Source link Germany’s Constitutional Court has accused the neo-Nazi ‘Die Heimat’ party of posing a threat to democracy German far-right party ‘Die Heimat’ has been stripped of its state funding privileges by the country’s highest court, for posing a threat to “the free democratic order.” The party, previously known as the National Democratic Party of […]
Source link Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky has proposed limiting the movement of the embassy workers within Europe’s visa-free area Prague has suggested an addition to EU’s upcoming 13th round of sanctions against Moscow which would restrict the movement of Russian diplomats within the Schengen zone. Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky made the proposal at […]
Source link Poland will give Ukraine a loan to make “larger-scale arms purchases,” Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said after meeting Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Kiev on Monday. “There is nothing more important” than giving Kiev more weapons, Tusk said. “We appreciate Poland’s unwavering support and the new military aid package for Ukraine, as […]
Source link German efforts to boost the Bundeswehr have been hampered by sluggish recruitment rates German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius is willing to consider enlisting non-nationals into the country’s armed forces in a bid to ease manpower shortages, according to the Rheinische Post newspaper. Pistorius admitted last year that the EU country’s military, the Bundeswehr, […]
Source link Expecting Russia to abandon Crimea or Donbass is “unrealistic,” Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico has said Ukraine should concede the loss of some of the territories that were previously under its control in order to end the conflict with Russia, Slovakia’s prime minister Robert Fico has said. Fico made the statement during […]
Source link More than 4,000 paintings have perished in a devastating blaze that engulfed the Central Exhibition Hall in Abkhazia’s capital, Sukhumi, on Sunday. Emergency services in the South Caucasus republic received a fire alert at around 3:38am, and 11 crews were dispatched immediately, according to local media. Despite the efforts, the fire was only […]
Source link Finland paid out €900 million to workers who took sick leave in 2023, government data has shown More than 100,000 people in Finland received extended sick leave from their employers due to mental health concerns in 2023, according to the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela). The government agency said in a press […]
Source link Asylum seekers in Thuringia can only receive and make payments in their assigned region Several asylum seekers, primarily from Syria and Afghanistan, have left the central German state of Thuringia after local authorities imposed tough controls on how refugees can spend their benefits, Bild reported on Saturday. Under rules introduced in December last […]
Source link Slovakia banned contacts with Russian and Belarusian cultural institutions two years ago The new Slovak minister of culture Martina Simkovicova has reversed the order prohibiting cultural cooperation with Russia and Belarus, which was introduced by her predecessor in March 2022 following the outbreak of the military conflict in Ukraine. The document overturning the suspension […]
Source link Slovakia will veto a bid by Ukraine to join NATO should one ever materialize, Prime Minister Robert Fico says Bratislava will block Kiev’s bid to join the US-led NATO alliance and will stand by a decision to stop supplying weaponry to Ukraine amid its conflict with Russia, Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico […]
Source link The newly-appointed defense minister of Slovakia has called those previously in charge “people with qualities of pugs rather than wolves” Slovakia’s continuous military aid to Ukraine under the previous government has left the country’s own defense posture badly damaged, with “years” now needed to fix it, new Slovak Defense Minister Robert Kalinak has […]
Source link Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared that Israel “will not settle for anything short of an absolute victory,” defiantly rejecting calls from Washington to wind down the hostilities in Gaza and support the creation of a Palestinian state. The US pushed for a two-state solution earlier this week in Davos, with US Secretary […]
Source link Transit via Ukraine to Austria may be halted in the near future, according to OMV’s Alfred Stern There is a significant risk of Russian gas transits through Ukraine being terminated, the head of energy giant OMV, Alfred Stern, has said. In an interview with the Die Presse newspaper this week, the Austrian company’s […]
Source link Finland first imposed restrictions in November, citing a surge in migrants from third countries Finland will keep its border with Russia closed for at least another month due to concerns about illegal migration, Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen has said. Local media, however, suggested that the ban could persist much longer, with officials in […]
Source link Foreign arms shipments have only prolonged the fighting, Hungary’s top diplomat has said Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has called for a halt to all Western military aid to Ukraine, saying the massive influx of weapons – as well as Kiev’s reluctance to negotiate – has made peace impossible. Asked what should be […]