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PoliticsSep 23UK to review Chagos deal after Trump tells Burnham it is 'terrible'Britain has suspended its €139 million-a-year lease payments for the Diego Garcia base while ministers try to reshape the agreement into one Washington can accept, with the Conservatives calling for it to be scrapped altogether.EuroNews [en]
PoliticsSep 23Andrija Mandic: Montenegrin Speaker’s Journey from Serb Firebrand to EU AdvocateThe fallout from the condolences Andrija Mandic sent to deceased Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic’s family poses the latest threat to the career of this canny and chameleon-like political operator.Balkan Insight
PoliticsSep 23To answer far-right surge, Mamdani and Spain’s Sánchez forge global left-wing tiesSome U.S. Democrats are seeking out like-minded counterparts abroad in their struggle to counter right-wing populism.Washington Post World
PoliticsSep 23Lukashenko will use potash to get most out of U.S. — ambassador-at-large of MFAThe statement by Belarus’s self-proclaimed president, Alexander Lukashenko, regarding the lack of available potash fertilizer for shipment to the U.S. does not mean a rejection of a potential agreement with Washington; more likely, it is a matter of using uncertainty as a bargaining chip in future negotiations.Ukrinform [en]
PoliticsSep 23Zapatero maintains that Saudi Arabia gifted him the jewels in 2007 and asks the judge to issue a letter rogatoryEl exmandatario responde al requerimiento judicial sobre el ajuar intervenido y asegura que se trató de "un regalo estrictamente personal" LeerEl Mundo
PoliticsSep 23Ukrainian, US energy ministers discuss areas of cooperationUkraine's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal held a meeting with U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright in New York.Ukrinform [en]
PoliticsSep 23Zapatero assures the judge that the jewels are a 2007 gift from Saudi King Abdullah bin AbdelazizEl expresidente pide a la Audiencia Nacional que reclame cooperación a la monarquía saudí para acreditar su relatoEl País
PoliticsSep 23EU Commission seeks to release Hungary’s frozen fundsPéter Magyar has made freeing up the money a key priority since replacing Viktor Orbán as Hungary’s PM after a seismic election victory in May.Politico Europe
PoliticsSep 23Norwegian diplomat behind Oslo Accords to apologise for Epstein ties in documentaryThe Epstein affair has implicated several other prominent Norwegian personalities, including Queen Mette-Marit and former prime minister Thorbjørn Jagland.EuroNews [en]
PoliticsSep 23The Constitutional Court endorses the treaty of friendship between Spain and FranceLa sentencia que confirma el acuerdo firmado por Macron y Sánchez en 2023 llega días antes de la visita del presidente francésEl País
PoliticsSep 23Hungary: EU Commission wants to unblock €4.2b in fundingThe Commission's president has argued that Budapest is strengthening the rule of law with Viktor Orban finally out of office. Funds had been blocked over corruption allegations under Hungary's former government.DW News [en]
PoliticsSep 23Russian media portray 'transparent' elections at home and chaos in EuropeAs expected, Vladimir Putin's United Russia party secured another two-thirds majority in the Duma. Russian television and newspapers presented the result as a foregone conclusion, reinforcing an image of normalcy and maintaining a confrontational atmosphere with Europe.Le Monde [en]
PoliticsSep 23Europe’s centrists are finally paying the price of their extremismThe centre’s blind adherence to austerity has devastated European societies.Al Jazeera [en]
PoliticsSep 23Azerbaijan pardons French businessman Martin Ryan after EU lifts sanctions on Russian billionaire Alisher UsmanovAzerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree pardoning French businessman Martin Ryan and 19 other people.Meduza [en]
PoliticsSep 23Catalonia’s rebel-in-exile prepares for returnCarles Puigdemont has been living in Belgium since 2017 while fighting an exhaustive legal battle against the Spanish courtsIrish Times World
PoliticsSep 23UK police arrest six at protest against migrant boat that spent 36 hours at seaThe Home Office said in early September that the number of crossings in August had fallen to their lowest level since records began in 2018, with migrant arrivals also at their lowest number since 2020.EuroNews [en]
PoliticsSep 23X-File in Congress: three bathrooms closed due to pepper spray discharge and several people affectedAna Belén Vázquez se lo entregó a un trabajador del partido para que lo limpiara y se liberó gas, afectando luego a varias personas LeerEl Mundo
PoliticsSep 23Trump and Zelensky discuss path to ending Ukraine warOn Tuesday, September 22, Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met in New York to discuss the war in Ukraine. Ahead of Zelensky’s address to the UN General Assembly today, he said he wants the war to end before winter, stressing that people across Ukraine are living in increasingly difficult conditions and that the longer the conflict continues, the greater the risk of further deaths on the frontline. Trump has also said that Ukraine and Russia agreed not to target each other’s energy infrastructure, after previously criticising Kyiv for striking Russian oil refineries. AccoFrance 24 [en]
PoliticsSep 23French presidential candidate is first to give birth during campaignGreens leader Marine Tondelier gave birth to a baby boy hours after a key meeting with the French president in the Elysée.Le Monde [en]
PoliticsSep 23UK reviewing Chagos Islands deal after Trump brands it ’terrible’U.S. president lambasted deal over Diego Garcia military base.Politico Europe
PoliticsSep 23EU urges Ukraine to accelerate reforms before providing additional aid – BloombergEuropean Union officials have told Ukraine that before providing additional funding, they want to see progress on legislation aimed at tackling the shadow economy, increasing tax revenues, and bringing Ukrainian legislation closer into line with EU rules.Ukrinform [en]
PoliticsSep 23Armengol temporarily expels a PP deputy from the Plenary Session for displaying a pepper spray can, accusing her of "carrying a weapon"Ana Belén Vázquez entregó el bote en comisaría después de que la presidenta amenazara con echarla durante toda la jornada. Dos baños de hombres en un edificio del Congreso se han precintado por una supuesta descarga del gas nocivo LeerEl Mundo
PoliticsSep 23UK pauses multimillion-pound payments to Mauritius as Trump blasts ‘terrible’ Chagos dealAndy Burnham said the government would ‘work hard’ to find a ‘resolution between the different sides’The Independent World
PoliticsSep 23Full list of occupations eligible for UK Skilled Worker visaThe United Kingdom, UK has published its full list of occupations eligible for the Skilled Worker visa, providing details of the jobs that overseas workers can take up under the country’s sponsored work route. The post Full list of occupations eligible for UK Skilled Worker visa appeared first on Vanguard News.Vanguard Nigeria