Source link Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang later this week German Chancellor Olaf Scholz embarked on his high-profile visit to China on Sunday in an effort to strengthen economic relations between the two nations amid growing tensions between the Western allies and Beijing over a variety […]
Source link French police arrested Avallon Mayor Jamilah Habsaoui as part of a wide drug bust on Sunday. She was apprehended after 70 kilograms of cannabis were found at her house, AFP and BFM TV reported, citing police sources. Avallon is a city in the Burgundy-Franche-Comte region. Habsaoui has been the mayor since 2021 and […]
Source link The competitors are allowed to participate as neutrals in individual sports, but are barred from team events The mayor of Paris has suggested that Russian and Belarusian contestants stay away from this summer’s Olympic Games in the French capital, despite being officially allowed to compete as neturals. “I want to tell the Russian […]
Source link A Russian missile attack on Kharkov’s energy infrastructure has largely disabled the grid, Igor Terekhov said The Ukrainian city of Kharkov is experiencing a complete power outage, after a Russian bombardment of its energy infrastructure, Mayor Igor Terekhov said in a video address on Friday. Some 20 Russian projectiles hit the city on […]
Source link The head of the Talant commune has said he cannot accept his subordinate’s “collusion” with Moscow The mayor of the commune of Talant in Cote-d’Or, southern France, Fabian Ruinet, says he has decided to suspend his deputy, Cyril Gaucher, for working as an international observer during the presidential election in Russia. Ruinet wrote […]
Source link Several Ukrainian UAVs have been shot down outside the Russian capital, Sergey Sobyanin has said At least four Ukrainian drones were destroyed en route to Moscow in the early hours of Sunday, Mayor Sergey Sobyanin wrote on Telegram. Kiev’s forces have increasingly targeted Russian infrastructure and border towns in recent weeks. “The Russian Defense […]
Source link Replacing Ukraine’s commander-in-chief was “a mistake,” Vitaly Klitschko said President Vladimir Zelensky was wrong to fire the popular commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Kiev Mayor Vitaly Klitschko has said. Zelensky dismissed General Valery Zaluzhny last month, citing the need for “a change in strategy.” General Aleksandr Syrsky was named Zaluzhny’s successor. “Removing him […]
Source link Sadiq Khan urged the UK government to channel proceeds from confiscations toward funding accommodation for Ukrainian refugees The UK government ought to seize property owned by Russian ‘oligarchs’ in the country and use the money to fund housing for Ukrainian refugees, London Mayor Sadiq Khan has argued. The official estimated that the sale […]
Source link The official made the claim after protesters dumped grain from vehicles trying to enter Poland Protesting Polish farmers, who offloaded grain from Ukrainian trucks onto a road near the countries’ shared border, are acting in Russia’s interest, Andrey Sadovoy, the mayor Lviv, has claimed. The incident happened on Sunday outside the Dorohusk checkpoint, […]
Source link Vitaly Klitschko has urged the Ukrainian president to exercise caution with his plan to dismiss top general Valery Zaluzhny The mayor of Kiev, heavyweight boxing star-turned-politician Vitaly Klitschko, has argued against Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s plan to fire military commander General Valery Zaluzhny, warning the move might have heavy implications for the whole […]
Source link Kiev’s forces have attacked the Kalininsky District of the capital of Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic, Aleksey Kulemzin has said At least three people have been killed and one other wounded in a Ukrainian strike on the Russian city of Donetsk, Aleksey Kulemzin, the mayor of the capital of the Donetsk People’s Republic, has […]
Source link The head of the city of Nevinnomyssk, southern Russia, has called for a more than tenfold increase in the birth rate Men should “sneak up” on their wives and impregnate them this very evening, the mayor of the city of Nevinnomyssk in Stavropol Region in southern Russia has insisted. The fact that in […]
Source link Modern Ukraine leaves “little space” for President Vladimir Zelensky’s critics, Vitaly Klitschko has claimed Ukraine is increasingly heading towards authoritarian rule under President Vladimir Zelensky and his administration, the Mayor of Kiev Vitaly Klitschko told Canada’s Globe and Mail in an interview published on Friday. The government has largely consolidated its control over […]
Source link Ukrainian artillery struck the city of Gorlovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic shortly after midnight on Saturday, according to Mayor Ivan Prikhodko. A kindergarten and a hotel were among the buildings damaged by the attack, which also disrupted the power supply. Two civilians were wounded at the ‘Rodina’ hotel, which appears to have […]
Source link The transaction was concluded through a unique debt repayment scheme, according to a report Kiev Mayor Vitaly Klitschko has publicly declared the acquisition of a lavish mansion in Hamburg, Germany worth almost a quarter of a billion hryvnias ($6 million), Strana.ua reported on Sunday, citing the politician’s official tax return. The document shows […]