French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Monday criticized the European Union’s newly negotiated trade deal with the United States, calling it a “black day” for Europe and accusing the bloc of bowing to American pressure. “It is a dark day…
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Monday criticized European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for failing to reach a lucrative trade deal with Donald Trump, calling the talks “Trump eating von der Leyen for breakfast.” The deal, unveiled after…
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MADRID – Under fire at home and in the air, Spain’s prime minister is realizing that even a corruption scandal can’t cancel summer in the Canary Islands. A bombshell police report published in early June exposed what many are now…
Polish President Andrzej Duda will meet with parliament speaker Szymon Goławnia in early August after Goławnia said he had been urged to delay the swearing-in of President-elect Karol Nawrocki on August 6, presidential aide Malgorzata Paprocka said on Sunday. In…
Slovakia has completed the first stage of its new voluntary military training course, but while military experts are praising the exercises, critics are accusing politicians like President Peter Pellegrini of turning them into a PR stunt. A new 14-day National…
ReutersCars and buildings were badly damaged after the Russian strike on the Dnieper. Five people have been killed in overnight strikes in Russia and Ukraine as the two sides continue to trade drone attacks. Ukrainian officials said on Saturday that…
Reuters Organisers of a music festival in Italy have cancelled a concert featuring Russian conductor Valery Gergiev after days of criticism from Kremlin critics and human rights activists. Gergiev, an ally of President Putin, was due to conduct the Italian…
Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia and Ukraine would hold a new round of peace talks in Istanbul on Wednesday. “Today I discussed with [Ukrainian Security Council head] Rustem Umerov preparations for the prisoner exchange and another meeting in…
Walaa al-Jabari was killed along with her husband, four children and unborn child when her home in southwest Gaza City was bombed. According to local reports, which have not been independently verified, the blast was so powerful that the fetus…