Europe

Lausanne, (Switzerland) Feb 7 (UNI) The International Hockey Federation (FIH) on Monday announced that the draw ceremony of the FIH Hockey women's world cup will be held on February 17 in Terrassa, Spain. The draw will define the pools…

Berlin, Feb 5 (UNI/Sputnik) The head of the German parliament's defense committee warned Ukraine on Saturday that it should stop throwing around criticism about what it sees as Berlin's unfair refusal to supply it with weapons. "I…

Rome, Feb 4 (UNI/Xinhua) Italian President Sergio Mattarella was sworn in here on Thursday, inaugurating his second seven-year mandate. His re-election -- which the parliament voted with a broad majority on Jan. 29 -- came after the…

Moscow, Feb 3 (Agencies) Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov, after reports of US troops' deployment to Europe, said the United States continues to escalate tensions. Peskov told CNN's Matthew Chance in an exclusive statement…

London, Jan 29 (UNI/Sputnik) The UK Defense Ministry has prepared new scenarios of constraining Russia, including sending more NATO troops to Eastern Europe, which will be considered by Prime Minister Boris Johnson later this week, a…

Berlin, Jan 26 (UNI/Sputnik) German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will meet on February 7 with US President Joe Biden in Washington, the politicians will discuss the situation around Ukraine, German newspaper Bild reported, citing government…

Paris, Jan 25 (UNI/Sputnik) Yannick Jadot, a presidential candidate of the French Greens, said on Tuesday he would seek to decriminalize assisted suicide if he won the presidency in April's elections. "Yes, because one should be able to…

Ankara, Jan 23 (UNI/Sputnik) Turkey has concluded contracts to sell domestically produced Bayraktar TB2 unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAV) to 16 countries and signed the first export contract for the Bayraktar Akinci UCAVs, the CEO…

London, Jan.23, (UNI): The UK foreign office has revealed to have information that the Russian government is planning to "install a pro-Russian leader in Kyiv as it considers whether to invade and occupy Ukraine".…

Berlin, Jan 21 (UNI/Sputnik) German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will discuss with French President Emmanuel Macron Paris' presidency of the Council of the European Union, the German G7 presidency, as well as international security issues…

Malta's legislator, 43 year old Roberta Metsola was elected EU President a day earlier

Berlin, Jan 18 (UNI/ Sputnik) Berlin is ready hold a serious dialogue with Russia on mutual steps to ensure security, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Tuesday. "Russia demanded security guarantees, and this was once again…

Moscow, Jan 16 (UNI/Sputnik) Russia cannot stress the importance of talks on security guarantees enough, since the situation on the border with Ukraine raises concerns, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with CNN’s Fareed…

Washington, Jan 14 (UNI/Sputnik) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is seeking a trilateral summit with the leaders of Russia and the United States, and Washington has already shown interest in this idea, the head of the Ukrainian…

London, Jan 12 (UNI/Xinhua) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologized on Wednesday for attending a Downing Street garden party during the country's first lockdown in 2020. During the weekly session of Prime Minister's Questions at…

Berlin, Jan 12 (UNI/Xinhua) The number of daily COVID-19 cases in Germany hit a new record of 80,430 on Wednesday, according to data released by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI). Seventy-two percent of the country's population has been…

New Delhi, Jan 11 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday congratulated Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte for embarking on his fourth term in office, and expressed confidence that the two will work together to take the bilateral…