The news that matter in Europe
The news that matter in Europe
It’s the reason why Lavrov’s plane did not fly over Bulgaria
The spokeswoman of the Russian MFA, Maria Zakharova, called the decision of the Bulgarian authorities to deny Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s plane from flying through the country’s airspace if she herself was on…
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National Bank of Romania (NBR) Governor Mugur Icerescu recalled this week that 107 years have passed since Romania’s First World War gold treasure was sent for safekeeping to Moscow, which Bucharest claims it has not yet fully recovered. Moscow, for its part, denies having any obligations to…
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A Russian actress was killed by Ukrainian shelling while performing for the Russian military in the Moscow-occupied Donetsk region.
The death of Polina Menshikh, 40, was confirmed on the 22 Nov. 2023 to the state-run TASS news agency by regional officials and in a VKontakte post by a St….
The Czech government said today that it is freezing Russian-owned real estate in the country. This is part of the sanctions imposed by Prague because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Reuters reported. The EU member state’s government press office said sanctions were also imposed on a…
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Russia plans to block some virtual private networks (VPNs) it deems to pose a threat, Reuters reported, citing the Russian Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Communications.
Interest in VPN services has increased since Moscow banned access to Western social networks…
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Belgian law allows such a procedure
Ukraine will receive 1.7 billion euros ($1.8 billion) in taxes on interest generated by Russian funds frozen after Moscow’s invasion, Belgian Prime Minister Alexandre De Croo said, as quoted by AFP.
The money will be provided to Kyiv in 2024,…
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Last week, the members of the G-7 discussed the four plans to prevent the export of large diamonds. According to the plan of the Western countries, from January 1, 2024, the fate of the precious stones from Russia will hardly be in doubt.
Plans for the ban range from light camping to…
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The United Nations extended the mandate of the Special Rapporteur, an independent expert on the human rights situation in Russia for a further year.
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By Hasanboy Burhanov (founder and leader of political opposition movement Erkin O’zbekiston/Free Uzbekistan)
Is the “C5+1” format German in nature, regarding the upcoming meeting in Berlin?
On Friday, September 29th, a meeting will take place in Berlin between the leadership of…
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France has no intention of announcing a restriction on cars with Russian registration, TASS reported. There is currently no change in French law. This was done by the Baltic states of Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia. They were followed by Finland, and then by Poland, as reported by the Polish news…
The European Commission has confirmed that entry into EU countries with cars registered in Russia is prohibited. Personal belongings of Russians crossing the border, such as smartphones, jewelry and laptops, are also at risk of confiscation.
“It does not matter whether the vehicle is used…
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As of 18 August 2023, a total of 116 Witnesses were in prison in Russia for practicing their faith in private.
In April 2017, the Russian Supreme Court ruled the activity of the “Administrative Center of Jehovah’s Witnesses” to be extremist and it ordered that the center and all its…
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Bitter Winter (09.01.2023) – 23 July 2023 was a Black Sunday for the city of Odesa and for Ukraine. When Ukrainians and the rest of the world woke up, they discovered with horror and anger that the heart of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Orthodox Transfiguration Cathedral had been…
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Bitter Winter (31.08.2023) – On the night of 23 July 2023, the Russian Federation launched a massive missile attack on the center of Odesa which created quite dramatic damages to the Orthodox Transfiguration Cathedral. International support for the reconstruction has quickly been pledged….
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Hyundai is also losing hope and considering selling its plant in St. Petersburg, according to Moscow media
“The Russian market could become more volatile and could even stagnate. We risk no longer being able to deliver new vehicles,” the group warned, as quoted by Russian news agency…
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At the end of July, the Court of Cassation upheld the 2 years and 6 months in prison sentence against Aleksandr Nikolaev.
The court had found him guilty of participating in the activities of an extremist organization, the religious organization of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
In fact, he…
Sergei Shoigu was greeted with red carpets and the Russian national anthem
North Korea has rolled out the red carpet for Russia’s defense minister, with representatives from Moscow and Beijing set to attend events marking the anniversary of the Korean War, the first known foreign visitors…
Les Russes achètent probablement des contrefaçons. Ils ont fortement réduit leurs achats de cognac et de vodka, écrit le journal Vedomosti. Selon les données de Rosstat, citées par le journal, les ventes de vodka ont diminué de 16,4 % au cours de l’année, et de cognac – de 20,3 %. Un tel notable…
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Russians are probably buying counterfeits. They have sharply reduced their purchases of cognac and vodka, writes Vedomosti newspaper. According to Rosstat data, quoted by the newspaper, sales of vodka decreased by 16.4% during the year, and of cognac – by 20.3%. Such a noticeable decrease is…
La chambre basse du parlement russe – la Douma d’État – a adopté le 14 juillet 2023 en troisième et dernière lecture un projet de loi interdisant la réalisation d’opérations de changement de sexe, a rapporté Reuters. Le projet de loi interdit aux médecins de “réaliser une intervention médicale destinée à changer de sexe humain”…
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