Europe

Pres Zelensky signs decree to withdraw Ukraine from anti-landmine treaty following similar decisions by allies Poland, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia — all neighbours of Russia

     KYIV, June 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree putting his war-torn country on track to leave the…

Italy: Over 300 flights suspended due to technical malfunction

ROME, June 29 (NNN-XINHUA) — A data transmission failure at the Area Control Center in Milan on Saturday evening led…

Update: Serbia police clash with anti-government protesters in Belgrade

BELGRADE, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Serbian police have clashed with a huge crowd of anti-government protesters demanding an early election…

Hungary: Budapest Pride draws huge crowds in defiance of Pres Orban legal threats

BUDAPEST, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tens of thousands have gathered for the Budapest Pride march, defying Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s…

France offers to help make Gaza food distribution safer

PARIS, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — France “stands ready, Europe as well, to contribute to the safety of food distribution” in…

OAS passes unanimous declaration favoring Argentina’s stance regarding Falklands/Malvinas

SAINT JOHN (Antigua and Barbuda), June 29 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The Organization of American States (OAS) unanimously adopted a declaration during…

Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia notify UN of withdrawal from mine ban treaty

VILNIUS, June 29 (NNN-XINHUA) — Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia officially submitted their withdrawal notices from the Ottawa Convention to the…

Greece PM appoints new ministers amid EU subsidy scandal

The Greek government suffered a major blow due to the farm subsidies scandal that revealed widespread mismanagement of EU funds.…

Serbia: Police fire tear gas as thousands protest against Pres Vucic; demands early election

Serbian military veterans march along with students at anti-government rally in Belgrade BELGRADE, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Riot police have…

Europe bakes in summer’s first heatwave as continent warms

MARSEILLE 9france), June  29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Southern Europeans braced for their first heatwave of the northern hemisphere summer, as climate…