Vladimir Putin has denied Russia was behind the poisoning of the opposition leader Alexei Navalny, calling a recent investigation by Bellingcat a “falsification”. “Who needs to poison him,” he said during a nationally televised press conference, denying that Russia’s FSB spy...
The European Parliament's former Brexit representative took to social media to made his feeling plain about the EU's decision to delay imposing tariffs and an arms embargo in response to Turkey's operation to explore for hydrocarbons off the coast of Cyprus and Greece....
Michael Gove will meet the European commission vice-president, Maroš Šefčovič, in Brussels to thrash out a deal to minimise checks on goods and food entering Northern Ireland from Great Britain. But sources say the implementation of the Northern Ireland protocol is unlikely...
The Iranian Parliament recently passed a law which if implement would expand Tehran’s nuclear programme and limit the monitoring access of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). This comes amid growing tensions across the globe. "If Iran is serious about...
France will carry out random border checks over the holiday season targeting French skiers on their way to and from foreign resorts – particularly Switzerland and Spain – where slopes stay open, the prime minister, Jean Castex, has said. “The goal is...
An orgy organiser in Brussels has denied doing anything wrong when his secret sex party was raided by the police, catching 20 men in the act, including an anti-gay MEP who is a close political ally of right-wing Hungarian president Viktor Orban. While hardline conservative MEP Jozsef Szajer has...
Boris Johnson has lowered his Brexit demands by asking EU fishing fleets to hand over up to 60% of the value of stocks it takes from British waters, but the gap with Brussels remains wide, Michel Barnier has said ahead of what...
France is preparing to ease its Covid-19 lockdown rules in the weeks leading up to Christmas with new daily caseloads falling and pressure building from retailers to allow the annual shopping season to go ahead. But parts of east Asia that...
Governments across Europe are failing to protect their citizens from toxic air pollution, with most Europeans still breathing filthy air in their cities, according to data. Pollutants from farming, domestic heating and vehicles are beyond the levels needed to ensure breathable air...
Temperatures have dropped in recent days in the northern Italian city of Turin, but that hasn’t prevented Anita Iacovelli from persevering in her protest against the closure of her school. Every day since 6 November, when schools across the city...
