Month: September 2021

Serbia has celebrated a new national day of unity, amid concerns from neighbours in the western Balkans. On Wednesday, Belgrade kicked off the holiday with Read more

The former leader of the Basque separatist group ETA has been jailed for ordering an attack on Spain’s former king. María Soledad Iparraguirre Guenechea was Read more

A man in Sweden has been jailed for three years after he was found guilty of spying for Russia for several years. Kristian Dimitrievski was Read more

Pope Francis has refused to accept the resignation of the archbishop of Hamburg after a report accused him of mishandling sexual abuse allegations in his Read more

Police in Northern Ireland have arrested four men in connection with the murder of journalist Lyra McKee. The four suspects, aged between 19 and 33 Read more

In an hour-long speech delivered in Strasbourg, Ursula von der Leyen outlined her priorities and intentions to chart the EU’s path as the bloc emerges Read more

The leader of Poland’s ruling party has stated there will be no “Polexit” and that the country’s future is in the European Union. But Jaroslaw Read more

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is meeting Catalan pro-independence groups in an attempt to ease tensions. It includes sitting down with regional president Pere Aragonès Read more

Dominic Raab has lost his job as the UK’s foreign secretary amid a tense government reshuffle carried out by Boris Johnson. His replacement will be Read more

Italy has opened an investigation into the suspected “kidnapping” of the only survivor of a cable car accident in May. Six-year-old Eitan Biran was flown Read more

French healthcare workers face suspension from today if they are not vaccinated against COVID-19. President Emmanuel Macron announced in a speech earlier this summer that Read more

European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen is to deliver her annual State of the European Union address on Wednesday to take stock of the Read more

China’s ambassador to Britain has been barred from Parliament and told he could not enter the building for a talk he was scheduled to give Read more

A new chief prosecutor was sworn in Tuesday just hours after his predecessor asked a judge to charge Prime Minister Ariel Henry in the slaying Read more

French President Emmanuel Macron announced measures to make the police more transparent about wrongdoings, including the publication of internal investigation reports and the creation of Read more

The UK said on Tuesday that it will offer a third dose of coronavirus vaccine to everyone over 50 and other vulnerable people to help Read more

Eight iconic works by the British street artist Banksy, including a sculpture from the provocative 2015 pop-up exhibit Dismaland, have gone on display at a Read more

Russia has imposed new fines on Facebook, Twitter, and Telegram for failing to remove banned content. The three social networks were all sanctioned by Russia’s Read more

The dissolution of Russia’s radical National Bolshevik Party (NBP) in 2007 was a violation of human rights, the European Court of Human Rights has determined. Read more