Category: Vox Europ News

Police in Paris arrested three men on Tuesday as part of a sprawling investigation into alleged abuse of vulnerable women in the French pornography industry. In response French senators have proposed a raft of measures including stronger regulations to block under-18s from accessing online porn. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to host a ceremony at the Kremlin on Friday to annex four occupied regions of Ukraine, a day after recognising the independence of two of them, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia. UN chief Antonio Guterres has described the planned annexations as a “dangerous escalation” that will jeopardise prospects for peace. Read our live blog for updates and analysis. All times […]

Queen Elizabeth II died of “old age” at 3:10 pm (1410 GMT) on September 8, according to her death certificate released on Thursday, or nearly three-and-a-half hours before the news was announced to the world. 

Georgian protesters gathered at a crossing on the Russia-Georgia border on Wednesday, September 28 to demand authorities stop Russians fleeing mobilisation from entering the country. Georgia says it has seen around 10,000 Russians arrive every day since the Kremlin launched a partial mobilisation to bolster its forces in Ukraine.

There is a run on the pound and panic in the markets over the UK’s biggest tax cut for the rich in half a century. New Prime Minister Liz Truss is taking the concept of “going for broke” to a whole new level, with an almighty gamble that the deficit will take care of itself once […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a signing ceremony at the Kremlin on Friday to annex four territories of Ukraine, a spokesman said Thursday, after what Western powers called “sham” referendums in the regions. Sweden has discovered a fourth gas leak on the Nord Stream pipelines, authorities said. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments. […]

French schools, trains and businesses are set to be affected Thursday by the first major strike called since the re-election of President Emmanuel Macron in April, as unions push for wage hikes and the end of planned pension reform. 

Men in the Russian-occupied part of the Zaporizhzhia region are fleeing to avoid forced conscription into Moscow’s army. The exodus follows what Western powers have called “sham” referendums, staged by Russia, that seek to legitimize the eventual annexation of territories under Russian control. 

A group of young Ukrainian ‘geeks’ make drones in the basement of a house near the Donbas frontline. A short distance from their base and less than two kilometres from the Russian lines, a navigator and a pilot prepare a drone to drop a bomb on Russian positions. The group’s founder and leader,  Zmiy (“Snake” […]

Sweden’s security service (SAPO) said Wednesday that it would investigate unexplained explosions and leaks on the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea, calling them “aggravated sabotage.”