is the time of responsibility, the time in which if you […]

Russia has sought to defend its seven-month old war at the United Nations, with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov saying that regions of Ukraine where widely-derided referendums are being held would be under Russia’s “full protection” if annexed by Moscow. The referendums in four eastern Ukrainian regions, aimed at annexing territory Russia has taken by force […]

The potential emergence of a far-right government in Italy has put the European Union on alert for disruptions, with fears that unity over the war in Ukraine could be jeopardised. Brothers of Italy leader Giorgia Meloni and the League’s Matteo Salvini are slated to be the big winners in Sunday’s general election on a firmly […]

Hundreds of people have been arrested by authorities as protests against Russia’s new “partial mobilisation” continue across the country, an independent rights group has said. OVD-Info said 724 people were detained across 32 different cities on Saturday. Widespread demonstrations have broken out since President Vladimir Putin announced plans to draft 300,000 men to fight in […]

From capping prices to aiding businesses and households, European governments are announcing emergency measures to ease energy crisis that stemmed from Russia’s war on Ukraine. New plans were also put forward on Thursday in response to the deepening crisis. Sweden Sweden is closing churches and switching off saunas in many cities to lower its energy […]

The EU said on Sept. 22 that Britain, Ukraine and Türkiye were invited to attend a first meeting of the European Political Community in Prague next month. The idea for the new forum, the brainchild of French President Emmanuel Macron, is to provide a broad platform for political dialogue and cooperation as the continent grapples […]

Almost 1,200 protesters have been arrested in cities across Russia as they protested President Vladimir Putin’s order to mobilise 300,000 troops to fight in the Ukraine war. Putin’s speech sparked protests in at least 37 cities, including St Petersburg and the capital Moscow, according to the independent Russian human rights group OVD-Info. Journalists in Moscow […]

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has welcomed the safe return of five British nationals who were being held as prisoners of war by Russian-backed forces in eastern Ukraine. “This brings to an end many months of uncertainty and suffering, including the threat of the death penalty, for them and their families, at the hands of Russia,” […]