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A Russian flag flies over the Russian Embassy in Bucharest, 6 April 2022
Romania expels Russian military attache and deputy in rare diplomatic slap
BUCHAREST — Russia's military attaché to Bucharest and his deputy were declared personae non gratae in an unprecedented move by Romanian authorities on Wednesday.The military, air and naval attaché Victor Makovskiy and his deputy Evgeny Ignatiev were expelled for carrying out activities that contravened the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.“It is an exceptional measure. It is not a common measure. It is not a measure taken easily, and it is taken when the breaches are grave," Romanian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Andrei Tarnea, told Euronews Romania on Wednesday."In general such decisions and their reasons are not communicated publicly. They are communicated directly to the states’...
March 06, 2025

Romania expels Russian military attache and deputy in rare diplomatic slap

Magnus Brunner (left) and Tomasz Siemoniak (right)
Silence in Brussels after Poland says implementing migration pact 'not possible'
BRUSSELS — The European Commission remained conspicuously silent after Poland doubled down on its refusal to implement the Pact on Migration and Asylum, which was once described as a "historical" legislative achievement to allow member states to manage the arrival of asylum seekers in collaboration with each other.The scene played out in plain view on Wednesday evening, after a meeting of home affairs ministers chaired by the Polish presidency of the European Council.Tomasz Siemoniak, Poland's Minister of Interior, was asked point blank if his country would comply with the Migration Pact, which consists of five separate but interlinked laws that were painstakingly negotiated in the previous mandate.Siemoniak, speaking next to Magnus Brunner, European Commissioner for...
March 06, 2025

Silence in Brussels after Poland says implementing migration pact 'not possible'

James Scott Rhys Anderson was reportedly captured in Russia's Kursk region last November
Briton captured while fighting for Ukraine jailed in Russia
LONDON — A British man who was captured while fighting for Ukraine's armed forces has been jailed for 19 years by a Russian military court.James Scott Rhys Anderson was reportedly captured in Russia's Kursk region last November, where Ukraine had launched a cross-border incursion, and was charged with terrorism and mercenary activity.The 22-year-old is the first British national to be convicted by Russia during the war.The UK Foreign Office said Anderson was sentenced on "false charges" and described him as a prisoner of war.A statement released by the Russian court claimed Anderson had pleaded guilty but this cannot be verified, as he has not been heard from independently since he was taken.On Wednesday, a Russian military court ruled that Anderson would spend the...
March 06, 2025

Briton captured while fighting for Ukraine jailed in Russia

France's President Emmanuel Macron addressing a live interview on French TV
Europe 'at turning point in history', French president warns
PARIS — EU leaders are gathering in Brussels on Thursday for a special council on defense, as France's President Emmanuel Macron warned that the continent was at a "turning point of history".As well as rearmament, leaders are expected to discuss how the body can further support Kyiv in the face of US President Donald Trump's announcement on Monday that he would suspend aid to Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymy Zelensky is invited to the summit.Nerves have grown increasingly frayed across Europe since Trump and Zelensky's showdown at the White House last week, and the rhetoric around Thursday's summit leaves no doubt about the importance EU officials are ascribing to it.Three years on since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Trump...
March 06, 2025

Europe 'at turning point in history', French president warns

Under the new deal, the Entry-Exit System will be introduced in a gradual manner
EU countries agree phased launch of Entry/Exit System, ending years of delays
BRUSSELS — European Union countries agreed on Wednesday to finally bring into force the Entry/Exit System (EES), the bloc's automated registry for short-stay travellers that has been repeatedly delayed over technical problems and lack of preparedness.The agreement, reached by interior ministers in Brussels, paves the way for a likely start of operations in autumn, although no fixed date has been set.Member states will now have two options: to launch the new system all at once or to launch it in several phases across a six-month transition period. At the end of the transition period, all registrations at border crossing should be done under the EES.The phased-in approach was not foreseen in the original legislation. However, after an inclusive meeting in November, it was put forward...
March 05, 2025

EU countries agree phased launch of Entry/Exit System, ending years of delays

JD Vance’s comments on the Anglo-French proposal to protect Ukraine have sparked criticism in Britain
Anger over Vance 'random country' peacekeeping remark
LONDON — The US vice president has sparked a row with his comments about a potential peacekeeping force in Ukraine.UK opposition politicians accused JD Vance of disrespecting British forces after he said a US stake in Ukraine's economy was a "better security guarantee than 20,000 troops from some random country that hasn't fought a war in 30 or 40 years".The UK and France have said they would be willing to put troops on the ground in Ukraine as part of a peace deal.Vance has since insisted he did not "even mention the UK or France", adding that both had "fought bravely alongside the US over the last 20 years, and beyond".In a post on social media, Vance added: "But let's be direct: there are many countries who are volunteering (privately or...
March 05, 2025

Anger over Vance 'random country' peacekeeping remark

Smoke bombs and flares are released in Serbia's parliament in Belgrade, 4 March 2025
Serbia's parliament erupts into chaos as opposition MPs set off flares and smoke grenades
BELGRADE — Serbia's first spring parliamentary session devolved into chaos in Belgrade on Tuesday after opposition MPs interrupted the increasingly heated discussion to set off flares and smoke grenades.The incident, which prompted security to prevent a broader physical confrontation after some lawmakers got involved in a brawl, caused the session to be interrupted.In the meantime, Speaker of Parliament Ana Brnabić invited the MPs to return to the benches and continue their work.Prior to the incident, the lawmakers from the ruling coalition proposed to adopt a series of laws giving concessions to students and youth, and only then to acknowledge the resignation of Prime Minister Miloš Vučević, which would effectively mark his cabinet's collapse.The opposition MPs vocally...
March 04, 2025

Serbia's parliament erupts into chaos as opposition MPs set off flares and smoke grenades

The iceberg, which is about twice the size of Greater London, appears to be stuck and should start breaking up on South Georgia's south-west shores
World's largest iceberg runs aground off remote British island
LONDON — The world's largest iceberg has run aground in shallow waters off the remote British island of South Georgia, home to millions of penguins and seals.The iceberg, which is about twice the size of Greater London, appears to be stuck and should start breaking up on the island's south-west shores.Fishermen fear they will be forced to battle with vast chunks of ice, and it could affect some macaroni penguins feeding in the area.But scientists in Antarctica say that huge amounts of nutrients are locked inside the ice, and that as it melts, it could create an explosion of life in the ocean."It's like dropping a nutrient bomb into the middle of an empty desert," says Prof Nadine Johnston from the British Antarctic Survey.Ecologist Mark Belchier who advises the...
March 04, 2025

World's largest iceberg runs aground off remote British island

Hundreds of Catholics gathered outside in St Peter's Square on Monday for an eighth evening to pray for the Pope's health
Pope Francis 'alert' after respiratory failure
LONDON — Pope Francis is alert after suffering two episodes of "acute respiratory failure" on Monday afternoon, the Vatican has said.Doctors were forced to intervene to clear mucus from the Pope's lungs, an update from the Holy See said, though it said he was alert throughout.The 88-year-old pontiff has resumed the use of an oxygen mask and ventilator to assist his breathing, but remains "alert, focused and cooperative", the Vatican said.This is now the third serious downturn since the 88-year-old pontiff was admitted to hospital 18 days ago with pneumonia.On Friday, Pope Francis suffered an "isolated" breathing crisis involving vomiting, the Vatican said.Updates from the Holy See reported that he responded well to oxygen therapy, with Vatican officials...
March 04, 2025

Pope Francis 'alert' after respiratory failure

Images from the scene showed police inspecting the car, a small black Ford, which had sustained heavy damage to its front
Two dead after car plows into crowd in Germany
BONN — Two people, an 83-year-old woman and a 54-year-old man, have been killed after a vehicle drove into a pedestrian area in the city of Mannheim, western Germany.Five people were seriously injured and another five suffered minor injuries in the incident, investigators said.Authorities arrested a lone suspect, a 40-year-old German man, who is not believed to be linked to extremism but shows "concrete indications of mental illness".The suspect, who prosecutors said was a landscape gardener, remains in hospital in a stable condition after shooting himself with a gun loaded with blanks.The incident occurred at around 12:15 local time (11:15 GMT), Mannheim police said.CCTV footage showed a black hatchback car speeding along Planken shopping street in Mannheim, heading...
March 04, 2025

Two dead after car plows into crowd in Germany

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