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Boris Johnson has said he "certainly broke no rules" as questions continue to plague the government over parties during lockdown last Christmas. A picture published in the Sunday Mirror showed the PM at a virtual quiz in Downing Street, appearing on screen alongside two colleagues.more

The problems of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, related to allegations of breaking covid restrictions last year, are deepening. The Sunday Mirror has posted a photo showing that he personally participated in the Downing Street Christmas quiz.more

Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro said in an interview published today for the Financial Times that Poland should suspend payments to the EU budget and veto EU policies if Brussels intensifies the dispute and cuts funds for Warsaw.more

The landslide in Norfolk happened overnight on Wednesday, causing a section of cliff the width of a football pitch to collapse on to the beach.more

This year's Downing Street Christmas party has been cancelled, a spokesman for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced yesterday. While the official reason is the spreading Omikron variant, the scandal surrounding last year's parties is in the background.more

President Andrzej Duda is trusted by 43 percent of respondents, while Poland 2050 leader Szymon Holownia and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki are trusted by 39 percent each, the CBM Indicator poll shows. In the distrust ranking, PiS president Jarosław Kaczyński came first (57 percent).more

President Joe Biden asserted his support for the principle of "nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine" in talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and assured NATO's eastern flank states that he was aware that the problem of the Russian threat affected the entire region, a senior US administration official reported yesterday. She added that in his conversation with Putin, Biden did not ofmore

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi has topped a list of Europe's 28 most influential politicians compiled by the Politico portal. The names were divided into three categories: "activists", "dreamers" and "disruptors". Donald Tusk was placed at the head of the latter group.more

Three alleged Christmas parties last year while the UK was under covid restrictions will be investigated by civil service chief Simon Case, it was reported today.more

Just 9 per cent of Britons believe assurances that there was no Christmas party in Downing Street during last year's lockdown and only 12 per cent believe Prime Minister Boris Johnson is telling the truth on the matter, according to a poll published yesterday.more

A former flight controller at Minsk airport has told Polish officials about the backstory of the forced landing in Minsk on 23 May 2021 of a Ryanair airliner with oppositionist Roman Protasiewicz on board, the New York Times reported yesterday.more

British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss yesterday assured her Ukrainian counterpart Dmytr Kuleba of London's support for Kiev in the face of the threat from Moscow. During the meeting they discussed strengthening British-Ukrainian cooperation.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie today announced the birth of their second child, a girl. The newborn daughter is the seventh child of the British head of government.more

The security outlook for the UK and its allies is now far more complicated and difficult than at any time in the past 30 years, the new head of the British armed forces, Admiral Tony Radakin, warned in his first speech.more

The management of evacuations from Afghanistan after the Taliban took power was dysfunctional and chaotic in the British Foreign Office, and decisions about who would be evacuated were arbitrary, a former British Foreign Office official says.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday apologised for a video showing Downing Street officials joking about a Christmas party during lockdown, but continued to argue that no rules had been broken and assured that he had no intention of resigning.more

British broadcaster ITV aired footage last night showing senior members of Downing Street staff joking about a Christmas party that the British Government maintains did not take place.more

The topic of Ukraine prevailed at the talks between the presidents of Russia and the USA, Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden. Putin "expressed serious concern about the provocative actions" of the authorities in Kiev towards Donbas, and Joe Biden announced, inter alia, significant strengthening of NATO's eastern flank in the event of an attack on that country.more

The leaders of Britain, the US, Germany, France and Italy yesterday stressed the need for a united front in the face of Russian threats and hostility, a spokesman for the British Prime Minister said. They called on Moscow to de-escalate tensions.more

British House of Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle has announced that he will raise the issue of alleged drug use on parliamentary premises with police this week. He is considering the presence of dogs trained to detect drugs in the building.more

The unprecedented - in terms of scale - release of US intelligence on Russia's military preparations for an invasion of Ukraine has helped convince some sceptical Nato allies that it is indeed possible, writes today's Financial Times.more

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki warned in an interview for BBC World released today that Russia is trying to destabilize the European Union in various ways in order to lead to its disintegration, and one of the ways of this destabilization is the migration crisis.more

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki gave an interview to the BBC World Service; topics of conversation included the situation on the Polish-Belarusian border, cooperation within NATO and potential threats from Russia. Broadcast tomorrow.more

France yesterday rejected the idea of setting up joint British-French patrols in the English Channel to combat illegal migration. French Prime Minister Jean Castex informed the head of the British government, Boris Johnson about it.more

The United Kingdom yesterday imposed a further package of sanctions on Belarus, now in its fifth year, which, as has been pointed out, is in response to the continuing disregard for international law by Alyaksandr Lukashenko's regime and the ongoing violation of fundamental freedoms and human rights.more