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Inuit pride stirs independence mood in Greenland election, after Trump interest

By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen NUUK, Greenland (Reuters) – In a tiny workshop in Greenland’s capital Nuuk, goldsmith Nadja Arnaaraq Kreutzmann polishes metals and stones mined and gathered on the vast mineral-rich island. The jewellery she crafts is adorned with Inuit symbols of life and survival. Indigenous identity is seeing a revival in Greenland ahead of a …

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Bosnia’s top court temporarily suspends Serb region’s separatist laws

By Daria Sito-Sucic SARAJEVO (Reuters) -Bosnia’s constitutional court on Friday temporarily suspended separatist laws passed by the country’s Serb Republic parliament and signed by the region’s nationalist leader Milorad Dodik, seen as an attack on the constitutional order. The court said that implementation of these laws before it makes its final ruling on their constitutionality …

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Switzerland to impose additional freeze on assets of Syria’s Assad

(Reuters) – Switzerland’s Federal Council said on Friday it had decided to impose an additional freeze on the assets of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his entourage. (Reporting by Rhea Rose Abraham in Bengaluru; Editing by Andrew Heavens)

Zelenskiy’s approval rating rises in Ukraine after Trump spat, poll shows

By Olena Harmash KYIV (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s approval rating has risen by 10 percentage points since his White House spat with U.S. President Donald Trump, a poll by a leading Ukrainian pollster showed on Friday. The poll by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) showed that 67% of respondents trusted Zelenskiy in …

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EU proposes ending wolves’ ‘strictly protected’ status in Europe

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission proposed on Friday making it easier to hunt wolves in Europe, citing their growing number and the threat they pose to livestock as reasons for downgrading the animals’ protection status. The proposal would fix into European Union law a change which came into effect on Friday under …

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Paris’ Gare du Nord grinds to halt after unexploded World War 2 bomb found

By Makini Brice and Charlotte Van Campenhout PARIS (Reuters) -Paris’ Gare du Nord, Europe’s busiest train station, ground to a halt on Friday while an unexploded World War Two bomb was defused, causing the cancellation of all Eurostar trains for the day and huge disruptions to nearby traffic. Railway workers found the 500 kilogram (1,100 …

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EU leaders agree on defence surge, support Zelenskiy after US aid freeze

By Lili Bayer, Andrew Gray and Michel Rose BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European leaders on Thursday backed plans to spend more on defence and continue to stand by Ukraine in a world upended by Donald Trump’s reversal of U.S. policies. The European Union’s defence summit in Brussels took place amid fears that Russia, emboldened by its …

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Analysis-Germany’s climate activists on edge as parties shape coalition agenda

By Riham Alkousaa BERLIN (Reuters) – Climate activists fear the worst when Germany’s conservatives and Social Democrats begin to thrash out a joint climate policy for their future coalition government.  A country once seen as a beacon of progressive climate policy is poised for a significant reset, with the conservatives – having in part blamed …

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Bulgarians convicted in UK of being Russian spies working for Wirecard fugitive

By Michael Holden and Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) – Three Bulgarians were found guilty in a London court on Friday of being part of a Russian spy unit run by Wirecard fugitive Jan Marsalek to carry out surveillance for the Kremlin on a U.S. military base and other individuals targeted by Moscow. Marsalek tasked the …

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