The parliament elected social democrat Élisabeth Baume-Schneider and nationalist-conservative Albert Rösti to the government in a vote on Wednesday after the resignation of two members of the seven-headed Swiss Federal Council. Baume-Schneider will replace the social-democrat Federal Councillor Simonetta Sommaruga,…
Milan’s La Scala theatre opened its 2022-2023 opera season on Wednesday (7 December) with a gala performance of the Russian work “
Dear readers, Welcome to EU Politics Decoded, where Benjamin Fox and Eleonora Vasques bring you a round-up of the latest political news in Europe and beyond every Thursday. In this edition, we look at how focusing on border control rather than the root causes…
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Viktor Bout spent more than two years in a Bangkok jail. Viktor Bout, one of the world's most infamous arms dealers, has been released from US custody as part of a prisoner exchange with US…
Image source, ReutersImage caption, Brittney Griner was sentenced to nine years in a penal colony by a court in Russia in AugustBy Paul KirbyBBC News The US and Russia have exchanged jailed US basketball star Brittney Griner for notorious arms…
At least 150 people were injured after two suburban trains collided in the Spanish town of Montcada i Reixac, near Barcelona on Wednesday, emergency officials said. The local emergency services reported that 150
The government is considering measures to contain food prices to be adopted in the framework of a new anti-crisis package before the end of the year, revealed Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. Sánchez told a press conference that the third…
The final text on decriminalising medically assisted death was approved on Wednesday in the committee stage and will go ahead to the final plenary vote on Friday. The vote on the text in favour of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs,…
Gov. Brian P. Kemp of Georgia — once derided by some of his fellow Republicans — has emerged in the aftermath of Tuesday’s Senate runoff as a savvy political operator. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
An examination by the Democratic staff of the Senate homeland security committee portrayed a government wholly unprepared for the arrival of the coronavirus. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have