Europe
Denmark says Europe witnessing ‘disturbing shift’ amid Russian airspace violations and ‘unwanted drone activity’ – Europe live | Denmark
‘We are witnessing a disturbing shift,’ Danish PM warns after talks with regional, EU, Nato leaders Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen also spoke with her Norwegian and Swedish counterparts, as part of a broader diplomatic engagement this afternoon which also involved calls with EU and Nato leaders, her office said. She said: “At the moment, […]
Austrian authorities capture chaos-causing ‘problem moose’ | Austria
A footloose moose called Emil, whose summer wanderings caused havoc on Austrian roads and railways, has been captured, sedated and released in a verdant nature reserve, leaving his legions of fans wishing him well on social media. The approximately three-year-old male, believed to have come originally from Poland or the Czech Republic, rose to online […]
Hungary refuses to stop buying Russian oil despite Trump’s Nato demand | Hungary
Hungary will not wean itself off Russian energy supplies, the country’s foreign minister has told the Guardian, despite the White House’s demand for Nato allies to stop buying Russian oil. Donald Trump has demanded that Europe halt Russian oil imports, but in an interview on the sidelines of the 80th annual session of the UN […]
Russian violation of Estonian airspace brings region ‘closer to conflict’, foreign minister says – Europe live | Russia
Russian provocations represent ‘destabilising escalation’ that brings region ‘closer to conflict than at any time in recent years,’ Estonia’s foreign minister says Flanked by foreign ministers and senior diplomats from other countries, Estonia’s Tsahkna reads out a statement on behalf of 50 countries and the EU condemning the incident in which three Russian fighter jets […]
Angelina Jolie says ‘I don’t recognise my country’ now amid threats to freedom of speech in US | Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie has said “I don’t recognise my country” amid the threats to free speech in the US, saying “anything anywhere that divides or limits personal expressions and freedoms from anyone, I think, is very dangerous”. At Spain’s San Sebastián film festival on Sunday, the Oscar winning actor was asked by a journalist: “What do […]
German jets scrambled after Russian military plane flies over Baltic Sea | Russia
Two German Eurofighter jets were scrambled on Sunday to intercept a Russian military aircraft above the Baltic Sea, as Estonia said it would call an emergency meeting of the UN security council after Russian planes violated its airspace. Germany’s air force said the Russian Il-20M reconnaissance plane had switched off its transponders and ignored requests […]
Disruption continues at Heathrow, Brussels and Berlin airports after cyber-attack | Airline industry
Hundreds of thousands of passengers at Heathrow and Berlin airports faced flight delays on Sunday after a cyber-attack hit check-in desk software, while cancellations at Brussels airport suggested that disruption for Europe’s air travel would continue into Monday. Airlines were forced to revert to slower manual check-ins from Friday night after the attack hit Collins […]
Venice police fine parents of children who played football in public square | Italy
Italy might be a football-loving country but that did not stop police in Venice from pursuing a group of unlikely targets: 14 children who fell foul for playing the game in a public square, leading to fines presented to their parents, in a move that has sparked a debate about the rights of young people […]
Wealth tax would be deadly for French economy, says Europe’s richest man | Bernard Arnault
Europe’s richest man, the luxury goods magnate Bernard Arnault, has said that a wealth tax that could cost him more than €1bn (£817m) would be deadly for France’s economy. The French founder of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton said in a statement to the Sunday Times that calls for a 2% wealth tax on all […]
Owner of Georgian broadcaster called country’s ‘propaganda megaphone’ is based in London | Georgia
On Pont Street in Belgravia in central London, on the first floor of a handsome Edwardian townhouse, sitting above the royal green awning of the Jeroboams wine shop, is an office. There are no obvious signs for it beyond a little note next to the intercom. When buzzed this week, no one appeared at the […]