Relations between the US and Russia are "very bad," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said after the US president harshly announced during an interview that "Putin will pay the price for interfering with the US elections." more
The largest union of French students, UNEF, organizes meetings that are not allowed for people with white skin, admitted its president, Melanie Luce, in a radio interview. However, she refused to recognize this as racism.more
British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab accused the European Commission of balancing on the brink over its threat of a ban on exports of Covid-19 vaccines and called on EC chief Ursula von der Leyen to explain her comments on the matter.more
Democracy is on the decline, so countries like the UK want to be "forces of good" in the world, said British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab yesterday.more
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte's party has won the most seats in parliamentary elections, projections show. Victory hands Mr Rutte a mandate to form a new coalition government led by his centre-right VVD party, with a fourth term as prime minister.more
Russia has condemned the decision by the UK government to boost its arsenal of nuclear weapons, saying the move would harm international stability.more
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will visit India in late April on his first major international trip after Britain leaves the European Union in an effort to increase Britain's capacity in the region, the prime minister's office confirmed.more
The situation of the rule of law in Poland gives rise to serious concern, said EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders yesterday during the meeting of the European Parliament committee in Brussels. more
Britain wants to shape a world where democracies can thrive, but needs to be prepared for a world marked by heightened conflicts and divisions, reported today in an integrated review of British security policy. It added that the United Kingdom would therefore not reduce the number of nuclear warheads it had, and even increase the maximum number.more
The UK has maintained changes it made to Northern Ireland's trading arrangements are "lawful" and "well precedented" after the European Union launched legal action against it.more
Brussels has launched legal action against the UK over alleged breaches of the two sides’ Brexit deal on Northern Ireland, escalating a dispute that has soured relations and which could lead to British goods being hit with tariffs.more
European Union officials are considering launching negotiations to purchase Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, Reuters reported Monday, citing EU diplomatic and official sources.more
The Netherlands begins three days of voting Monday in a primary test of a European government's coronavirus policies, with Prime Minister Mark Rutte set to win another term in office.more
NATO countries should impose sanctions on Germany in connection with the construction of Nord Stream 2, and the best way to stop the gas pipeline under construction is to raise environmental issues, assessed the British MP of Polish origin, Daniel Kawczynski.more
The head of the Met Police is under pressure to explain her officers' actions during a vigil in south London on Saturday in memory of Sarah Everard. Police were seen grabbing and leading women away from the event in handcuffs.more
The use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has been suspended in the Republic of Ireland. The National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) recommended the move following reports of serious blood clotting events in adults in Norway.more
The United Kingdom has not blocked the export of a single vaccine against Covid-19, said Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday denying the claims of the President of the European Council Charles Michel.more
The United Kingdom considers Nord Stream 2 a threat to Europe's energy security and will raise its objections to this project, assured Deputy Foreign Minister Wendy Morton during the debate in the House of Commons on the gas pipeline.more