Category: Europe

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday his nation will be victorious against Russia as the war with the neighboring country entered its second year with no apparent end in sight. “We endured. We were not defeated. And we will do everything to gain victory this year,” Zelenskyy said in a statement released on social media. […]

LONDON: Three contenders are in the running to succeed long-serving Scottish National Party (SNP) chief Nicola Sturgeon. Here are profiles of the three candidates who will go to a ballot of the SNP’s 104,000 members, after nominations close on Friday. The result will be announced on March 27. Humza Yousaf Health Secretary Humza Yousaf, 37, […]

Hungary plans to send a delegation to Sweden and Finland to resolve “political disputes” that have raised doubts among some Hungarian lawmakers of whether to support the two Nordic nations’ applications to join NATO, a senior Hungarian lawmaker has said. Mate Kocsis, the head of the nationalist Fidesz party’s parliamentary caucus, said during a news […]

Finland announced Thursday a $169 million aid package for Ukraine that includes three Leopard 2 tanks. Finland’s defense ministry said in a statement that the tanks are equipped for de-mining, and that the aid package includes training for their use and maintenance. The announcement comes a day after Spain said it would send six of […]

A high school student has stabbed a teacher to death in a school in the French town of Saint-Jean-de-Luz. French government spokesman Olivier Véran confirmed Wednesday’s attack and said the perpetrator was 16 years old. Police attended Saint-Thomas d’Aquin school with the local prosecutor, where the student was arrested. French newspaper Sud Ouest said the […]

The European Union has said it is ready to cover the significant part of the enormous cost of the devastating earthquakes that hit more than 10 million people in 11 provinces through a high-level donors’ conference with the participation of the international community and global relief organizations on March 16 in Brussels. European Commissioner Oliver […]

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Feb. 18 sought to dampen optimism about an imminent settlement in the dispute over post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland that has brought political turmoil to the region and clouded relations with the European Union. A recent flurry of meetings and diplomatic activity, including his own late-night dash to […]

Munich was not just the host of a security conference on Saturday, it was also the focus of multiple anti-war demonstrations. Around 10,000 protesters gathered at the southern German city’s Königsplatz – one of more than a dozen demonstrations across the city which drew together anti-NATO protestors, pacifists and pro-Kurdish activists. Meanwhile, on the Odeon […]

Russia says Western countries have not yet shown any “openness” to engage in peaceful initiatives to resolve the conflict in Ukraine.Ukrainian officials urge members of the US Congress to press the Biden administration to send F-16s, saying the fighter jets would boost Ukraine’s ability to hit Russian missile units with US-made rockets. Russia says Ukraine […]

French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview released Saturday that he wanted Russia to be defeated in its war with Ukraine, but not “crushed”. He was speaking after returning from the Munich Security Conference, where he urged allies to intensify their support for Ukraine, and said France was prepared for a drawn-out conflict. “I […]