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Britain is considering sending hundreds of additional troops to Poland and the Baltic states to boost Russia's deterrence capabilities, the Times reported today, citing sources in the British Ministry of Defense.more

Ireland removes almost all covid restrictions, including all those introduced in connection with the Omikron variant. With the peak of this wave past and vaccination rates high, the government has decided that it is not necessary to maintain them anymore.more

British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss yesterday called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to "step aside and withdraw from Ukraine before he makes a huge strategic mistake." She also warned Russia and China that the West will stand up to dictatorships.more

President Emmanuel Macron's advisers do not believe Russia will actually attack Ukraine, and there is no common ground between EU countries, the U.S. and the U.K. on the type of sanctions the West should impose on Russia because Europe is dependent on gas from Russia, the daily Le Monde wrote yesterday.more

Sir Tony Blair has stuck the boot into Boris Johnson after a torrid few weeks for the prime minister.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson asserted yesterday that he has seen no evidence that MPs from his Conservative Party who want him to step down have been threatened or blackmailed.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stressed that military aggression against Ukraine would come at a high cost to Russia and that any invasion would be its grave strategic mistake, Johnson's office reported last night.more

The British government offered Elizabeth II to lift covid restrictions for the funeral of her husband, Prince Philip, so that more people could attend. The Queen refused because it would be unfair to others, Private Eye magazine revealed yesterday.more

The prime minister cancelled a public appearance last week after Downing Street confirmed an unidentified family member tested positive for coronavirus. more

In January, the Sejm's ratings fell and are the worst during this term. Opinions about the Senate remain stable. The presidency of Andrzej Duda has been assessed slightly more badly than well since November 2021, according to the latest CBOS poll.more

Yesterday evening, 31-year-old Slovak citizen Jozef Puska was accused of the high-profile murder of 23-year-old teacher Ashling Murphy in Ireland. She had been murdered the week before, near Tullamore, while jogging after finishing school.more

The inquiry report into Downing Street parties will be published next week, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson revealed yesterday, apparently inadvertently. That means a vote on removing him as Conservative leader could also take place then.more

Marcin Król became the new Polish consul in Berlin. Among his most important tasks, the diplomat mentions in the interview, inter alia, strengthening the position of Poles in Germany and caring for memorial sites - he would like, where possible, a personal commemoration of the Polish victims of the Third Reich.more

The 54 written requests from Conservative MEPs to vote a no-confidence vote for Boris Johnson as leader have either already been reached or will be reached in the coming hours, British media reported.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson today denied allegations that he lied in parliament about a party in the garden of his Downing Street residence during covid restrictions and said no one had told him it was against the rules.more

Up to 65,000 illegal immigrants may try to cross the English Channel into Britain this year aboard small boats or dinghies, the British government's worst-case scenario revealed today by the Daily Telegraph newspaper.more

Maltese MEP Roberta Metsola of the European People's Party group was today elected as the new President of the European Parliament.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson knew in advance about a party in the garden of his Downing Street residence in the first lockdown and agreed to let it take place, so by denying it in parliament he lied, his former top adviser Dominic Cummings wrote yesterday.more

A scheduled January 26 review of the restrictions put in place in England under covid Plan B and the lifting of most of them could take place as early as this week, as data suggests the peak of this wave of pandemic has passed, British media reported yesterday.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has already been interviewed by Sue Gray, the official who investigates Downing Street events during the covid restrictions, the Daily Telegraph reported. Meanwhile, the Daily Mirror reveals another such event.more

Keir Starmer has issued his angriest denunciation yet of Boris Johnson over lockdown parties in No.10. The Labour leader said Mr Johnson "broke the law" and then "lied about what had happened".more

Ben Wallace has accused Vladimir Putin of Tsarist ambitions as he said there will be “severe economic sanctions” if Ukraine is invaded.more

Boris Johnson is drawing up a list of officials to offer resignations over Partygate in a bid to salvage his premiership, the British media have learned.more

Downing Street has apologised to Buckingham Palace for two staff parties in No 10 the night before Prince Philip's funeral. The gatherings, first reported by The Telegraph, took place on 16 April 2021 and went on until the early hours.more

North Korea launched an unidentified missile eastward today, the South Korean Chiefs of Staff said. Hours earlier, Pyongyang accused the US of "provocations" and threatened retaliation for seeking to impose new sanctions on the country.more