The Swedish government could soon send Leopard-2 tanks to Ukraine as Defence Minister Pål Jonson announced he was open to the idea on Thursday following political agreement in parliament. Sending tanks would send a strong signal as a complementary contribution,…
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez pledged Spain’s support for Ukraine for ‘as long as necessary’ during his second trip to the country since the start of the Russian invasion on Thursday. Sánchez spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the eve…
J.D. Vance, the freshman senator from Ohio, is in the spotlight for the first time in his tenure as he responds to the train derailment and its aftermath. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
Lisbon city council on Thursday proposed to include municipal neighbourhoods in the Lisbon local housing strategy, thus allowing the application of funds from the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP) in their rehabilitation. The announcement was made by the mayor of…
US Congress greenlighted the sale of almost 500 HIMARS artillery rocket systems to Poland, said Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak on Thursday. The M142 HIMARS is a light multiple rocket launcher developed in the late 1990s for the US Army…
The 10.5 million strong population of Czechia hosts the most Ukrainian refugees with temporary protection status per population among European Union nations, Eurostat data shows. By the end of last year, there were over 3.5 million Ukrainian refugees with temporary…
Shamima Begum, a 15-year-old child who left the UK to join the Islamic State group in 20
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Italy’s parliament on Thursday (23 February) passed into law a government decree establishing a code of conduct for migrant charity ships, despite criticism from the United Nations and humanitarian groups that it will imperil lives. The new set of rules…
The National Council will look into banning cages for chickens and laying hens after investigation videos showing the animals’ welfare conditions in three Slovak farms made the rounds online. Though countries like Austria, Czechia and Germany already ban the practice,…