In the telephone call on Friday, Scholz exhorted Putin to “end” his war on Ukraine and to “withdraw troops.” The conversation lasted for about an hour and was the first direct exchange between the two leaders in nearly two years, German media reported. “The Federal Chancellor urged Russia to be prepared to negotiate with Ukraine with the aim … Read more
More than 1.5 million people, or 51 percent of the electorate, cast ballots in the nationwide referendum — well above the one-third required to be considered valid. In a simultaneous presidential election, Sandu, who is seeking a second term in office, topped the list of candidates with `37 percent of the vote and 90 percent … Read more
A Metropolitan Police counter-terrorism spokesperson said: “We can confirm that officers from counter-terrorism policing are investigating an incident at a commercial premises in Midpoint Way, Minworth. “The investigation remains ongoing and there have been no arrests in our investigation at this time. As part of our enquiries, officers are liaising with other European law enforcement … Read more
By radically changing the rules, the Commission wants to address “strategic dependencies” on foreign countries and boost the kind of pan-European industrial revival championed by former Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi in his landmark competitiveness report. The third and fourth pillars focus on enlargement and funding to foreign countries, and personnel costs, but there are … Read more
Only six ministers of 27 attended the meeting, including Varga himself. However, international organizations sent high-level participants, including the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva, and the Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Matthias Cormann. Varga said the participation of “financial institutions of key importance” like the IMF and … Read more
A rich talent pool China is looking to further exploit Russia’s extensive spy network in Europe to advance its own goals, namely splitting EU countries and weakening their relationship with Washington, according to security experts. “These are basically people who for a long time have been coopted by the Russians and then, of late, the … Read more
It is a vast undertaking. The total cost, in private and public investment, is expected to run to hundreds of billions of pounds. And, whatever the eventual success of the Apollo space program, experts doubt Starmer can easily replicate Kennedy’s success. Starmer and his Energy Secretary Ed Miliband are promising to transform the energy supply … Read more
The statement comes a day after the two sides announced that a deal on a joint border commission to demarcate and delimit their shared frontier had been signed. The two neighboring nations have fought a series of conflicts in recent years, both over Azerbaijan’s breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh and inside Armenia’s internationally recognized borders. In … Read more
David Clarinval, the coordinator in the government formation talks for the Reformist Movement (MR) — which is Reynders’ party — said on Tuesday morning that Reynders has done “an excellent job” as commissioner. “You know, in soccer, they say ‘you don’t change a winning team,’” Clarinval told Belgian radio — the closest hint yet that … Read more
Later, advisers to the council came up with the idea of cracking down on “eyesore gardens” which had been left to go to ruin by buy-to-let landlords. One of the people behind the initiative was Morgan McSweeney, now Starmer’s righthand man in Downing Street — though other Labour activists point out his arrival in Barking … Read more
