LISBON (Reuters) -Portugal’s parliament approved on Friday a bill to ban face veils used for “gender or religious motives” in most public spaces that was proposed by the far-right Chega party and effectively targets burqas and niqabs worn by Muslim women. Under the bill, proposed fines for wearing face veils in public would range between …
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By Marek Strzelecki and Anna Koper WARSAW (Reuters) -A Polish court on Friday ruled against handing over a Ukrainian suspect wanted by Germany in connection with the 2022 Nord Stream gas pipeline explosions and ordered his immediate release from detention. Although Warsaw had said the decision over whether Volodymyr Z. should be transferred to Germany …
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By Gergely Szakacs and Lili Bayer BUDAPEST/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -When Russia’s Vladimir Putin steps off the plane in European Union and NATO member Hungary for a summit with Donald Trump, it will be uncomfortable viewing for allies of Ukraine that have sought to isolate a leader they say is a war criminal. The U.S. President said …
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SARAJEVO (Reuters) -Bosnia’s autonomous Serb Republic will appoint an interim president, its parliament said on Friday, the first time it has officially acknowledged that former President Milorad Dodik will step aside after a state court banned him from politics. The parliament will vote to appoint the president on Saturday. Whoever wins will only hold the …
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By Giulia Segreti and Alvise Armellini ROME (Reuters) -A bomb exploded outside the home of one of Italy’s top investigative journalists late on Thursday, damaging two cars belonging to his family and prompting messages of solidarity for the reporter from colleagues and politicians. Sigfrido Ranucci, who hosts state broadcaster RAI’s weekly “Report” programme, has been …
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By Guy Faulconbridge and Olena Harmash MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump has said he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest soon to discuss a way to end the war in Ukraine. What might a peace deal look like? WHO WOULD GET WHAT? Russia controls more than 116,000 square km (44,800 square miles), …
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MADRID (Reuters) -A 1919 Pablo Picasso painting has disappeared in transit ahead of its display at a temporary exhibition in the southern Spanish city of Granada, prompting a police investigation, according to the foundation organising the exhibit. The CajaGranada Foundation said in a statement late on Thursday that the missing piece – a small framed …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Friday that a summit between presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump could take place within two weeks, or a little later, but that there was a great deal to be worked out before a date could be set. Trump and Putin agreed on Thursday to a hold a second …
BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday that he had talked with Russian President Vladimir Putin and preparations for a summit between Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump in Budapest “are going full steam ahead.” In a Facebook post, the Hungarian premier did not provide any more details about the phone conversation. …
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By Sergiy Karazy KYIV (Reuters) -In January, Dmytro, a 13-year-old Ukrainian boy whose family had fled the war to Finland, walked into Russia after being persuaded to do so by online gamers. Interrogated at the border, he then spent more than eight months in a Russian children’s home before being reunited with his mother in …
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