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The British and German foreign ministers agreed to work together to bring Russia to justice for the attempted poisoning of Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny, the British Foreign Ministry said.more

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced that Ireland's Prime Minister Micheal Martin handed over to her the nomination of two people - Mairead McGuinness and Andrew McDowell - for the position of the EU commissioner from that country.more

"The republic does not allow any separatist derogation," President Emmanuel Macron said today in a short speech on the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of the French Republic. He defended secularism and equal opportunities, which he wants to make "a national priority"more

As many as 409 illegal immigrants who tried to cross the English Channel to Great Britain on small boats were detained by the British border guards on Wednesday. This is an absolute record for the number of detained immigrants per day.more

Spain's Labor and Social Economy Minister Yolanda Diaz announced today that Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's government will maintain the remote work regime introduced due to the coronavirus outbreak in mid-March.more

Boris Johnson has condemned the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexi Navalny with the nerve agent Novichok. A German military lab confirmed Mr Navalny was poisoned with the Soviet-era chemical weapon earlier on Wednesday, a move Chancellor Angela Merkel called "attempted murder".more

Swindon Borough Council is keeping an eye on its Polish twin town Torun in case it takes bigoted action against LGBT people.more

British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak wants to redirect a significant amount of money spent on foreign aid to increase intelligence spending and improve the country's defense capabilities, The Times reported today.more

Polish diplomats will not be able to lay flowers at the building of the former NKVD headquarters in Tver, where prisoners from the Ostashkov camp were murdered in the spring of 1940, said Jacek Śladewski, the charge d'affaires of the embassy in Moscow.more

A further 217 cases of Covid-19 have been reported today - the biggest 24-hour spike in cases since May. Ireland's case total has now risen to 29,025.more

Boris Johnson is expected to lay out his roadmap for getting the UK "back to normal" when he meets with his Cabinet today.more

The 40th anniversary of Solidarity was celebrated yesterday evening with occasional illuminations on the most important buildings of the capital of Ireland, Dublin and Northern Ireland, Belfast.more

"British government will respond to the rise in anti-vaccine and anti-test topics in the public," Health Minister Matt Hancock announced on ITV News. The politician added that a specially prepared program will allow "to end harmful conspiracy theories once and for all".more

Sir Ed Davey has won the race to become the new leader of the Liberal Democrats. The acting leader will now take over on a permanent basis after beating his competitor, fellow MP Layla Moran.more

Boris Johnson has hired personal trainer Harry Jameson to lose weight, after acknowledging he was "too fat" when he caught coronavirus.more

EU trade commissioner Phil Hogan has stepped down from his role over the Golfgate scandal. Reports emerged over the weekend that Hogan had travelled across Ireland without respecting COVID-19 restrictions.more

The Spanish daily "El Pais" claims in two articles published yesterday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is protecting the regime of Alexander Lukashenka. The Madrid newspaper quotes, inter alia, Swiatlana Alexievich, pointing out that the Belarusian Nobel Prize winner is afraid of reprisals by the dictator.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said today that the attempt to poison the Russian oppositionist Alexei Navalny shocked the world and that a full investigation is needed to bring the perpetrators to justice.more

The 125-year-old concerts "The Proms", one of the main events of the summer in Great Britain, became the subject of an ideological dispute after the BBC, which organized them, agreed to limit the patriotic repertoire.more

British historian Roger Moorhouse recalled on Twitter yesterday's 81st anniversary of the signing of the alliance treaty by Great Britain and Poland, which provided for "all support and assistance" if either side was attacked.more

There have been another 147 cases of coronavirus confirmed in Ireland, with no further deaths. The latest update from the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) is in. The total number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 here is now 28,116. The death toll still stands at 1,777.more

Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and is in serious condition with a fever, her party's spokeswoman said on Sunday.more

A series of anti-lockdown and anti-mask are taking place in Dublin yesterday. Demonstrations are being put together by several groups unhappy with the current Covid-19 measures in place across Ireland which are designed to halt the spread of the virus.more

Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny is unconscious in hospital with suspected poisoning, his spokeswoman has said.more

The chair of National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) Advisory Group says we would have faced 'hundreds' of coronavirus cases in a few weeks' time, if nothing had changed.more