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February 26, 2024
Putin critic Navalny about to be freed in prisoner swap when he died, says ally
February 26, 2024
Hungarian Parliament set to greenlight Sweden's NATO membership 18 months after bid
BRUSSELS — The European Left on Saturday elected Austrian Walter Baier as their spitzenkandidat or pick to lead the European Commission following the elections in June.Baier, 70, who hails from the Austrian communist party, has been the group's president since December 2022 but had, until then, little experience in European politics.He defended his lack of European credentials at the group's meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on Saturday, telling reporters that "frankly speaking, Europe is not just Brussels.""Europe is 27 nations and hundreds of cities and millions of citizens. The European Left wants to be the voice of these people, whose voices are rarely heard in Brussels," he said.Despite being the group's spitzenkandidat, Baier is not on any national...
February 26, 2024
European Left elects little-known Walter Baier as lead candidate for June elections
February 25, 2024
Plymouth bomb: Thousands back home after WW2 device detonated
February 25, 2024
Zelensky says 31,000 troops killed since Russia's full-scale invasion
MINSK — Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says he will run for another term in elections set to be held in 2025, a move likely to extend the long rule of a key ally of Russia’s Vladimir Putin.Lukashenko, while speaking to journalists at a polling station after voting in parliamentary and local council elections, was asked whether he planned to stand in the next contest.“Tell them I will,” he said, Belarusian state news agency BelTA reported on Sunday.“The harder [the opposition] try, the more likely I will bid for re-election. Don’t worry, we will do everything necessary for Belarus,” he added.Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus since 1994, will be confident of winning again, with votes in Belarus widely seen as neither free nor fair.Reacting to the news on Sunday,...
February 25, 2024
Belarus’ President Lukashenko to stand for re-election in 2025
February 25, 2024
Navalny: Dissent is dangerous in Russia, but activists refuse to give up
February 25, 2024
Eiffel Tower in Paris set to reopen after six-day strike
February 25, 2024
Zelensky insists Ukraine will win on second anniversary
February 24, 2024
Farmers' anger erupts at Paris trade show causing chaos
