NEW YORK — Europe should allow in Russian citizens seeking to flee the country, European Council President Charles Michel said, as he blasted Russia’s “web of lies” in an address to the United Nations General Assembly. In an interview with POLITICO on the sidelines of the U.N. meeting in New York, Michel said that the […]
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The era of Mario Draghi as Italy’s prime minister is drawing to an end as elections are held across the country on Sunday. A right-wing coalition led by Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy is on course to come out on top, according to opinion polls, although there have been missteps and hiccups in the final […]
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A Special Tribunal on Russian war crimes in Ukraine must be convened, because no permanent or existing international judicial institution is endowed with jurisdiction over Russian high-ranking officials, writes the head of the Ukraine delegation to the Council of Europe.
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Adapting Europe’s energy grid to a system largely run on renewable power will cost €584bn between now and 2030, according to a leaked EU Commission document seen by news agency Reuters. The commission is set to publish an action plan to build smart grids able to respond faster to intermittent local-supply fluctuations associated with wind […]
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Some 6,470 Russians arrived in Finland across the land border on Thursday, according to figures posted by the Finnish border guards.”Incoming traffic is now greater than outgoing traffic,” it said. This compares to over 4,800 on Wednesday, the same day Russia’s president Vladimir Putin announced a plan to draft some 300,000 Russians to fight in […]
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Ukraine launched a major counter-offensive in the Kharkiv region on September 6. This operation surprised Russia and led to the withdrawal of Russian soldiers from several strategic cities in eastern Ukraine, such as Izium. Our reporters Gulliver Cragg and Gwendoline Debono met with Ukrainian soldiers who took part in the counter-offensive and spoke to two of the operational […]
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The trial for the 2016 Brussels attacks, due to start next month, has been delayed for several weeks to replace controversial glass boxes intended for the accused, the court said Friday.
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It’s just one aspect of the seemingly endless list of horrors brought on by Russia’s war in Ukraine: Ukrainian authorities say they have already removed some 80,000 landmines and explosive devices across the country. While Washington has pledged $89 million to help Kyiv clear the weapons, the process could take decades. The conflict is now dragging into its […]
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Voting on whether Russia should annex Kremlin-controlled regions of Ukraine opened Friday as the West denounced the referendum that has dramatically raised the stakes of Moscow’s seven-month invasion.
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