Category: Europe

EPINAY-SOUS-SENART, France, Dec 6 (Reuters) – Mohamed Assam went to buy groceries at a supermarket close to his home near Paris one April afternoon in 2020. By the time he returned, he had incurred more than 900 euros in fines for nine different infractions without once, he said, coming into contact with a police officer.The […]

A European Union embargo on Russian oil that takes effect on Monday has led Greece and Bulgaria to talk about reviving a long-defunct oil pipeline project that bypasses the Bosphorus Strait. The pipeline would run 280km (about 174 miles) from the port of Alexandroupolis on the Aegean Sea to the port of Burgas on the […]

Germany’s defence ministry has raised serious concerns about the planned purchase of US-made F-35 fighter jets, part of the country’s military modernisation drive, according to documents seen by AFP. Berlin announced in March it would buy 35 of the warplanes made by Lockheed Martin to replace its ageing Tornado fleet, in the wake of Russia’s […]

Around 60% of France’s TGV and Intercity trains were cancelled this weekend because of a strike by SNCF workers, pushing the country’s Minister of Transport to call for “collective responsibility”. About 4 out of 10 TGV and Intercity trains were running on Saturday, and unions have warned passengers of further cancellations. Unions have also filed […]

President Emmanuel Macron has rejected criticism from right-wing nationalist leader Marine Le Pen and others that arms deliveries to Ukraine are weakening France’s ability to defend itself against attack. “That is both false and dangerous,” Macron told the newspaper Le Parisien. “As commander-in-chief of the armed forces, I can assure you that always, when we […]

A cap on the price of Russian oil will restrict Russia’s revenues for its “illegal war in Ukraine”, the US says. The cap, approved by Western allies on Friday, is aimed at stopping countries paying more than $60 (£48) for a barrel of seaborne Russian crude oil. The measure – due to come into force […]

Russia said on Friday that Western demands stating it should pull out completely from Ukraine effectively rule out any future talks to end the war. The Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov reiterated that Russian President Vladimir Putin remains open to talks but the West’s input has been “unacceptable”. Peskov’s comments came as Putin spoke on the […]

When an elderly man suddenly realised that he was missing more than $20,000 in cash just withdrawn from a Swiss bank, he assumed he had been robbed. Instead, a couple found the wad of notes, stuffed into an envelope and dropped in the street, and went to his home to return the cash in full, […]

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Thursday he had called on the European Union to sanction Russia’s missile production industry. Kuleba tweeted that Russia’s missile production “must be put to a halt.” He said he communicated the message in a meeting with EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and also thanked the EU for defense […]

Spain has stepped up security after revealing a number of letter bombs have recently been sent to high-profile targets, including the prime minister. On Wednesday, an employee of the Ukrainian embassy in Madrid was lightly injured when a similar device exploded. Officials say the defence minister was among the other targets. Another device was also […]