A referendum on LGBTI policies in Hungary is non-binding because less than half of the voters showed up. However, Hungarians could answer yes or no to four questions on Sunday, including whether they think gender reassignment among children should be “promoted” and whether schools should be allowed to hold […]
Russian soldiers occupying the site around the old Chernobyl nuclear power plant are said to have driven with tanks through a highly toxic zone, the ‘Red Forest’, without any protection. That writes the Reuters news agency based on statements by two site employees. By driving around the area in […]
Deputy White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre has tested positive for corona after her trip to Belgium and Poland with US President Joe Biden. The spokeswoman already replaced another spokeswoman after she had taken a positive test. Karine Jean-Pierre is the latest in a series of people who have tested […]
Christine Lagarde, the president of the European Central Bank (ECB), warned on Tuesday about the threat posed by cryptocurrencies obtained in exchange for rubles. This allows the sanctions of the western countries against Russia to be circumvented, it sounds. “Of all types of digital assets, I am most concerned […]
Germany wants to supply more weapons to Ukraine. The Ministry of Economic Affairs has agreed to deliver 2,700 anti-aircraft missiles, the German news agency DPA reported based on insiders. These are Strela anti-aircraft missiles developed by the Soviet Union and once belonged to the German Democratic Republic (GDR) army. […]
Twitter will abide by European Union sanctions against Russian state-affiliated media RT and Sputnik once those sanctions are in place. That said, the social network on Wednesday. “The sanctions are likely to oblige us by law to withhold certain content in EU member states,” a Twitter spokesperson told Reuters […]
Russia gathers troops at Gomel airport in Belarus for an attack on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, Ukraine’s army chief of staff said Friday. Russian troops are advancing towards Kyiv from multiple directions. For example, there is fierce fighting in cities that are tens of kilometres away from Kyiv. Ukraine […]
The European Union will freeze Russian banks’ access to European financial markets, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said. Also, the EU will use all means to prevent Russia from getting technology to modernise the country further. “Our punishment for the Russian invasion of Ukraine will be composed […]
European media companies filed a complaint with the European Commission against Google. According to the media companies, including three Belgian groups, the American company has a stranglehold on them because of its dominant position in online advertisements. The European Publishers Council sector group, chaired by DPG Media CEO Christian […]
The lifeless body of an 8-year-old girl was found on Tuesday evening in a forest near Köniz, in the Swiss canton of Bern. An investigation has been opened. At this stage, the investigators consider both a possible accident and the possible involvement of another person. Police received a report […]
