NUUK, Greenland (Reuters) – The United States will not take over Greenland, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said after arriving on Wednesday for a three-day visit to the semi-autonomous Danish island. (Reporting by Tom Little in Nuuk and Louise Breusch Rasmussen in Copenhagen, editing by Terje Solsvik)
CHISINAU (Reuters) – Moldova’s prime minister said on Wednesday that Russian agents spent around 200 million euros ($217 million)- nearly 1% of the small pro-European country’s GDP – on efforts to buy votes at its presidential election and EU referendum last year. The comments came on the same day Britain sanctioned Evrazia, a pro-Russian non-governmental …
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) – British rock bank Muse said on Wednesday it postponed a planned show in Istanbul later this year so that it would no longer involve a Turkish concert promoter whose head criticised recent anti-government protests. “After careful consideration and hearing the feedback from our fans whilst fully respecting their concerns, our show in …
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By Gabriel Stargardter PARIS (Reuters) – The judge who barred far-right leader Marine Le Pen from running in France’s 2027 presidential election is under police protection after facing death threats and having her home address shared online, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said. The address of Benedicte de Perthuis – the head …
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By Dan Peleschuk KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian authorities accused five suspects on Wednesday of involvement in a military procurement scandal that stirred public anger early in Russia’s full-scale invasion and forced the defence ministry to make swift wartime reforms. Kyiv is eager to prove it is serious about fighting corruption as it aims to join …
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KYIV (Reuters) – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development plans to provide about 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) this year to help Ukraine rebuild its war-damaged power sector and improve energy resilience, EBRD vice president Matteo Patrone said. During more than three years of war, Russia has hammered Ukraine’s energy infrastructure with missile and …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO allies have pledged more than 20 billion euros ($21.65 billion) in military support for Ukraine in the first three months of the year, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Wednesday. Foreign ministers from the alliance meet in Brussels on Thursday and Friday to discuss further support for Ukraine agauinst Russia’s …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Wednesday that Britain’s elite had shown its paranoia and intellectual inferiority by proposing to place anyone working for the Russian state on the highest tier of its upcoming foreign influence registration scheme. British security minister Dan Jarvis said President Vladimir Putin, government agencies, the armed forces, intelligence services and …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia and Ukraine accused each other on Wednesday of launching new attacks against each other’s energy facilities, in violation of a U.S.-brokered moratorium. Both sides said they were providing details of the alleged violations to the United States, which persuaded Moscow and Kyiv to agree to the limited truce last month as a …
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By Aleksandar Vasovic and Milan Pavicic BELGRADE (Reuters) – Tamara Bojanovski was in a crowd of anti-government protesters in Belgrade on March 15 when she heard a sound “like some powerful machine hurtling up from behind”. Thousands of others heard it too; the crowd packed into one of the Serbian capital’s main boulevards parted abruptly, …
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