Month: December 2021

France’s Senate has overwhelmingly voted in favour of a ban on so-called LGBT conversion therapy. The bill was approved at its first reading on Tuesday, Read more

Storm Barra has hit the UK and Ireland with strong winds, heavy rain, and even snow, raising yellow warnings across most of England, Wales, and Read more

Switzerland’s foreign affairs minister Ignazio Cassis has been selected to become the country’s next president in January. The vote in parliament was largely a formality Read more

The European Union is arming itself against economic coercion with a new trade weapon that will punish countries that meddle with the bloc’s internal politics. Read more

Angela Merkel’s rule in Germany might be over, but she definitely made her mark on world politics. As Germany’s new chancellor, Olaf Scholz, takes office Read more

Authorities in Belgium are struggling to cope with the number of asylum seekers, according to the country’s agency that deals with handling applicants. With winter Read more

Five former Bosnian Muslim soldiers have been charged with war crimes against Serb civilians during the 1990s war. The suspects are accused of killing at Read more

An alleged member of the group involved in the assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was arrested on Tuesday at a Paris airport, AFP reported. Read more

On Wednesday, after 16 long years, Angela Merkel will step down as German Chancellor, making way for only the fourth socialist leader in the country’s Read more

German investigators have said a suspected murder-suicide near Berlin was linked to a fake COVID-19 certificate. The bodies of five people — including three children Read more

Two people have been killed after a gunman opened fire inside a Moscow government services centre. Four other people –including a 10-year-old girl — were Read more

A Hungarian deputy minister from the ruling Fidesz party is facing allegations that he has accepted bribes. The accusations have been levelled at Pal Volner, Read more

Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin has apologised for visiting a nightclub after coming into contact with COVID-19. Marin was criticised for her night out over Read more

The UK abandoned its supporters in Afghanistan and left them at the mercy of the Taliban, according to a whistleblower. A former Foreign Office worker Read more

Three Latvian MPs have been suspended from voting in parliament after refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Under a recent measure, only lawmakers who have Read more