BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union urged Georgia on Wednesday to withdraw its controversial “foreign agents” law and warned that the measure would set back the country’s ambitions to join the bloc. “The adoption of this law negatively impacts Georgia’s progress on the EU path,” said a statement from EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell …
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DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland’s decision to slash welfare payments for Ukrainian refugees in state accommodation will impact close to one third of the 86,000 people who fled Russia’s invasion and remain in Ireland, Finance Minister Michael McGrath said on Wednesday. The government decided on Tuesday to reduce the payment to 38.80 euros ($41.96) from 220 …
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MADRID (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has cancelled a visit to Spain and Portugal, authorities said on Wednesday, with CNN Portugal and other media reporting it was because of renewed fighting in his country. King Felipe of Spain had been due to hold a reception for Zelenskiy on May 17 and host a meal in …
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By Christian Kraemer BERLIN (Reuters) – There are Russian assets worth 3.95 billion euros ($4.28 billion) currently frozen in Germany, according to a letter from the finance ministry seen by Reuters on Wednesday. The figure includes assets of individuals and companies that were subject to sanctions following Russia’s attack on Ukraine, as well as foreign …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to Kyiv looked like a sign of Washington’s growing alarm over the frontline situation and what it called Ukrainian military failures. Blinken, the first senior U.S. official to travel to Ukraine after the U.S. Congress last month …
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By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine plans record high electricity imports on Wednesday after significant energy infrastructure damage from recent Russian strikes on its energy system, the energy ministry said, warning that there could still be shortages in the evening. Imports are expected to rise to 23,692 megawatt hours (Mwh) on Wednesday, versus the previous …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Israeli army released drone footage showing armed men standing next to U.N. marked vehicles at a United Nations compound in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, and called on the U.N. to investigate. An IDF statement said that on Saturday, troops had identified fighters in the central logistics compound of the …
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By Gabriel Stargardter and Dominique Vidalon PARIS (Reuters) – Gunmen wearing balaclavas ambushed a prison van in northern France on Tuesday to free a drug dealer known as “The Fly,” killing two prison guards, severely wounding three and triggering a major police manhunt. The brazen, morning attack at a toll booth in Incarville in the …
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(Reuters) – Ukraine’s military said on Tuesday it was moving troops to new positions in the north of Kharkiv region in response to heavy Russian fire and advances. “In certain sectors in the area of Lukyantsi and Vovchansk, units have moved to more advantageous positions as a consequence of enemy fire and storming action and …
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By Felix Light TBILISI (Reuters) -Georgia’s parliament on Tuesday passed the third and final reading of a “foreign agents” bill, prompting a warning from the United States that if the legislation failed to meet European Union standards, Washington could review relations. Thousands of protesters, who along with Western nations denounce the bill as authoritarian and …
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