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"If we do not receive candidate status, it will mean that Europe is trying to deceive us. And we will not accept it," Ukraine's foreign minister announced in an interview with the Financial Times.more

The leader of the British opposition Labor Party, Keir Starmer, said that if he was fined by the police for breaking covid restrictions, he would resign. His deputy, Angela Rayner, made a similar promise.more

Thirteen EU Member States, in a joint document, opposed "ill-considered and premature attempts" to amend the EU treaty, including Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, Malta, Romania, Slovenia and Sweden.more

The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), Northern Ireland's largest Protestant party, has stated that it will not be part of the provincial new government until its objection to the Northern Ireland protocol has been met.more

In his Victory Day speech, Vladimir Putin presented a revisionist version of history and disinformation, and his accusations blaming the US for aggression against Ukraine are absurd, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.more

Measures expected to be announced include schools, levelling up and Brexit freedoms billsmore

Rising prices are making the government's plans to reduce regional inequalities more difficult and more important, says Michael Gove, the cabinet minister for levelling up.more

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his generals are like the Nazis and should end the same way, said British Defense Minister Ben Wallace today in a speech on the anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe.more

In front of the Mausoleum of Soviet Soldiers in Warsaw, demonstrators poured red substance on Russian ambassador Sergei Andreyev and prevented the Russian delegation from laying flowers there.more

G7 leaders, who spoke on Ukraine during a videoconference yesterday, announced that they would take steps to cut off Russia from key services it depends on. The heads of state and government of the US, UK, Canada, Japan, Italy, France and Germany announced that they will continue their actions against Russian banks.more

The Republican party Sinn Fein won Thursday's election to the regional parliament in Northern Ireland and for the first time in history will be the largest party in the Assembly there, according to the incomplete results released yesterday evening.more

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British police announced yesterday that an investigation was launched to find out whether the leader of the opposition Labor Party, Keir Starmer, broke the covid restrictions in force while drinking a beer in the office of one of the MPs.more

Russia believes it can avoid responsibility for war crimes committed in Ukraine because of the threat of a nuclear attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenski announced yesterday in an interview with British think tank Chatham House.more

Speculation is growing that on 9 May, on the occasion of the so-called Victory Day, Russian President Vladimir Putin may announce a general mobilisation to step up the offensive against Ukraine. Independent analyst Kamil Galeyev believes this would be a serious mistake that could even spark a revolution in Russia.more

Democratic countries around the world must stand together against authoritarian regimes, the Prime Ministers of Britain and Japan, Boris Johnson and Fumio Kushida, said yesterday after signing a defence cooperation agreement in London.more

Britain's ruling Conservative Party suffered some spectacular defeats in yesterday's local elections in England, but so far the results are not as much of a disaster for it as some polls had predicted, the results announced so far show.more

It is inconceivable that Britain would not help Finland or Sweden if they were attacked, whether they were in NATO or not, British Defence Minister Ben Wallace declared yesterday.more

People in England, Scotland and Wales are voting today in local and regional elections, the results of which could affect the political future of Prime Minister Boris Johnson. At the same time, people in Northern Ireland are electing members of their local parliament.more

"You think you are doing business with Russia, until one day a missile hits your house. Then values change and everything starts to fall apart" - announced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenski in a recording for the US newspaper Wall Street Journal, quoted by Interfax-Ukraine yesterday.more

A British aid worker captured in Ukraine, shown on Russian TV, did not speak or behave in a natural way, which suggests that he was forced to speak, his mother said, quoted by Sky News.more

Ukraine will win and Ukraine will be free, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said today in a speech to members of Ukraine's Supreme Council (parliament). He announced the transfer of another batch of military equipment to Kiev.more

Chancellor Olaf Scholz said today that nobody should count on Russia not attacking other countries, given the violations of international law in Ukraine. He also declared that Germany would support Finland and Sweden if they decided to join NATO.more

There are two scenarios for ending the war with Russia: the collapse of the Russian Federation or a change in its government, Ukrainian military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov said, as quoted by the Ukrinform agency.more

70 years ago, on 3 May 1952, the Polish section of Radio Free Europe began broadcasting permanent programmes in Polish from Munich. During the communist period, RWE became one of the most important sources of objective news for millions of Poles.more