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The government mistakenly informed the public about the delivery of military drones to Ukraine, admitted Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren. The information on this matter was provided yesterday by members of the lower house of parliament (Tweede cameras).more

The Chief of Staff of the Italian Navy, Admiral Enrico Credendino, announced that 18 Russian ships and two submarines were being monitored in the Mediterranean Sea. He stressed that Italian vessels were ready to sail towards the shores of Ukraine to help clear them.more

"Court" in the so-called The Donetsk People's Republic sentenced to death two British and a Moroccan man for fighting on the side of Ukraine, the Reuters agency reported yesterday, citing the Russian state media. The British government has announced that it will do everything to free its citizens.more

"Russia is currently not willing to negotiate in good faith, and real talks on ending the war in Ukraine are still far away," said Karen Donfried, the US Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia. She also said that for Europe the Russian invasion was what the attacks of September 11, 2001 were for America.more

The Cossack Association in Chernihiv in the north of Ukraine welcomed the Prime Minister of Great Britain, Boris Johnson. The politician was given the Cossack name of Borys Czupryna. This is our recognition of Johnson's contribution to Ukraine, said the deputy director of the local historical museum.more

A rare copy of the 1916 Proclamation which can be traced directly to the General Post Office (GPO) during the Easter Rising has been gifted to University College Cork (UCC) and is set to go on public display. more

The European Parliament will recommend granting Ukraine candidate status to the European Union and sending it the weapons it needs during the summit of EU heads of state and government to be held on June 23-24, said German MEP David McAllister (European People's Party), quoted today by Ukrinform.more

More than 6,000 undocumented people in Ireland have applied for a special Government scheme to regularise their status in the country. more

The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, must not be forced by world powers to accept a peace agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which is unfavorable for his country, said British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, addressing British ministers.more

Anton Hofreiter, the chairman of the EU Affairs Committee of the German Bundestag, wants a debate on Germany's "paternalistic" attitude towards the countries lying between Germany and Russia. In an interview with the "Welt" daily, he believes that the people from Central and Eastern Europe who warned about Putin were right.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson won the party vote of confidence held yesterday evening for him and will remain the leader of the Conservative Party, and thus the head of government.more

Women are waiting until they are older before having children, new research from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) has revealed more

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's visit to Serbia Monday has been canceled, Russia's state-run Interfax press agency reported Sunday, after neighboring countries reportedly closed their airspace to his plane.more

The U.K.'s Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face a vote of confidence Monday evening amid increasing dissatisfaction in his leadership.more

The prime minister faces a difficult week in which a vote on his leadership could be called, followed by two crucial byelectionsmore

The German government confirmed that German neo-Nazis participated in paramilitary training courses organized by far-right Russian organizations. Fighters of Russian extremist organizations and members of the Wagner group are taking part in the war with Ukraine, reports RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND) on Saturday.more

Boris Johnson’s plans to slash the number of civil servants by 91,000 – around 20% – within three years, will leave Whitehall unable to handle the huge extra workload caused by Brexit, independent experts and unions have warned the government.more

A small private airplane mistakenly entered restricted airspace near President Joe Biden's Delaware vacation home Saturday, prompting the brief evacuation of the president and first lady, the White House and the Secret Service said.more

Dmitry Kovtun, one of two Russian men accused by Britain of poisoning Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2006, has died of COVID-19 in a Moscow hospital, TASS news agency said on Saturday.more

French President Emmanuel Macron has warned against humiliating Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, if and when any peace settlement is agreed.more

Hungary yesterday held up approval of the European Union's sixth package of sanctions against Russia, demanding that Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia be removed from the sanctions list, Reuters reported, citing diplomatic sources.more

In Europe, but also in the USA, there is a division into countries such as Germany, Italy or France, which want to end the fighting in Ukraine and Ukraine and Russia to join peace talks as soon as possible, and the countries of Eastern and Northern Europe that want a military solution, including the withdrawal of Russian forces from the Donbass and Crimea, reports the daily Le Figaro.more

In Australia's ethnically diverse new government, a record 13 women have taken office as ministers. A kangaroo cape, a giant Bible and a Koran appeared at the office's swearing-in ceremony, Sky News emphasizes.more

The "27" agreement agreed on the first day of the EU summit in Brussels assumes that the EU will give up 90% of Russian oil imports. The remaining 10 percent will be supplied by the southern section of the Druzhba pipeline, whose maintenance was fought for primarily by Hungary. However, this is to be a temporary solution.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was asked by his own ministerial standards advisor to explain why he believes that punishing him with a covid mandate is not a violation of the ministerial code.more