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Georgia’s parliament passes law restricting foreign grants to local groups

16 Apr 2025

By Felix Light (Reuters) -Georgia’s parliament passed a bill on Wednesday that bans foreign donor organisations from providing grants locally without government consent, amid a growing crackdown on civil society groups in the south Caucasus country. The bill was unanimously approved by lawmakers of the ruling Georgian Dream party, which is regarded as increasingly anti-Western. …

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Russian court ups penalty against Ukraine’s Naftogaz to $1.3 billion, media say

16 Apr 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian court has increased to $1.3 billion from around $150 million a financial penalty against Ukraine’s state energy company Naftogaz over its pursuit of international arbitration to settle a gas transit dispute with Gazprom, Russian news agencies reported on Wednesday. Naftogaz did not immediately reply to a request for comment. The …

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Serbia’s parliament appoints Djuro Macut as Prime Minister

16 Apr 2025

BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia’s parliament on Wednesday approved politically inexperienced medical professor Djuro Macut as Prime Minister of the Balkan country, following months of anti-corruption protests that led his predecessor to resign. The vote was a formality since the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) of populist President Aleksandar Vucic has a majority of 156 deputies in …

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Latvia’s parliament agrees to exit landmines treaty amid potential Russia threat

16 Apr 2025

HELSINKI (Reuters) – The Latvian parliament on Wednesday voted in favour of withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention international treaty that bans the use of anti-personnel landmines amid concerns over the military threat posed by neighbouring Russia. “The withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention will give our armed forces room for manoeuvre in the event of a …

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Inside the Telegram group with possible links to mysterious French prison attacks

16 Apr 2025

By Gabriel Stargardter PARIS (Reuters) – A Telegram group called French Prisoner Rights (DDPF), created the day before a series of attacks against jails across France, is being investigated by police for clues as to who could be behind the assaults. A graffiti tag of “DDPF” was daubed at various prisons that were attacked, raising …

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Ukraine accuses Russia of attacking its energy infrastructure 30 times since March

16 Apr 2025

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine accused Russia on Wednesday of carrying out more than 30 attacks on its energy infrastructure since the two sides agreed in March to pause strikes on such targets. Russia attacked energy facilities in Kherson and Mykolaiv in the south and Poltava in the centre of the country over the past 24 …

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Row over Russian envoy overshadows German WW2 commemoration

16 Apr 2025

By Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) – The German government on Wednesday warned against Russian efforts to “instrumentalise” events marking the 80th anniversary of World War Two after the Russian ambassador to Berlin attended a local event in the eastern town of Seelow. The commemoration marked the Battle of the Seelow Heights, one of the final …

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Chinese couple shot dead in Rome in mafia-style killing, Italian police say

16 Apr 2025

ROME (Reuters) – A senior figure in the Chinese underworld has been shot dead along with a companion in a mafia-style execution in Rome, in what police suspect is a spillover from a long-running turf war within Italy’s Chinese criminal networks, police said. Zhang Dayong, 53, also known as “Asheng,” was found dead on Monday …

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Pope Francis thanks doctors who saved his life in meeting at Vatican

16 Apr 2025

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Wednesday thanked members of the medical team who saved his life during a five-week hospital stay for a serious case of double pneumonia, speaking softly but breathing without oxygen at the meeting in the Vatican. The 88-year-old pontiff is gradually making more public appearances as he recovers from …

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