Category: Politico News

Based on Cypriot electoral law, he cannot keep both seats. Cyprus’ parliamentary election will take place in May. “Fidias,” as Panayiotou styles himself, has gained some 2.6 million subscribers on his YouTube channel since he began posting in 2019. He shot to fame by embarking on a mission to hug Elon Musk, the billionaire owner […]

It also introduces new import bans on metals, chemicals and critical minerals, as well as further export restrictions on items and technologies used for Russia’s battlefield effort, such as materials used to produce explosives. The package lists 20 more Russian regional banks as well as several banks in third countries that are perceived as facilitating […]

“In fact, they [Russian units] have problems now. They are like blind kittens,” a Ukrainian General Staff commanders told POLITICO separately, also granted anonymity to discuss sensitive matters. On Friday, Russian military bloggers, who in the past have praised Musk for his anti-Ukrainian rhetoric, complained about the mass failure of terminals for the Starlink satellite […]

In the meantime, Labour MPs — already disenchanted with Starmer’s leadership as he struggles in the polls — are publicly demanding an overhaul of the prime minister’s team. “Something needs to give,” Labour MP for Southport Patrick Hurley told Times Radio Friday morning. “Something needs to change.” Hurley decried the saga as a “distraction on […]

Leaders from Eastern and Northern European states have confirmed their participation, as well as the European Commission. France has also been invited but has yet to confirm its attendance, added the official cited above, who like the diplomat was granted anonymity to discuss the plans. The move comes as like-minded countries join forces to try […]

Fit and proper It was essential, McSweeney would tell his audiences, that the first criterion for choosing a candidate should be that they are a “fit and proper” person for the job.  In a cynical age when most voters have no automatic loyalty to parties in the way they used to, fielding credible candidates is […]

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday threw his support behind Hungarian populist nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who is facing the most serious challenge to his rule in more than a decade in the parliamentary election set for April. “Viktor Orbán is a true friend, fighter, and WINNER, and has my Complete and Total Endorsement […]

Fifty-seven percent of all respondents in the Odaxa poll, which was published Thursday evening in Le Figaro, believed Bardella would be able “exist politically” without Le Pen, seemingly assuaging concerns that he would flounder with his mentor. Forty percent said they are considering voting for Bardella, compared to 38 percent for Le Pen. Bardella has […]

If it fails to satisfy the Commission, the app could face fines up to 6 percent of annual revenue. TikTok can now defend itself against the preliminary findings and examine the evidence against it. “The Commission’s preliminary findings present a categorically false and entirely meritless depiction of our platform, and we will take whatever steps […]

Ziobro is under investigation over the alleged misuse of public funds and the deployment of Pegasus spyware against political opponents, in cases pursued by prosecutors under Tusk’s center-left coalition government. He was stripped of his parliamentary immunity in November. Ziobro denies all charges and has long argued that the investigation is a political vendetta by Tusk, whom […]