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Calin Georgescu surrounded by supporters
Romanian far-right presidential hopeful barred from poll rerun
BUCHAREST — Romanian far-right populist Calin Georgescu has been barred from participating in May's presidential election rerun by the country's Central Electoral Bureau (BEC), triggering clashes between his supporters and police.Last year, Romania's constitutional court annulled November's first round of the vote - in which he came first - after intelligence revealed Russia had been involved in 800 TikTok accounts backing him.The BEC rejected his candidacy on Sunday, saying it "doesn't meet the conditions of legality", as he "violated the very obligation to defend democracy".Georgescu called that decision a "direct blow" to democracy. He now has 24 hours from Sunday's verdict to submit an official appeal to the top court, which...
March 10, 2025

Romanian far-right presidential hopeful barred from poll rerun

A man carries a bouquet of flowers walking past a street exhibition of military posters dedicated to Russian army during Valentine's Day in St Petersburg, 14 February 2025
Trump threatens new sanctions on Russia after latest missile and drone attack against Ukraine
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump on Friday said he was "strongly considering" large-scale "banking sanctions, sanctions, and tariffs" on Russia should Moscow not reach a final peace agreement in its ongoing all-out war against Ukraine.Writing on his Truth Social platform, Trump framed the threat as a response to Russia "absolutely 'pounding' Ukraine on the battlefield right now."Moscow launched a wave of missile and drone attacks aimed at damaging Ukraine's energy infrastructure overnight, injuring 10 people including a child."To Russia and Ukraine, get to the table right now, before it is too late. Thank you," the US president said.Trump's threats contradict reports last week that the White House had directed officials to...
March 07, 2025

Trump threatens new sanctions on Russia after latest missile and drone attack against Ukraine

Vanya Gaberova, Katrin Ivanova and Tihomir Ivanchev were found guilty of conspiracy to spy
Bulgarian trio guilty of spying for Russia in the UK
LONDON — Three Bulgarian nationals have been found guilty of spying for Russia, in what police have described as "one of the largest" foreign intelligence operations in the UK.Vanya Gaberova, 30, Katrin Ivanova, 33, and Tihomir Ivanchev, 39, who were all living in London, were part of a group that carried out surveillance on people and places between 2020 and 2023.The trio had day jobs as a beautician, a healthcare worker, and a decorator, while they secretly monitored journalists and a US military base in Germany.The methods they used were the sort of thing you would "expect to see in a spy novel", said the Metropolitan Police's Cdr Dominic Murphy.While they lived double lives their plans included plots to kidnap and kill targets as well as plans to ensnare them...
March 07, 2025

Bulgarian trio guilty of spying for Russia in the UK

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a media conference at an EU Summit in Brussels, Thursday, March 6, 2025
Macron says France is a loyal ally as Trump questions NATO's mutual defense principle
PARIS — France is a loyal and steadfast ally in NATO, French President Emmanuel Macron emphasized on Thursday, amid his US counterpart Donald Trump's repeated doubts about the military alliance.The French leader invoked a list of historical events whereby France and the US have "always been there for each other," including namechecking Marquis de Lafayette — a 19th-century French nobleman — who was a major general in the American army fighting the British during the Revolutionary War.France had shown "respect and friendship" toward the US, Macron said. “I think we’re entitled to expect the same,” he added.On Thursday, Trump again cast doubt on whether Washington would defend its NATO allies if they did not pay what he believed was enough for their own...
March 07, 2025

Macron says France is a loyal ally as Trump questions NATO's mutual defense principle

CDU leader Friedrich Merz speaks to media representatives before a parliamentary group meeting in the Bundestag in Berlin on 25 February 2025
Germany's Merz in race over debt brake reform to raise defence spending
BERLIN — Just over a week after his victory in Germany's federal elections, the country's likely next Chancellor Friedrich Merz is planning to hugely boost defense and infrastructure spending by loosening constitutional fiscal restraints known as the "debt brake".Merz announced this week that his centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) — together with its Bavarian sister party (CSU) and likely coalition partner, the Social Democrats (SPD) — will present a joint bill in parliament next week to ease the country's debt brake.The bill includes a special €500bn fund to repair Germany's creaking infrastructure by financing projects outside of normal budget spending during the next decade.Given that the debt brake is written into Germany's constitution,...
March 07, 2025

Germany's Merz in race over debt brake reform to raise defence spending

A Eurostar train leaves the Gare du Nord station in Paris,
Eurostar services canceled after unexploded World War II bomb found
PARIS — Eurostar announced it would be canceling all of its high-speed trains between Paris to London and Brussels after an unexploded World War II era bomb was found near the French capital's central Gare du Nord station.“All Eurostar trains are cancelled to and from Paris today,” the rail operator said.Passengers travelling with the Eurostar from London were advised to take the train to Lille in northwest France or fly to Paris.French regional trains were also disrupted at the busy Gare du Nord station, which typically sees 700,000 travelers per day journeying within France, to Paris' main airport and international destinations including London, Brussels and cities in the Netherlands.France’s national train operator SNCF said in a statement that traffic would be stopped...
March 07, 2025

Eurostar services canceled after unexploded World War II bomb found

António Costa
Hungary is isolated, António Costa says after Orbán blocks EU text on Ukraine
BRUSSELS — "Hungary is isolated," European Council President António Costa declared on Thursday at the end of a special EU summit that saw Viktor Orbán block the approval of joint conclusions in support of Ukraine, forcing leaders to go ahead with an attached "extract" endorsed by 26.The final text speaks about "peace through strength," military assistance and security guarantees for Kyiv, all of which Orbán has opposed.Prior to the summit, the Hungarian prime minister publicly signaled his intention to veto the proposed language, arguing it ran contrary to US President Donald Trump's deal-making initiative, to which Orbán has firmly aligned himselfSlovakia's Robert Fico had expressed reservations but was won over after heads of state and...
March 07, 2025

Hungary is isolated, António Costa says after Orbán blocks EU text on Ukraine

President Zelensky revealed that Ukrainian and American teams had already resumed work
Zelensky hopes US-Ukraine talks next week will be 'meaningful'
KYIV — US-Ukraine talks will be held in Saudi Arabia next week, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, expressing hopes that it will be "a meaningful meeting".The Ukrainian leader, who will be in the Kingdom but not take part in the talks, said Kyiv was working to reach a "fast and lasting" peace.US President Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, said the American team wanted to discuss a "framework" for peace to try to end the Russia-Ukraine war.Last Friday, Zelensky and Trump were involved in a public clash at the White House — during which Trump said Zelensky was not ready to end the fighting. The US proceeded to pause military aid to Ukraine and stop sharing intelligence.The Ukrainian president has expressed regret about the incident and...
March 07, 2025

Zelensky hopes US-Ukraine talks next week will be 'meaningful'

A protestor throws a stone against the riots police outside of the parliament during a rally in central Athens, Greece, on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025
Violent clashes erupt in Greece after fresh protests over fatal 2023 train crash
ATHENS — Protesters in Athens launched gasoline bombs and fireworks in clashes with police on Wednesday night, following a fresh wave of nationwide demonstrations calling for politicians to be held accountable for a 2023 railway disaster that killed 57 people.The violence outside Greece’s parliament erupted hours after opposition parties challenged Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' centre-right government with a no-confidence motion.Demonstrators set fire to bins in Syntagma Square, and police in riot gear responded with tear gas and baton charges. There were no immediate reports of injuries or arrests.Days earlier, a general strike and much larger protests, some of them violent, marked the second anniversary of the nation's deadliest train crash.Fifty-seven people — mainly...
March 06, 2025

Violent clashes erupt in Greece after fresh protests over fatal 2023 train crash

EU leaders will meet in Brussels for an emergency summit focused on Ukraine and defense
EU leaders meet to discuss Ukraine's future as Trump pushes for fast peace deal
BRUSSELS — The 27 leaders of the European Union are gathering in Brussels to discuss the future of Ukraine, a candidate country to join the bloc, amid Donald Trump's maximalist demand that a deal to end Russia's war be struck as soon as possible.It marks the first time that the heads of state and government meet in the same room since the American president held a 90-minute phone call with Vladimir Putin and decided to launch negotiations to end the three-year invasion.Trump's growing embrace of the Kremlin's talking points, his refusal to condemn Russia as the aggressor and his extraordinary confrontation with Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office have profoundly rattled the EU and stoked fears that Washington will thrash out a deal with Moscow and then force Kyiv to...
March 06, 2025

EU leaders meet to discuss Ukraine's future as Trump pushes for fast peace deal

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