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Italy's economy minister denies resignation rumour

Italy's economy minister denies resignation rumour

-- 2018-12-07 17:18:41

Italy’s Economy Minister Giovanni Tria denied he would resign on Friday, according to a spokeswoman, after newspapers reported he was on the verge of quitting amidst talks with Brussels over nex...

Britain readying plans for medical supplies in no-deal Brexit

Britain readying plans for medical supplies in no-deal Brexit

-- 2018-12-07 15:47:23

The United kingdom is working on plans to use aeroplanes and fast-track trucks to ensure the continued supply of medicines if it leaves the European Union without a deal in March. British Health Mini...

May's Brexit deal under fire as legal advice stiffens opposition

May's Brexit deal under fire as legal advice stiffens opposition

Reuters 2018-12-06 12:17:32

Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal came under fire from allies and opponents alike on Wednesday after the government was forced to publish legal advice showing the United Kingdom could be locked...

If US develops banned missiles, Russia will follow suit: Putin

If US develops banned missiles, Russia will follow suit: Putin

-- 2018-12-05 19:16:17

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday warned the United States that if it walks out of a key arms treaty and starts developing the type of missiles banned by it, Russia will do the same. Puti...

Dozens arrested in European operation against organised crime

Dozens arrested in European operation against organised crime

-- 2018-12-05 15:32:16

Dozens of people were arrested in Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and South America on Wednesday in an operation against members of Italy’s ‘Ndrangheta organised crime group, offi...

France suspends fuel tax rise

France suspends fuel tax rise

-- 2018-12-04 18:00:05

France's PM has announced a six-month suspension of a fuel tax rise which has led to weeks of violent protests. Edouard Philippe said the measures would not be applied before proper debate had taken...

French govt 'preparing to halt fuel tax rise'

French govt 'preparing to halt fuel tax rise'

-- 2018-12-04 14:57:38

The French government is preparing to suspend fuel tax increases, a government source said on Tuesday, following violent protests against the measures. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe was due to anno...

Russia ‘partially unlocks’ Ukrainian Azov Sea ports

Russia ‘partially unlocks’ Ukrainian Azov Sea ports

-- 2018-12-04 13:40:36

Russia has partially unlocked Ukrainian sea ports on the Azov Sea, Ukraine’s infrastructure minister Volodymyr Omelyan said on Tuesday. “Yes, Berdyansk and Mariupol ports are partially un...

Total's fuel stations running dry due to 'yellow vest' protests

Total's fuel stations running dry due to 'yellow vest' protests

-- 2018-12-03 16:55:11

Several dozens of gasoline stations of Total, a French multinational integrated oil and gas company, had run dry as a more than two-week long protest in Paris over fuel tax hikes began to impact fuel...

French PM holds talks with political parties after violent protests

French PM holds talks with political parties after violent protests

-- 2018-12-03 14:53:37

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe is holding crisis talks with representatives of major political parties in the wake of violent anti-government protests that have rocked Paris. More than 100 pe...

Climate talks begin in Poland

Climate talks begin in Poland

-- 2018-12-02 19:51:50

Delegates from nearly 200 nations on Sunday began two weeks of talks to tackle deep political divisions at the most important UN meeting on global warming since the landmark 2015 Paris deal to shift a...

I will be PM to take Britain out of EU, says UK's May

I will be PM to take Britain out of EU, says UK's May

Reuters 2018-12-02 15:39:00

Theresa May said on Saturday she would be the prime minister to take Britain out of the European Union and that parliament should back her Brexit deal to ensure certainty for the future. May sealed a...

France to consider state of emergency to prevent recurrence of riots

France to consider state of emergency to prevent recurrence of riots

-- 2018-12-02 14:34:43

France will consider imposing a state of emergency to prevent a recurrence of some of the worst civil unrest in more than a decade and urged peaceful protesters to come to the negotiating table, gover...

Ukraine boosts security at ports, power plants

Ukraine boosts security at ports, power plants

-- 2018-12-01 21:53:04

Ukraine has stepped up security at vital infrastructure sites such as nuclear power stations and Black Sea ports in the face of what it a Russian test of the world order. The country's television cha...

60 detained in France from rally against high living costs

60 detained in France from rally against high living costs

-- 2018-12-01 17:43:46

French police fired tear gas, stun grenades and water cannon in battles with “yellow vest” protesters trying to breach security cordons on the Champs Elysees in Paris on Saturday ahead of...

Another UK minister quits over Brexit deal

Another UK minister quits over Brexit deal

-- 2018-12-01 14:35:25

British science and universities minister Sam Gyimah has resigned in protest at Theresa May's Brexit deal, the sixth minister to resign in protest of her proposed Brexit deal with the European Union....

Merkel’s plane makes emergency landing en route to G20 summit

Merkel’s plane makes emergency landing en route to G20 summit

-- 2018-11-30 18:55:20

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will miss the opening of the G20 summit in Argentina after her plane was forced to land shortly after leaving Berlin. The plane carrying Mrs Merkel's team turned back...

Montenegro jails opposition leader over his refusal to testify

Montenegro jails opposition leader over his refusal to testify

-- 2018-11-30 17:34:56

Montenegrin police arrested Nebojsa Medojevic, a lawmaker and a prominent opposition leader, on Friday after a high court ordered he serve a two-month jail sentence passed in March for refusing to tes...

Ukraine bars Russian men from entering country

Ukraine bars Russian men from entering country

-- 2018-11-30 15:12:17

Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko says the country has barred Russian men between 16 and 60 from travelling to the country. The move comes as the long-simmering conflict between the two nations esca...

Russia blocks two Ukrainian Azov Sea ports, minister says

Russia blocks two Ukrainian Azov Sea ports, minister says

-- 2018-11-29 13:47:31

Two Ukrainian Azov Sea ports, Berdyansk and Mariupol, are effectively under blockade by Russia as vessels are being barred from leaving and entering, Ukraine’s infrastructure minister, Volodymyr...

Georgia elects Salome Zurabishvili as first female president

Georgia elects Salome Zurabishvili as first female president

-- 2018-11-29 11:33:03

Salome Zurabishvili has won Georgia's presidential election, becoming the first woman to hold the office. With nearly all votes counted, the French-born ex-diplomat had 59 per cent of the vote with r...

Russia to deploy new missiles to Crimea amid rising Ukraine tensions

Russia to deploy new missiles to Crimea amid rising Ukraine tensions

-- 2018-11-28 18:03:33

Russia said on Wednesday it would send more of its advanced S-400 surface-to-air missile systems to Crimea and a Reuters reporter saw a Russian warship deploying nearby as tensions with Ukraine rose o...

Georgians vote in presidential runoff

Georgians vote in presidential runoff

-- 2018-11-28 13:12:44

Georgians started to vote for president on Wednesday in an election runoff that pits a candidate backed by the ruling party who favours a policy balancing ties with Moscow and the West against a rival...

Polish anti-corruption agency detains former regulator  head

Polish anti-corruption agency detains former regulator head

-- 2018-11-27 12:49:44

Poland’s anti-corruption agency CBA said on Tuesday it has detained the former head of the country’s financial regulator KNF Marek Chrzanowski, who will hear charges at the prosecutor&rsqu...

UAE pardons British academic

UAE pardons British academic

-- 2018-11-26 18:00:57

The United Arab Emirates on Monday pardoned and released British academic Matthew Hedges jailed for life on spying charges. The academic secured the pardon as the UAE granted a request for clemency a...

Helicopter crash leaves four soldiers dead in Turkey

Helicopter crash leaves four soldiers dead in Turkey

-- 2018-11-26 17:55:42

Four Turkish soldiers were killed and another wounded on Monday when a military helicopter crashed in a residential area in Istanbul during a training exercise. The helicopter went down in the Sancak...

EU executive urges Russia to release Ukraine ships

EU executive urges Russia to release Ukraine ships

-- 2018-11-26 17:49:46

The European Union’s executive urged Russia on Monday to release three Ukrainian ships it seized at the weekend near the Crimean peninsula that it annexed from Ukraine in 2014. The European Com...

Children among six die in Swiss Apartment fire

Children among six die in Swiss Apartment fire

-- 2018-11-26 13:05:38

Six people were killed in an apartment fire in Switzerland early on Monday morning, police said, while an unspecified number of others caught in the blaze were taken to the hospital. Children were am...

Protests erupt in Kiev as Russia seizes Ukraine ships off Crimea

Protests erupt in Kiev as Russia seizes Ukraine ships off Crimea

-- 2018-11-26 12:28:52

Ukraine's parliament is to decide whether to bring in martial law as anger over the capture of three of its naval vessels by Russia spilled into the streets overnight. Protesters gathered outside the...

EU leaders seal Brexit deal

EU leaders seal Brexit deal

-- 2018-11-25 17:05:34

European Union leaders formally agreed a Brexit deal at a Brussels summit on Sunday, urging Britons to back Prime Minister Theresa May’s package, which faces furious opposition in the British pa...