By Luiza Ilie BUCHAREST (Reuters) -Romanian President Nicusor Dan said on Tuesday he could nominate a prime minister this week provided pro-European parties reach an agreement on measures needed to lower the European Union’s highest budget deficit and prevent a ratings downgrade. Centrist Dan, who won a divisive presidential vote in May that saw the …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russians are flocking to catch what some fear could be a final glimpse of the embalmed body of Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin before his tomb on Moscow’s Red Square, long a place of pilgrimage for communists, closes for repairs until 2027. The mausoleum, which houses a waxy-looking Lenin replete in a three-piece suit …
WARSAW (Reuters) -Ukrainians have made a significant contribution to Poland’s economy and have not caused a rise in unemployment or lower wages for Polish workers, according to a report from the United Nations’ refugee agency UNHCR and Deloitte published on Tuesday. More than three years on from Russia’s invasion, many in Poland have grown weary …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA/CAIRO (Reuters) -When university professor Nizam Salama made his way to a southern Gaza aid point last week, he came under fire twice, was crushed in a desperate crowd of hungry people and finally left empty handed. Shooting first started shortly after he left his family’s tent at 3 a.m. on June …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Russian opposition politician Lev Shlosberg was arrested on Tuesday and charged with discrediting the Russian army after describing the Ukraine war as a game of “bloody chess”, his party said. Shlosberg, 61, made the comment in a video debate in January in which he urged an end to the war. “We must first …
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By Jan Lopatka (Reuters) -Slovak leader Robert Fico is seeking to change the country’s constitution and install what he calls “a dam against progressivism” by declaring that Slovakia has legal precedence on “national identity” issues, such as family and gender. Critics of populist Prime Minister Fico, including some legal experts, fear the amendment will threaten …
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BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany’s biggest opposition party the Alternative for Germany is harbouring a growing number of right-wing extremists, the domestic spy agency said in its annual report on Tuesday, reporting also a surge in overall crime motivated by right-wing extremism. The number of extremists within the AfD, which came second in a federal election in …
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ATHENS (Reuters) -A Greek court has stripped three far-right lawmakers of their seats in parliament on accusations they deceived voters in a June 2023 national vote, the semi-official Athens News Agency and a legal source said on Tuesday. The ruling means parliament will operate with 297 lawmakers instead of 300, while the number of seats …
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BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany’s interior minister and the head of its federal police union on Tuesday criticised unofficial border checks by citizens in the Netherlands, saying they expected decisive action from the Dutch authorities to stamp out such practices. A group of citizens carried out their own checks near the northern Dutch town of Ter Apel …
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(Corrects paragraph 1 of June 9 story to say Valneva’s vaccine protects against chikungunya, not treats it) (Reuters) -UK’s medicine regulator said on Monday it has temporarily restricted the use of French vaccine maker Valneva’s shot to protect against chikungunya, a virus transmitted by mosquitoes, in people aged 65 and above as a precautionary measure. …
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