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Protesters held a demonstration against seabed mining outside the Norwegian Parliament building in Oslo earlier this year
Norway suspends controversial deep-sea mining plan
OSLO — Norway has paused its controversial project to open up its seabed for commercial-scale deep-sea mining.Oslo had planned to let companies apply to mine 280,000 sq km (108,000 sq miles) of its waters for precious metals -- an area bigger than the size of the UK.The move was blocked after the country’s Socialist Left Party said it would not support the government’s budget unless it scrapped the first licensing round, set for 2025.Environmental scientists had warned the move could be catastrophic for marine life, while the plans were opposed by 32 countries including France, Canada, Brazil and Germany.Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoer called Sunday's development a “postponement” and said preparatory work on regulations and environmental impact would continue.Greenpeace...
December 02, 2024

Norway suspends controversial deep-sea mining plan

Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks at the SPD conference in Berlin, Saturday Nov. 30, 2024
Germany's Scholz makes surprise visit to Kyiv at crucial timing
KYIV — Germany's Olaf Scholz arrived in Ukraine on Monday for his second trip to the region during his tenure as Chancellor.His visit comes both at a time on escalated Russian attacks on Ukraine and as his government faces political crisis at home that looks likely to remove him from power during elections in February next year.Scholz promised an additional aid package to Ukraine during his visit, saying that Germany would deliver "further armaments worth 650 million euros" to the war-torn country.The German leader has come under criticism for his approach to Ukraine, primarily due to his refusal to send powerful Taurus cruise missiles for Kyiv to use in its war efforts, which he has long-argued would risk Germany becoming directly involved in the conflict.Oleksiy Makeev,...
December 02, 2024

Germany's Scholz makes surprise visit to Kyiv at crucial timing

A woman casts her vote in a station in Bucharest, 1 December, 2024
Social Democratic Party set to win Romania's parliamentary election
BUCHAREST — Romania’s future parliament and government will continue the country’s strong pro-EU, pro-NATO and pro-Ukraine national strategy, despite a surge by ultra-nationalist contenders.With more than 99% of the votes counted, Romania’s ruling leftist Social Democratic Party (PSD) is on course to win Sunday’s parliamentary elections.They’ve taken just under 23% of the vote, holding an almost 5% advantage over the far-right Alliance for the Unity of Romanians (AUR) who won the second most votes, at just over 18%.The center-right National Liberal Party (PNL) stands at about 14.4%, while the reformist Save Romania Union party (USR) was at 12%.Three more parties managed to pass the required 5% threshold to join parliament.The far-right S.O.S Romania party, the Democratic...
December 02, 2024

Social Democratic Party set to win Romania's parliamentary election

Irish general election votes being counted at Nemo Rangers GAA Club in Cork
Majority of seats declared in close Irish general election
DUBLIN — The majority of seats in the Irish parliament have been filled, with the Fianna Fáil party leading a tight three-way battle in the country's general election.With all 43 constituencies' initial counts in, first preference percentage share for the largest three parties was: Fianna Fáil 21.9%, Fine Gael 20.8%, Sinn Féin 19.0%.So far, 138 of 174 seats have been filled, with counting having resumed on Sunday morning.Fianna Fáil, who had been in a coalition government with Fine Gael and the Green Party, is projected to win the most seats.Counting resumed on Sunday morning in the election which had a turnout of 59.7% - the lowest in more than a century.The leaders of the three main Irish political parties were all re-elected on Saturday to serve in the Dáil (lower house...
December 02, 2024

Majority of seats declared in close Irish general election

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas, European Council President Antonio Costa and Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos arrive in Kyiv, December 1st 2024
Top EU officials visiting Ukraine promise more sanctions against Russia
KYIV — EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas, European Council President Antonio Costa and Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos made Kyiv the first foreign capital to visit in their new positions.With President-elect Donald Trump due to take office in January there are fears within the EU and elsewhere that US military and financial aid to Ukraine will slow down, or even stop altogether.Trump has criticized the billions of dollars that the Biden administration has poured into Ukraine and has said he could end the war in 24 hours, comments that appear to suggest he would press Ukraine to surrender territory that Russia now occupies.President Zelensky has long been asking for more weapons to fight the Russians and more money to fund the war effort.After...
December 02, 2024

Top EU officials visiting Ukraine promise more sanctions against Russia

A serviceman of the 24th Mechanized Brigade improves his tactical skills at the training field in Do
Moscow says its forces have 'liberated' two towns in the Donetsk region
MOSCOW — Defense authorities in Russia say they have 'liberated' two towns in the Donetsk region of Ukraine just as President Vladimir Putin approved plans to raise military spending to record levels as Moscow seeks to prevail in the war in Ukraine.Servicemen also hit the infrastructure of Ukrainian military airfields, drone assembly shops, and warehouses over the day, local media reported.According to the Russian Defense Ministry, some of the targets included the infrastructure of military airfields, drone assembly shops, and warehouses, as well as enemy manpower and equipment in 136 areas.On Sunday, the ministry released footage of what it said was its military personnel striking alleged camouflaged dugouts of the Ukrainian troops with FPV drones.Russia's defense ministry...
December 02, 2024

Moscow says its forces have 'liberated' two towns in the Donetsk region

Kristrún Mjöll Frostadóttir, leader of the Samfylking, Social Democratic party, celebrates the victory.
Center-left party wins Iceland's election, but will need coalition to govern
REYKJAVIK — With all the votes tallied on Sunday, the Social Democratic Alliance had won 15 seats in the 63-seat parliament, the Althingi — more than doubling its total — and secured almost 21% of votes, according to national broadcaster RUV.The conservative Independence Party, which led the outgoing government, had 14 seats and a 19.4% vote share, and the centrist Liberal Reform Party 11 seats and about 16% of votes.Three other parties also won seats. Social Democrat leader Kristrún Mjöll Frostadóttir, 36, will likely try to seek coalition partners to command a parliamentary majority.Icelanders voted Saturday after disagreements over immigration, energy policy and the economy forced Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson to pull the plug on his coalition government and call an early...
December 02, 2024

Center-left party wins Iceland's election, but will need coalition to govern

Fourth night of protests across Georgia after EU accession talks suspension
TBILISI — A fourth consecutive night of protests is underway across Georgia against the government's decision to suspend European Union accession talks.Officials in the country say at least 44 people have been hospitalized in increasingly violent demonstrations.The Interior Ministry said that 27 protesters, 16 police officers and one media worker were taken to hospital.Tens of thousands of protesters, mostly gathered outside parliament in the capital Tbilisi, threw stones and fireworks at squads of police officers.Police officers used water cannons, tear gas and pepper spray in a bid to disperse crowds.Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze warned that, "any violation of the law will be met with the full rigor of the law.""Neither will those politicians who hide in their...
December 02, 2024

Fourth night of protests across Georgia after EU accession talks suspension

Georgia's President Salome Zurabishvili attends a demonstration in Tbilisi on November 28, 2024
Georgia protesters clash with police after government suspends talks on joining EU
TBILISI — Riot police used pepper spray and water cannon against protesters who turned out on the streets in the Georgian capital Tbilisi early on Friday, after the country’s ruling party said the government would suspend talks on European Union accession and refuse budgetary grants until 2028.The country’s interior ministry said three police officers were injured.Forty-three people were arrested at the demonstrations in the capital on Thursday night, the government said.Crowds turned out after Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said his government would drop its pursuit of EU membership "until the end of 2028" -- a move criticized by more than 100 diplomats on Friday as "unconstitutional".Kobakhidze had accused the bloc of "blackmail" after EU legislators...
November 29, 2024

Georgia protesters clash with police after government suspends talks on joining EU

Polling stations are open until 10 p.m. local time on Friday
Voters take to the polls in Irish general election
DUBLIN — The polls have opened for the Irish general election.Voters are able to cast their ballot up until 22:00 local time to choose representatives to serve as Teachtaí Dála (TDs) in the Dáil, the lower house of the Oireachtas (Ireland's parliament).The next Dáil, which will be the 34th, will have 174 TDs, up from 160 in 2020.Friday's vote comes after a three-week election campaign.Voters will elect 173 TDs, as one seat in the Dáil goes to the Ceann Comhairle (Speaker).Eighty-eight TDs is the number required for an overall majority.The new TDs will represent 43 constituencies throughout the Republic of Ireland.More than 3.4 million people are registered to vote in the Republic of Ireland.To vote in the election, voters must be over 18 years of age, be an Irish or British...
November 29, 2024

Voters take to the polls in Irish general election

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