New pound banknotes featuring a portrait of King Charles III will be presented by the end of the year and will enter circulation by mid-2024, the Bank of England said Tuesday. “His Majesty’s portrait will appear on existing designs of all four polymer banknotes,” the statement said. “This will be a continuation of the current polymer […]
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Moscow’s military mobilisation and the subsequent fear and unrest in Russia, means the question of Vladimir Putin’s political future and possible regime change in Russia has reappeared.
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How far to the right will Italy go? The new face of European politics is called Georgia Meloni. Her fascist-rooted Brothers of Italy party has swept to power, overshadowing her hard-right coalition partners Matteo Salvini and Silvio Berlusconi and routing the centre-left, which finished under 20 percent. Why did voters go for a Meloni whose allies include […]
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Annexation polls organised by Kremlin-installed authorities in four regions of Ukraine mostly controlled by Russian forces were due to close Tuesday, with Moscow’s threats of nuclear weapons looming. Negotiators of a stop-gap spending bill in the US Congress agreed on Monday to include nearly $12 billion in new military and economic aid to Ukraine, sources familiar with […]
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IN THE PRESS – Tuesday, September 27: We look at reactions from the European and world papers after Italy elected its first far-right leader. We also look at British reactions to the plummeting of the pound. Finally, we see how Twitter has revived debate over a year-old poll by British company YouGov about the age-old […]
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Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) More than 6,000 children up to the age of 14 died between 2011 and 2020 in road collisions in the European Union, it has been revealed. Above the age of 14, 20% of child road deaths during this period were moped riders, the vast majority being boys. Child road mortality rate […]
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Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) The European Commission denounced Serbia for deciding to hold consultations with Russia. The EC noted that it previously instructed aspiring bloc members on their foreign policy, stressing that it told them to distance themselves from Russia, according to Reuters reporting on Monday. On Friday, Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikola Selaković […]
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Belgium (Brussels Morning Newspaper) Italian coalition of right-wing parties has secured a comfortable lead in the general elections on Sunday, and its post-fascistic leader Georgia Meloni is set to become the country’s first female prime minister, according to projections. Meloni, head of the far-right Brothers of Italy (FDI) party, declared victory for her bloc and […]
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Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) Denmark and Sweden reported leaks in Russian gas pipelines in their territorial waters and launched investigations. After Denmark discovered a leak in Nord Stream 2, the Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA) warned about leaks in Nord Stream 1, according to Reuters reporting on Tuesday. Denmark limited shipping in the area where the […]
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Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) The European Commission adopted the Just Transition Fund (JTF) program on Monday as part of which the Czech Republic will receive 1.64 billion euros. The body pointed out in a statement on Monday that the Czech Republic will receive the money in the form of grants to support its green push. […]
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