Category: Politico News

French authorities are restricting public drinking in parts of Paris as a severe heatwave in parts of Europe collides with one of the country’s biggest street-party nights. A police order issued ahead of the Fête de la Musique bans the consumption of stronger alcoholic drinks from 8 a.m. Sunday along stretches of the popular Canal […]

Crimea’s Kremlin-installed leadership moved Sunday to cut off civilian access to fuel, a sign that Ukraine’s campaign against Russian logistics is putting pressure on the occupied peninsula far beyond the front line. Sergey Aksyonov, Moscow’s top official in Crimea, said in a Telegram post that from 9 a.m. local time, gas stations across the peninsula […]

“I’m looking forward to starting the technical talks with the Iranians, the Pakistanis, and the Qataris,” Vance told reporters before departing Joint Base Andrews. “There’s a lot to discuss, but we’re going to go through it all.” The immediate test is the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway that carries roughly a fifth of global […]

Climate activists are planning protests Sunday against FIFA’s sponsorship deal with Saudi state-owned oil and gas giant Aramco at World Cup sites and fan zones across the country. Organizer Zan Dubin told POLITICO the protests are aimed at pressuring FIFA to drop Aramco while calling attention to the way oil company advertising becomes part of […]

Climate activists are planning protests Sunday against FIFA’s sponsorship deal with Saudi state-owned oil and gas giant Aramco at World Cup sites and fan zones across the country. Organizer Zan Dubin told POLITICO the protests are aimed at pressuring FIFA to drop Aramco while calling attention to the way oil company advertising becomes part of […]

No date has been set for the politically sensitive trial, which adds to a series of scandals affecting Sánchez’s government. The charges come in a case stemming from a complaint by the ultra-Catholic association Hazte Oír and far-right groups including the political party Vox. Gómez, who denies any wrongdoing, is accused of exploiting her position […]

The Netherlands has had a week in Texas, between matches in Dallas and Houston, and one of the leading members of its government delegation has been using the time to conduct old-school diplomacy. In Houston, Mirjam Sterk — who has an expansive portfolio of a minister for long-term care, youth and sport — has visited […]

At a press conference after the G7 summit, Meloni said she considered her relationship with Trump “unchanged” despite the earlier spat. “We have a strong enough character, we are both [leaders who] defend the national interest with determination, there is no need for us to clarify when we disagree on something,” she added. In his […]

The fighting continued despite Israel and Hezbollah having agreed to a ceasefire on Friday in an effort to deescalate a conflict that, on the same day alone, killed at least 47 people in Lebanon and four Israeli soldiers. Renewed hostilities in Lebanon could also complicate the implementation of the agreement signed on Wednesday between the […]

Zelenskyy added that “Russia will keep pushing him further into this war,” but that the Belarusian president now “understands that Ukraine will respond.” Kyiv’s pressure on Minsk is not limited to the relay equipment that, according to Zelenskyy, “adjusts fire on our people.” Ukraine’s leader also criticized Lukashenko over his country’s oil-refining sector, arguing that […]