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Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban prepares to address a media conference at the end of an EU Summit at the Puskas Arena in Budapest, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024
Hungary's controversial presidency of the Council of the European Union comes to an end
WARSAW — Poland gears up to take over presidency of the European Union as the controversial Hungarian term comes to an end.The presidency of the Council of the European Union rotates among the 27 member states once every six months.The country in the presidency is tasked with guiding the council’s work and representing all member states in negotiations with other EU institutions.Hungary led the council from 1 July through to the end of the year. On the first day of the new year, they will be succeeded by Poland.Hungary’s term began with a controversial start, as the presidency launched with a campaign titled "Make Europe Great Again”, a slight variation of former and incoming US President Donald Trump’s infamous “Make America Great Again”, or MAGA, slogan.But it didn’t...
December 31, 2024

Hungary's controversial presidency of the Council of the European Union comes to an end

Flowers placed in front of a train station where an outdoor roof collapsed one month ago in Novi Sad, Serbia, Sunday, 1 December 2024
Serbian prosecutors indict 13 over deadly canopy collapse 
BELGRADE — Serbia’s public prosecutor announced on Monday that 13 people, including a former minister, have been indicted over the collapse of a concrete canopy that claimed 15 lives last month and sparked weeks of mass anti-government demonstrations.The suspects, charged in the northern city of Novi Sad where the incident occurred on 1 November, face accusations of severe criminal offenses against public safety and irregular execution of construction work.If convicted, they could face prison sentences of up to 12 years.The collapsed canopy was part of a railway station building that had undergone two recent renovations as part of an infrastructure agreement with Chinese companies.Public outrage has centred on allegations of corruption and substandard construction practices, believed...
December 30, 2024

Serbian prosecutors indict 13 over deadly canopy collapse 

The wreckage of Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 lays on the ground near the airport of Aktau, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024
Azerbaijan airline blames 'external interference' for plane crash
BAKU — Azerbaijan Airlines says the preliminary results of an investigation into the crash of its plane in Kazakhstan on 25 December have blamed "physical and technical external interference".Thirty-eight people died when the Embraer jet came down at high speed, bursting into flames 3km (1.9 miles) short of the runway at Aktau airport.The plane had originally tried to land at Grozny airport in southern Russia, but witnesses have spoken of an explosion before it was diverted across the Caspian Sea to Kazakhstan.The head of Russia's civil aviation agency said on Friday that the situation in the Chechen capital was "very complicated" and that a closed-skies protocol had been put in place."Ukrainian combat drones were launching terrorist attacks on civilian...
December 27, 2024

Azerbaijan airline blames 'external interference' for plane crash

Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier
German president dissolves parliament, announces February election date
BERLIN — Germany's President Frank-Walter Steinmeier announced on Friday he has agreed to Chancellor Olaf Scholz's request to dissolve parliament and has set 23 February as the date for the new elections.Steinmeier was widely expected to adhere to the date pre-agreed upon by Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the country's main opposition party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).The president's decision means that Germans will head to the polls in February, a date pulled forward significantly after the ruling coalition's government collapsed, causing Scholz to call an unsuccessful confidence vote on 16 December.The Bundestag's vote of no confidence against Scholz last Monday was only the sixth since 1949 in the country, and it is the fourth time a...
December 27, 2024

German president dissolves parliament, announces February election date

North Korea is believed to have sent more than 10,000 soldiers to support Russia's war in Ukraine
Ukraine captures injured North Korean soldier, says Seoul
SEOUL — Ukrainian forces have captured an injured North Korean soldier who was sent to support Russia's war, South Korea's spy agency confirmed Friday.The soldier is believed to be the first North Korean prisoner of war captured since December, when Pyongyang deployed forces to support Russia's war in Ukraine.The confirmation comes after a photo purporting to show the wounded soldier circulated on Telegram.North Korea has sent more than 10,000 soldiers to help Russia, according to Kyiv and Seoul — though Moscow and Pyongyang have neither confirmed nor denied their presence."This is the first one in a string of captures and killings," Yang Uk, a research fellow at the Asian Institute for Policy Studies, told the BBC. "For Ukrainians, it's more beneficial...
December 27, 2024

Ukraine captures injured North Korean soldier, says Seoul

Migrants crowd a wooden boat as they sail to the port in La Restinga on the Canary island of El Hierro, Spain, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024
Aid group says more than 10,000 migrants died at sea while trying to reach Spain in 2024
MADRID — More than 10,000 migrants have died while attempting to reach Spain by sea in 2024, according to a report released on Thursday by Spanish migration rights group Caminando Fronteras (Walking Borders).9,757 deaths, the vast majority of the 10,457 reported by Caminando Fronters up until 15 December 2024, took place along the so-called Atlantic route, which is considered the world's most dangerous. The group reported 700 deaths amongst people attempting to reach Spain via Mediterranean routes.The Atlantic route saw tens of thousands of people leave the shores of nations in western Africa, such as Mauritania, for the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago located near the African coast that has increasingly been used as a gateway to mainland Europe.The total number of deaths...
December 27, 2024

Aid group says more than 10,000 migrants died at sea while trying to reach Spain in 2024

The authorities said many of those who had been travelling in the bus were foreign nationals
At least three killed in bus crash in Norway
OSLO — At least three people have died in a bus crash in Norway, police say.The accident happened at around 13:30 local time (12:30GMT) in the Hadsel district on the country's north-western coast.The bus came off the road and ended up partially in the Åsvatnet lake, the authorities said in a press release.It is thought to have been carrying 58 people at the time of the crash — many of whom, police say, are foreign nationals.As well as the fatalities, police said four people had been seriously injured.Three people have been taken to Stokmarknes Hospital by rescue helicopter, while other passengers have been taken to a nearby school.Everyone has now been removed from the vehicle, according to local media.The Norwegian Red Cross said on social media that it was sending teams to help...
December 27, 2024

At least three killed in bus crash in Norway

The Russian army's multiple rocket launcher Solntsepyok fires towards Ukrainian positions in Kursk, 13 November, 2024
Ukraine says North Korean troops suffering heavy losses in Kursk region fighting
KYIV — North Korean troops are suffering heavy losses in fighting in Russia's Kursk region and facing logistical difficulties as a result of Ukrainian attacks, Ukraine’s military intelligence said Thursday.The intelligence agency, known under its acronym GUR, said Ukrainian strikes near Novoivanovka inflicted heavy casualties on North Korean units.It said North Korean troops also faced supply issues and shortages of drinking water.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said earlier this week that 3,000 North Korean troops have been killed and wounded in the fighting in Kursk.It marked the first significant estimate by Ukraine of North Korean casualties several weeks after Kyiv announced that Pyongyang had sent between 10,000 and 12,000 soldiers to Russia to help fight in the...
December 27, 2024

Ukraine says North Korean troops suffering heavy losses in Kursk region fighting

A drone view shows emergency specialists working at the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan December 25, 2024.
Speculation mounts over cause of Azerbaijan plane crash that left at least 38 dead
BAKU — Azerbaijan held a day of mourning on Thursday for the dozens of victims of an airliner crash in Kazakhstan, as questions were being asked over the cause of the disaster.The reasons why Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 came down are still unknown. Officials from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Russia, three countries linked to the disaster, urged people not to speculate about the crash until investigations have concluded.The plane was traveling from the Azerbaijani capital Baku to Grozny in the southern Russian republic of Chechnya before it made an emergency landing approximately 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) from Aktau, Kazakhstan, the carrier said on Wednesday.Russian state media reported that the plane was rerouted due to heavy fog in Grozny.Officials did not immediately explain why...
December 26, 2024

Speculation mounts over cause of Azerbaijan plane crash that left at least 38 dead

The wreckage of Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 lays on the ground near the airport of Aktau, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024
President Aliyev launches criminal probe into Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash
BAKU — Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev instructed his government to initiate a commission to investigate the cause of the Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8432 crash on Wednesday when 38 passengers were killed as the plane attempted to make an emergency landing near the Kazakh city of Aktau.“The commission's task is to fully investigate the matter, examine the causes of the crash and all its details, and provide information both to me and to the Azerbaijani public,” Aliyev said in an official briefing released by the Azerbaijani Presidency.The Azerbaijani president says the matter needs to be fully uncovered, though he did not hint at what his government suspects is the cause behind the crash.“The reasons for the crash are not yet known to us. There are various theories, but I...
December 26, 2024

President Aliyev launches criminal probe into Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash

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