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Britons protest against the new PM Liz Truss and Tories policies.
‘Trust me’ says Truss after mini-budget causes havoc and as UK energy bills rise
LONDON — The British prime minister has appealed to voters to “trust me”, defending her government’s policies after a disastrous week in which its mini-budget brought market turmoil and widespread condemnation, and the opposition romped to a 30-point lead in opinion polls.Liz Truss has admitted that the announcement did cause “disruption”, after the uncosted tax-cutting plan sparked a series of economic shocks.The pound crashed to a record low against the US dollar, borrowing costs soared, mortgage lenders withdrew offers, the Bank of England was forced to intervene to protect pension funds from partial collapse, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) called on the UK to review its plans.Writing in The Sun on Saturday, the prime minister acknowledged that “bills are high...
October 01, 2022

‘Trust me’ says Truss after mini-budget causes havoc and as UK energy bills rise

Latvia began voting on Saturday in a general election that has been overshadowed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and rising energy costs
Latvia holds general election amid Ukraine war and record-high inflation
RIGA — Latvia began voting on Saturday in a general election that has been overshadowed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and rising energy costs.Polls indicate that Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš’ New Unity party, which heads the current four-party center-right minority coalition, is likely to emerge as the top vote-getter.New Unity is projected to receive between 13% and 20% of the ballots cast by 1.5 million eligible voters.The election will likely be followed by a lengthy period of negotiation, but analysts say there is a strong chance that Karins — who steered Latvia through the COVID-19 crisis among other things — will still be prime minister at the end of it.Kariņš, a dual Latvian-US citizen, has told media outlets that it would be easiest to...
October 01, 2022

Latvia holds general election amid Ukraine war and record-high inflation

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen speaks in Sofia, Bulgaria Saturday.
Greece-Bulgaria pipeline starts operations to boost non-Russian gas flows
SOFIA — Greece and Bulgaria have started commercially operating a long-delayed gas pipeline, which will help decrease southeast Europe’s dependence on Russian gas and boost energy security.The 182-kilometer pipeline will provide a relief to Bulgaria, which has been struggling to secure gas supplies at affordable prices since the end of April, when Russia’s Gazprom cut off deliveries over Sofia’s refusal to pay in rubles.Russia has decreased its gas deliveries to Europe after the West imposed sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, leaving European Union countries scrambling to secure alternative supplies amid surging prices.The European Commission president welcomed the pipeline’s launch on Saturday, which she said was key to breaking away from Russian energy.“This...
October 01, 2022

Greece-Bulgaria pipeline starts operations to boost non-Russian gas flows

In this picture provided by Swedish Coast Guard, a small release from Nord Stream 2 is seen, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022
Nord Stream gas leaks caused by 'several hundred kilos of explosives'
STOCKHOLM — The Nord Stream pipeline leaks were caused by "at least two detonations" with "several hundred kilos" of explosives, Denmark and Sweden said in a joint letter to the United Nations Security Council."At least two detonations occurred underwater, damaging the pipelines belonging to Nord Stream 1 and 2, causing major leaks of natural gas into the Baltic Sea," the countries' permanent missions to the United Nations said.Leaks were discovered on the two natural gas pipelines earlier in the week, with EU leaders warning that it could be "sabotage".While the pipelines connecting Russia to Germany still contained some natural gas, the EU said the leaks hadn't affected the bloc's gas supply.Russia had previously stopped the gas flow...
September 30, 2022

Nord Stream gas leaks caused by 'several hundred kilos of explosives'

Anton Osenev says the Russians tried to mobilise him to fight against his own country.
Tears and despair as Russian annexation looms
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukaraine — Every day, convoys of people arrive in a supermarket car park in Zaporizhzhia city, escorted in by police vehicles.They've made the hazardous trip out of Russian-occupied territory in southern Ukraine, finally reaching the relative safety of this regional capital still firmly under Ukrainian control.And yet this is one of four Ukrainian regions that Russia is formally annexing, after a five-day exercise it called a referendum and Ukraine and the West condemned as a sham.Among those handing their papers to police is Anton Osenev, who says the Russians tried to mobilize him twice to fight against his own country, around his home city of Melitopol."We weren't home for the first attempt," he says. "On the second occasion, they stayed at our...
September 30, 2022

Tears and despair as Russian annexation looms

Ukraine said the attack was another terrorist act by Russia
Survivors speak of horror as Zaporizhzhia convoy hit
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — At least 23 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a Russian rocket strike on a humanitarian convoy in south Ukraine, local officials say.A huge crater next to a row of vehicles in the city of Zaporizhzhia testifies to the violence of the attack. Windows and windscreens were smashed in.The BBC saw half a dozen bodies lying at the scene, apparently civilians. Baggage and coats strewed the tarmac.One survivor told the BBC her boss had been killed in the attack."She had two kids. I left the cafe to use the restroom when it happened. I ran back and tried to find her. The cafe was demolished, there were many bodies around. It was all so very horrifying," Viktoriia Yosypenko said.Reacting to the attack in the early hours of Friday on the outskirts...
September 30, 2022

Survivors speak of horror as Zaporizhzhia convoy hit

Buses and cars queue to cross the border from Russia to Finland at the Vaalimaa border check point in Virolahti, 23 September 2022
Finland shuts border to Russian tourists after spike in arrivals
HELSINKI — Finland says it will ban Russian citizens traveling with tourist visas from entering the Nordic country, effective from Friday.“The decision in principle aims to completely prevent Russian tourism to Finland and the related transit through Finland,” Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said at a news conference on Thursday.The government justified its decision by saying that the continued arrival of Russian tourists in Finland is endangering the country’s international relations. It did not specify further.The move by the government in Helsinki comes after an increasingly heated debate in the EU on whether Russian citizens should not be permitted to apply for visas or banned from entering the bloc altogether due to Moscow's ongoing aggression against Ukraine.The mass...
September 29, 2022

Finland shuts border to Russian tourists after spike in arrivals

Russia to formally annex four more areas of Ukraine
MOSCOW — Russia's Vladimir Putin will hold a signing ceremony on Friday formally annexing four more areas of Ukraine after self-styled referendums condemned by Ukraine and the West as a sham.Russian-backed officials had earlier claimed the five-day exercise secured almost total popular support.So-called votes were held in Luhansk and Donetsk in the east, and in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson in the south.The Russian president will make a major speech at the Kremlin.A stage has already been set up in Moscow's Red Square, with billboards proclaiming the four regions as part of Russia. There were echoes of Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014, which also followed a discredited referendum and was heralded by a presidential victory speech from a stage.However, no independent monitoring...
September 29, 2022

Russia to formally annex four more areas of Ukraine

The gas leak from Nord Stream, seen near the island of Bornholm, Denmark
Russia and West trade blame over alleged sabotage of undersea gas pipelines
BRUSSELS — Russia and the West have traded blame over alleged sabotage that caused mysterious leaks on the Nord Stream gas pipelines.Two underwater pipelines running from Russia to Germany were damaged this week, with explosions apparently recorded in the Baltic Sea beforehand.While the EU and US have stopped short of directly accusing Russia, a Kremlin official was rebuked after hinting that Washington was responsible."[President Joe] Biden is obliged to answer the question of whether the US carried out its threat," Russia's foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on social media.Washington dismissed the suggestion, with a spokeswoman for the National Security Council saying: "We all know Russia has a long history of spreading disinformation and is doing it...
September 29, 2022

Russia and West trade blame over alleged sabotage of undersea gas pipelines

A view of Ter Apel center that is full for asylum seekers. — courtesy Twitter
Backlog for Dutch asylum applicants as high as during the 2015 migrant crisis
AMSTERDAM — The backlog of asylum applications in the Netherlands is almost as high as during the 2015 refugee crisis, according to new data.Figures from Eurostat show that the Dutch immigration service has not yet responded to almost 30,000 asylum seekers.A total of 29,460 asylum applications to the Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND) are pending, Eurostat noted.This is only 180 applications fewer than the backlog in 2015, even though the number of new applications in 2022 is much less.Martijn van der Linden, a spokesperson for the Dutch Council for Refugees, said they were “very concerned” about the impact of the backlog on refugees and asylum seekers.“On paper, the Netherlands has a lightning-fast, careful, and efficient asylum policy that is admired by other European...
September 28, 2022

Backlog for Dutch asylum applicants as high as during the 2015 migrant crisis

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