Category: Europe

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has stepped down as leader of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), following anti-government protests against two mass shootings that killed 18 people this month. On Saturday, Vucic told an SNS congress that he would remain head of state, but that a new approach was needed to unite the country. “A […]

Hundreds of Germans working in the education and cultural sectors will be expelled from Russia next month, the German foreign ministry says. It confirmed media reports that Russia had decided to cap the number of German employees from the start of June. They include teachers at the German school in Moscow and staff at the […]

Small groups of ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo have clashed with police while trying to block the entrance of municipal buildings to prevent recently elected officials from entering, according to local media. Police fired tear gas and several cars were set ablaze on Friday. In response to the clashes, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said in […]

Armed officers descended on Whitehall after a car crashed into the gates of Downing Street. The Met said a suspect is being held on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving, but the incident is not being treated as terror related. One witness said he saw officers pointing Tasers at a man, who was held […]

LONDON: Britain said on Tuesday it would remove the right of some international students to bring family members into the country, part of measures to bring down annual net migration which reached a record last year. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged to bring down legal migration and said last week that he was considering […]

Ukraine said Thursday its forces shot down 36 Iranian-made Shahed drones that Russia used to attack areas in western Ukraine. Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said Russian forces “presumably aimed to attack critical infrastructure and military facilities.” Russia has repeatedly used aerial attacks, including attacks involving crashing drones into targets to damage infrastructure sites in Ukraine. Ukrainian […]

The European Commission said on Wednesday that if energy prices were to flare up again, any support measures rolled out should be “targeted at protecting vulnerable households and firms.” The European Commission on Wednesday called on governments across the European Union to end their support measures for energy prices by the end of this year. […]

Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou has appointed senior judicial official Ioannis Sarmas as the caretaker prime minister to form a government that will lead the country to a repeat election on June 25 after last weekend’s inconclusive vote. Sarmas is president of the Hellenic Court of Audit, one of the country’s three senior courts. “It is […]

BERLIN: Germany’s federal prosecutor’s office said Tuesday that criminal police have detained three more suspected far-right extremists who are linked to an alleged plot by the Reichsbuerger, or Reich Citizens, movement to topple the country’s government. The three suspects, who were only identified as Johanna F.-J., Hans-Joachim H. and Steffen W. in line with German […]

France has banned domestic short-haul flights where train alternatives exist, in a bid to cut carbon emissions. The law came into force two years after lawmakers had voted to end routes where the same journey could be made by train in under two-and-a-half hours. The ban all but rules out air travel between Paris and […]