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A damaged monument to Vladimir Lenin stands in a central square in Sudzha, Kursk region, in August 2024
Russia says it has recaptured key Kursk town, as Trump says peace is ‘up to Russia now’
MOSCOW — Russian forces have recaptured Sudzha, the largest town that Ukraine once occupied in the Kursk region, according to Moscow, threatening Kyiv’s sole territorial bargaining chip amid pressure to negotiate an end to the war.“In the course of the offensive operations, units of the North military group liberated the settlements of Melovoy, Podol and Sudzha,” the Russian defense ministry said Thursday.The US-based conflict monitor the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) also said footage from the ground indicated that Russian forces had seized Sudzha and advanced to southern Zaoleshenka, a settlement just northwest of the town.Its recapture would represent a major symbolic victory for Russia. Although Sudzha is a small place, with a population of about 5,000 people before...
March 13, 2025

Russia says it has recaptured key Kursk town, as Trump says peace is ‘up to Russia now’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greeted by European Council President Donald Tusk prior to a meeting at the EU Council building in Brussels in 2015
Polish Prime Minister urges Turkey to play key role in Ukrainian peace process
ANKARA — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Wednesday proposed that Turkey take an active role in initiating peace talks between Russia and Ukraine.At a joint press conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, Tusk said both Turkey and Poland have wanted peace since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.The leaders of Turkey and Poland met in Ankara to discuss strengthening Turkey-Poland relations, Turkey-EU ties during the Polish presidency of the European Council and regional issues including Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine.Tusk said Warsaw welcomed talks held in Saudi Arabia this week – in which Ukraine agreed to a US-proposed immediate one-month ceasefire pending Moscow’s acceptance.“Our goal is to stabilize the region. We need to...
March 13, 2025

Polish Prime Minister urges Turkey to play key role in Ukrainian peace process

Police are investigating the fatal shooting of  former mafia boss Jean-Pierre Maldera on a motorway  in south-eastern France
Former mafia boss shot dead on Grenoble motorway
PARIS — Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 71-year-old former mafia boss on a motorway near Grenoble in south-eastern France.Jean-Pierre Maldera, described by French media as a "godfather" of the local mafia in the 1980s, was reportedly chased in his car and shot as he traveled up the A41 motorway on Wednesday morning.The shooters fled the scene and the burnt-out remains of the stolen Renault Megane car they were driving was found in a Grenoble parking lot shortly after.His death comes ten years after the disappearance of his younger brother, Robert Maldera, another mafia boss reportedly nicknamed "the madman" by members of Grenoble's criminal underworld.Regional newspaper Le Dauphiné Libéré reported Maldera left the BMW he was driving and...
March 13, 2025

Former mafia boss shot dead on Grenoble motorway

Defense ministers Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, Boris Pistorius, and Sebastien Lecornu, attended a press conference in Paris
European defense ministers show united front in support for Ukraine
PARIS — Defense ministers from Europe’s five largest military nations—France, Germany, Britain, Italy, and Poland—met in Paris on Wednesday to discuss a new security framework for Ukraine in response to the US-Russia rapprochement.French Defence Minister Sébastien Lecornu welcomed the diplomatic progress Washington and Kyiv made in Saudi Arabia, stating that "the ball is in Russia's court." A proposed thirty-day ceasefire agreement now sits on Vladimir Putin’s desk.The meeting took place a day after a rare gathering of 34 military chiefs from NATO countries, as well as Japan and Australia, was held in Paris without the presence of American officials.France and Britain have been at the forefront of rallying support for Ukraine as the US appears to be shifting its...
March 13, 2025

European defense ministers show united front in support for Ukraine

Trump did not specify which US officials were travelling to Moscow
US team headed to Moscow for Ukraine talks as Putin visits Kursk
WASHINGTON — US officials are headed to Russia to discuss a potential ceasefire in Ukraine, according to President Donald Trump.The news comes after Ukrainian officials agreed to a 30-day ceasefire following a highly anticipated meeting with American officials in Saudi Arabia.Earlier, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the "ball is truly in their [Russia's] court" and that the US believes the only way to end the fighting is through peace negotiations.The Kremlin has said it was studying the ceasefire proposal, and that a phone call between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin is possible.Following the meeting in Jeddah on Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky said it was now up to the US to convince Russia to agree to the "positive"...
March 13, 2025

US team headed to Moscow for Ukraine talks as Putin visits Kursk

Monica Semedo
EU's top court annuls Parliament fine over harassment allegations
BRUSSELS — The EU's top court on Wednesday annulled the finding of harassment and the sanction imposed by European Parliament President Roberta Metsola on former MEP Monica Semedo (Luxembourg/Renew Europe/) on the grounds that rights of defense were not respected.Following a complaint by a former parliamentary assistant, the European Parliament's advisory committee adopted a report in November 2002 concluding that the alleged acts constituted psychological harassment.Metsola sent Semedo an anonymized version of the report the following month for her feedback - but the former Luxembourg MEP contested this report and unsuccessfully requested access to the entire file.In April 2023, the head of the European Parliament sanctioned Semedo for the second time during the 2019-2024...
March 12, 2025

EU's top court annuls Parliament fine over harassment allegations

Voters lining up to cast their ballots in parliamentary elections in Nuuk, Greenland, on March 11, 2025
Greenland’s opposition party wins closely-watched election dominated by Trump’s annexation threat
NUUK — Greenland’s pro-business opposition party won the Arctic island’s closely-watched parliamentary election on Tuesday, following a race dominated both by US President Donald Trump’s annexation threat and growing calls from residents for independence from Denmark.The Demokraatik party, which advocates for a slower approach to independence, won with 29.9% of the vote, according to official results.The incumbent ruling party Inuit Ataqatigiit and its coalition partner Siumut won a combined 36.1% of the vote. Inuit Ataqatagiit, a democratic socialist party, views independence as a long-term project requiring years of negotiation with Denmark and further economic improvement.Meanwhile the main opposition party Naleraq, which campaigned to sever ties with Denmark more quickly, won...
March 12, 2025

Greenland’s opposition party wins closely-watched election dominated by Trump’s annexation threat

Luís Montenegro arrived for a vote of confidence his government was set to lose
Portugal's parliament rejects confidence motion, brings down government
LISBON — The government of Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro has lost a vote of confidence, almost certainly pitching the country into its third general election in barely three years.MPs voted against him by 142 to 88 with no abstentions, toppling his right-of-center minority government.While Portugal's President, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, is not obliged to dissolve the assembly, he had made clear that he would if the government lost Tuesday's vote, with fresh elections likely in May.The confidence motion was tabled by the government itself, after the opposition Socialists announced plans for a parliamentary inquiry into Montenegro's business dealings.A company called Spinumviva, set up by Luís Montenegro, continued to receive sizeable sums from clients he had...
March 12, 2025

Portugal's parliament rejects confidence motion, brings down government

The move was announced by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio after peace talks between the US and Ukraine in Saudi Arabia
US set to present 30-day ceasefire offer to Russia
LONDON — Ukraine has said it is ready to accept an immediate 30-day ceasefire with Russia proposed by the US, after a day of US-Ukraine talks in Saudi Arabia.US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he would present the offer to Russia and that "the ball is in their court" — Moscow is yet to publicly comment on the issue.Ukraine's President Volodomyr Zelensky said it was now up to the US to convince Russia to agree to the "positive" proposal.Tuesday's talks in Jeddah were the first official meeting between the two countries since the extraordinary clash between Zelensky and US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on 28 February.In a joint statement, the US also said it would immediately restart intelligence sharing and security assistance to Ukraine,...
March 12, 2025

US set to present 30-day ceasefire offer to Russia

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, left, Ukrainian Head of Presidential Office Andriy Yermak, center, and Ukrainian Minister of Defence Rustem Umerovto, right, hold a meeting with US officials in Jeddah on Tuesday.
Ukraine says talks with US 'started very constructively'
KYIV — Senior Ukrainian official Andriy Yermak said Tuesday that talks between the United States and Ukraine have “started very constructively.”“The meeting with the US team started very constructively, and we are working to bring about a just and lasting peace,” said Yermak, who is Ukraine’s presidential chief of staff.Yermak is part of Ukraine’s negotiation team, along with the country’s foreign minister, defense minister and other officials, who are meeting Tuesday with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and national security adviser Mike Waltz in Saudi Arabia.Meanwhile, Russia said it was hit by a “massive” Ukrainian drone attack overnight Tuesday, hours ahead of critical talks between officials from Washington and Kyiv.Moscow’s defense ministry said it had downed...
March 11, 2025

Ukraine says talks with US 'started very constructively'

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