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Russian President Vladimir Putin underwent surgery on Monday night, Italian daily "La Stampa" reported citing its unspecified sources. The reason for the operation is said to be the cancer that Putin is suffering from.more

Fewer than half of people in Scotland say they support retaining the monarchy, according to a major new poll that reveals the cultural divides emerging within the union.more

Half of Poles believe that the most important task of the government is to fight inflation, and according to 22 percent. the priority is to unlock funds from the EU Reconstruction Fund - according to the SW Research survey for rp.pl published over the weekend.more

After the exercises held by Belarusian troops in recent days, the deployment of Belarusian special operations forces along the border with Ukraine has been announced, British intelligence reported today.more

A statue of Baroness Margaret Thatcher has been egged less than two hours after it was installed in her home town.more

Finnish President Sauli Niinisto informed Vladimir Putin in a telephone conversation yesterday that "in the coming days Finland will decide to apply for NATO membership" - reported Niinisto's chancellery in a communique. "The conversation was direct and clear. Without tensions," the Finnish leader stated.more

The government has vetoed a proposal for the House of Lords to temporarily relocate to a building opposite Parliament - and told peers to move outside London instead.more

The leader of South Ossetia, one of Georgia's two separatist regions, Anatoly Bibilov announced that there will be a referendum on joining Russia on July 17, Reuters reported, citing the TASS agency.more

UK and Norwegian government chiefs Boris Johnson and Jonas Gahr Store agreed at yesterday's meeting that Nordic countries must be free to make security choices, Downing Street said.more

Former Bundestag chairman Wolfgang Schaeuble in an interview with the Badische Zeitung newspaper said that there were similarities between the actions of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Adolf Hitler, and that it was "obviously a terrifying parallel". The fundamental difference was the fact that Putin did not manage to rapidly conquer the country he attacked.more

Regardless of when the parliamentary elections will be held, Poland 2050 will be prepared for them," the party's leader Szymon Hołownia declared yesterday. In his opinion, the most likely scenario is a snap election this year. He also announced an educational programme for schools.more

Sadiq Khan announced a commission to review cannabis laws in the UK. more

A Chinese spy ship has been detected off the coast of Western Australia. This is aggressive behaviour on Beijing's part, Australian Defence Minister Peter Dutton told a press conference, as quoted by Sky News today.more

Boris Johnson’s vow to ‘Get Brexit Done’ in 2019 has not been delivered, according to more than half of Britons. The prime minister focused on Brexit during the general election two years ago, with the promise to deliver on the result of the 2016 referendum credited as one of the reasons for the Tories winning a huge majority.more

Research from the Social Market Foundation found relatively affluent boroughs in London - such as Islington, Hackney and Camden - are falling well below the national average for residents’ happiness and life satisfaction.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that a re-normalization of relations with Putin "is impossible no matter what happens."more

The President of Finland, Sauli Niinisto, and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, signed a "declaration of solidarity" yesterday evening in Helsinki on strengthening cooperation on security issues. In practice, this means that in the event of an attack by Russia, the Finns would be supported by a multinational expeditionary force.more

The Polish embassy in Moscow was poured with red paint and the call of the Polish ambassador to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs should be interpreted as "retaliation" for what happened on Monday in Warsaw in front of the Mausoleum of Soviet Soldiers - said Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Szymon Szynkowski aka Sęk.more

The Polish ambassador in Moscow, Krzysztof Krajewski, said yesterday after a visit to the Russian Foreign Ministry that he had reiterated there the position of the foreign minister, Zbigniew Rau, on the incident that took place on 9 May in Warsaw involving the Russian ambassador, Sergei Andreyev.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson signed a "political declaration of solidarity" yesterday in Harpsund, 120 km west of Stockholm. The agreement implies a promise of British support for Sweden in the event of aggression by Russia.more

Boris Johnson has made his TikTok debut and it’s fair to say that not everyone is thrilled. more

It is not enough to support Ukraine in its struggle, but the ideology behind the Russian onslaught must be eradicated, as it is as dangerous as Nazism and communism, argues Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in today's "Daily Telegraph".more

The French publishing house Grasset has published a collection of speeches by Volodymyr Zelensky since the beginning of the Russian invasion on February 24. This is the first publication of this type in the world - emphasizes TF1 television, which is referred to by the Ukrinform agency.more

The British government could start the process of actually dismantling the Northern Ireland Protocol as early as next week, although not through Article 16 as has been speculated so far, the BBC reported yesterday citing government sources.more

The problem of rising costs of living and the equalization of life chances between individual parts of the country will be at the center of the British government's attention in the coming year, announced the heir to the throne, Prince Charles.more