Europe

Liz Truss succeeds Boris Johnson as Prime Minister on Monday September 5 after being nominated by the British Conservative Party. The former foreign minister won by a wide margin (57%) against her former finance colleague Rishi Sunak (43%). The results were announced by Graham Brady, responsible for organizing the internal …

In an interview with TVI/CNN Portugal, Pope Francis reiterated that the Catholic Church must treat cases of sexual assault with “zero tolerance”, calling such acts a “monstrosity”. “It’s very clear. It’s zero tolerance. A priest cannot continue to be a priest if he is an aggressor. He cannot because he …

Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the funeral on Saturday of the last leader of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev, who died at the age of 91, the Kremlin spokesman said on Thursday. “We know that the main ceremony will be on September 3, as well as the funeral, but …

Russian authorities announced the death of the first and last President of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), Mikhail Gorbachev, who led the Kremlin from 1985 to 1991. His major political figure of the 20th century has changed his country and a large part of Europe through his reforms. …

A discussion on the issue of visas for Russians will take place on Tuesday August 30 in Prague, as some EU countries have been calling for an end to visas for Russian nationals for several weeks, while other countries fear the consequences of these penalties. The European Union and the …

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer called on the European Union on Sunday to “decouple the price of electricity from that of gas” to bring it down, and affirms that this subject is on the table for an upcoming emergency meeting. After six months of war in Ukraine, energy prices in Europe …

More than 70 customers, mostly Russian or with Slavic names, filed a complaint in Paris for discrimination, denouncing the blockings of their accounts by certain French banks since the start of the war in Ukraine in February. Their lawyers called the blockages abusive and discriminatory. The 76 signatories of the …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said at a press conference that the conditions were not met to negotiate a ceasefire with Moscow. Six months after the start of the war, peace is not on the agenda. “At the point where we are, we are not ready for a ceasefire. We have …

France recalled its ambassador to Togo, Jocelyne Caballero, after the diplomat was accused of intimidating and harassing embassy staff. Jocelyne Caballero is no longer France Ambassador to Togo. It comes as the Quai d’Orsay opened a case on July 28 against the ambassador and her collaborator, the first embassy counselor, …

UK High Commissioner Jane Marriott has dismissed claims that she and her country interfered in Kenya’s recently-concluded general election, the BBC reported. She was reacting to allegations on social media that she pressured the electoral commission to declare William Ruto as president-elect following the disputed poll. Some users shared unverified …