MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Defence Ministry on Friday accused Ukraine of blowing up a major Russian gas pumping and metering station near the Ukrainian border as Ukrainian forces retreated from the Kursk region, parts of which they had held since August last year. The ministry said the facility near the Russian town of Sudzha, once …
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia on Friday accused Ukraine of blowing up a major Russian gas pumping and measuring station in the Kursk region near the Ukrainian border in what it called “an act of terrorism.” Russia’s Investigative Committee, which probes serious crimes, said in a statement it had opened a criminal case over the incident …
(Reuters) -Slovakia has detected cases of foot-and-mouth disease at three farms in the southern part of the country, Agriculture Minister Richard Takac was cited as saying by news website Dennik N and other media on Friday. The infections are the first in half a century, and come after neighbouring Hungary reported cases earlier in March. …
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ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece has charged more than 20 people and arrested five managers and employees at the state town planning service on the tourist island of Rhodes, for violations ranging from breach of duty to bribery and document forgery, police said on Thursday. It is the second scandal to emerge since December involving public …
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By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) – The U.S. administration suggested this week the United States could help run and possibly own Ukraine’s power plants and energy infrastructure as part of a ceasefire deal with Russia. Although Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he and Trump discussed only the vast Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the country …
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MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish airport operator Aena said that 54 flights to and from its terminals were affected by the Heathrow power outage on Friday and 20 of them were already cancelled as of 0900 GMT. The state-controlled operator of all commercial airports in Spain said in a post on X platform that 29 connections …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – The chief of Russia’s general staff, Valery Gerasimov, has inspected Russian forces in the combat zone in Ukraine, state news agency TASS said on Friday, citing the defence ministry. (Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Anastasia Teterevleva; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Netherlands wants to increase its army personnel from 74,000 to 200,000, with a special focus on enlarging the reservist capacity, Dutch public broadcaster NOS said, citing sources close to the matter. The NOS report did not provide a timeline. Government data of the Netherlands, a NATO alliance member, shows that the …
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ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece has extended by a year a visa scheme for Turkish nationals wishing to visit 12 islands in the Aegean Sea for up to a week, diplomatic sources said, continuing a programme that represented a slight thaw in often fractious ties between the neighbours. The agreement for automatic visas allowing Turks and their …
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By Karolos Grohmann PYLOS, Greece (Reuters) – International Olympic Committee’s newly-elected President Kirsty Coventry wants to sit down with United States President Donald Trump to make sure the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics are successful, she said on Thursday. “President Trump is a huge supporter of sport. There’s never been a sitting president that has attended …
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