By Guy Faulconbridge and Anastasia Lyrchikova MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani will discuss efforts to find a possible peace deal to end the war in Ukraine when they meet in Moscow on Thursday, Russia and Qatar said. U.S. President Donald Trump, who says he wants …
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ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece has submitted plans to the EU setting out how it will organise maritime activities such as fishing, tourism and offshore energy after years of delays that drew rebuke from the European Commission. In February the EU Court of Justice ruled that Greece had violated EU regulations by failing to draft a …
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HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finland said on Wednesday it had decided to keep its eastern border against neighbouring Russia closed until further notice. Finland shut its land borders with Russia in late 2023 amid a growing number of arrivals from countries including Syria and Somalia. It has accused Moscow of weaponising migration against the Nordic nation …
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Dutch government aims to increase defence spending by an extra 1.1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) annually from this year, the leader of the VVD party – part of the ruling coalition- Dilan Yesilgoz said in a post on X on Wednesday. The extra spending was agreed after negotiations between the leaders …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian military said on Wednesday its air defence forces had destroyed seven Ukrainian drones over Russia’s Ivanovo region, the location of one of two missile brigades which Kyiv accuses of a deadly weekend attack on the city of Sumy. Ukraine’s HUR military intelligence agency named Russia’s 112th missile brigade, which according …
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s parliament has extended martial law until August, lawmakers said, delaying the timing of new elections that the United States and Russia have been pushing for. As the war with Russia rages on, an overwhelming majority of 357 deputies on Wednesday supported the extension. It allows the country to continue mobilizing troops …
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BELGRADE (Reuters) – Arien Stojanovic Ivkovic, 31, a Croatian doctor who lives in Belgrade with her Serbian husband and a three-year-old daughter, was given one week’s notice to leave the country last week and told she was a security threat. She said a police officer called and said there was a problem with her residence. …
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(Reuters) – A Russian drone attack on the Black Sea port city of Odesa overnight injured three people, sparked fires and damaged homes and civilian infrastructure, officials of the southern Ukrainian region said on Wednesday. Various morning attacks by Russian aviation and artillery on the southern city of Kherson also killed one person and injured …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British house prices rose at their fastest pace in more than two years in the 12 months to February, according to official data published on Wednesday. Average house prices rose by an annual 5.4% to 268,000 pounds ($355,556) in February, the fastest increase since December 2022 and up from a 4.8% increase …
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PARIS (Reuters) – France will expel 12 agents serving in the Algerian consular and diplomatic network in France and will recall its ambassador to Algiers for consultations, the French presidency said on Tuesday. The move comes after Algeria protested France’s detention of an Algerian consular agent suspected of involvement in the kidnapping of an Algerian …
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