One could have been mistaken in thinking that President Putin had hired one of Donald Trump’s speechwriters when addressing the G20 summit. In it, the Russian leader took a big swipe at the liberalist political ideology stating it has “outlived its purpose”. In this, he covered the rise of populism in Europe and America and…
The UK triggered Article 50 of the Treaty of the European Union on 29 March 2017. As set out under that treaty, the UK has two years to negotiate a Withdrawal Agreement and framework for a future relationship with the EU before the point of the UK’s exit from the EU at 11pm GMT on…
Schools in and around Paris are closing early today due to what looks like being a near unprecedented heatwave in the area. Temperatures look set to soar to above 40C as exceptionally hot air continues to blow in from the Sahara, and many schools in the Essonne region, just south of Paris sufficient air conditioning…
The Netherlands lost access to all 112 emergency number services for around four hours after national carrier KPN’s network went down. This meant that for that time period the 112 emergency service number was unavailable across the country. Landlines and mobile phones linked to the KPN network were also affected and the emergency services responded…
Turkey’s President and the AK Party effectively shot themselves in the foot by ordering a re-run of May’s Mayoral election which saw main opposition party candidate Ekrem Imamoglu win Istanbul by 13,000 votes. Obviously unhappy at the decision President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed the vote was invalid on spurious grounds and the result is a…
President Putin bans airlines from flying to the country following a surge of violent unrest. BBC News – Europe
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