Europe

India, Finland exchange views on various issues including Afghanistan, Indo-Pacific, COP26

Helsinki [Finland], November 24 (ANI): India and Finland on Wednesday exchanged their views on various issues including Afghanistan, Indo-Pacific, India-EU Partnership, cooperation in the Arctic and Antarctic regions, and COP26.

2021-11-24T13:40:14.703177+00:00 IST

Sweden gets its first female prime minister

Stockholm [Sweden], November 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Swedish parliament elected on Wednesday Magdalena Andersson as the country's new Prime Minister, the first female PM in Swedish history.

2021-11-24T10:48:57.489687+00:00 IST

November 24 declared day of National Mourning in Bulgaria

Sofia [Bulgaria], November 24 (ANI/Novinite): The Council of Ministers adopted a decision declaring November 24, 2021, as a Day of National Mourning in memory of the victims of the fire that broke out in the Home for the Elderly in the village of Royak, Dulgopol municipality, on November 22 and the victims of a severe bus accident on the Struma highway on November 23.

2021-11-24T05:37:16.170501+00:00 IST

Google, Twitter, Facebook Face eight more legal complaints in Russia: Court

Moscow [Russia], November 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Transnational IT giants Google, Twitter and Meta (formerly Facebook) received a total of eight new administrative protocols in Russia for failure to remove banned content from their platforms, a Moscow court told Sputnik on Tuesday.

2021-11-23T17:33:21.893669+00:00 IST

Lithuanian foreign ministry protests Minsk plans to launch second unit at nuclear power plant

Vilnius [Lithuania], November 23 (ANI/Sputnik): The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday having delivered a note of protest to the Belarusian Embassy over Minsk's plans to launch the second unit of the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant.

2021-11-23T17:30:53.643386+00:00 IST

European commission vows to create tools to combat use of people for political purposes

Brussels [Belgium], November 23 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Commission said on Tuesday it proposed to create a legal framework in the EU to counter the use of migrants for political purposes.

2021-11-23T17:07:15.549768+00:00 IST

Russia, China expanding joint military training activities: Defence Minister Shoigu

Moscow [Russia], November 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia and China have been increasing their joint military training at sea, in the air, and on land over this year, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday.

2021-11-23T17:01:38.208911+00:00 IST

Germany's lower saxony head not ruling out mandatory COVID vaccination

Berlin [Germany], November 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Minister-President of Germany's Lower Saxony, Stephan Weil, said on Tuesday that the mandatory coronavirus vaccination would be the last resort in the fight against the pandemic in the country, but still a possible option.

2021-11-23T14:55:53.793997+00:00 IST

Putin offers condolences to north Macedonian President over deadly bus accident

Moscow [Russia], November 23 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to the President of North Macedonia Stevo Pendarovski in connection with the consequences of a major road accident, Russian news agency Sputnik reported Kremlin as saying on Tuesday.

2021-11-23T11:38:54.924101+00:00 IST

Russia, ASEAN to hold first joint naval drill in Indonesian waters in December: Diplomat

Moscow [Russia], November 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will host the first joint naval exercise on December 1-3 in the Indonesian territorial waters, Russian Ambassador to the ASEAN Alexander Ivanov told Sputnik on Tuesday.

2021-11-23T10:12:02.876830+00:00 IST

Protests against COVID-19 curbs rock Netherlands, Belgium, France

Amsterdam [Netherlands], November 23 (ANI): People continued to protest against COVID-19 curbs in parts of the Netherlands, France and Belgium.

2021-11-23T06:42:58.925838+00:00 IST

45 people killed in bus accident in Bulgaria

Sofia [Bulgaria], November 23 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 45 people were killed in a bus accident in western Bulgaria early on Tuesday, local media reports.

2021-11-23T04:57:57.860325+00:00 IST

Crime-terror nexus presents significant challenge for policymakers, intl community, says think tank

Amsterdam [Netherlands], November 23 (ANI): Underlining the threats posed by changing nature of terrorism, a Netherlands based think tank has highlighted how activities of terrorist organizations (TOs) continue to create obstacles for policymakers and the international community as a whole.

2021-11-23T01:55:58.878452+00:00 IST

French PM tested positive for COVID-19

Paris [France], November 23 (ANI/Xinhua): French Prime Minister Jean Castex has tested positive for COVID-19, French media reported on Monday.

2021-11-22T23:30:16.523228+00:00 IST

Netherlands: European B'desh Forum to organize conference on 1971 Pak war crimes on Nov 30

The Hague [Netherlands], November 23 (ANI): European Bangladesh Forum, a platform of Bangladeshi European is set to organize an international conference on November 30 in the Netherlands to commemorate the victims of the 1971 Genocide in Bangladesh committed by the Pakistan military.

2021-11-22T22:05:34.702353+00:00 IST

UK records another 44,917 new coronavirus cases

London [UK], November 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Britain registered 44,917 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 9,889,926, according to official figures released Monday.

2021-11-22T19:22:21.658577+00:00 IST

UK demands Beijing provides further evidence of tennis player Shuai's safety

Moscow [Russia], November 23 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Kingdom is concerned for the safety of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, who temporarily disappeared after accusing a senior Chinese politician of sexual assault, and demands that Beijing allow her to speak out without fear of repercussions, the country's foreign ministry told RIA Novosti.

2021-11-22T19:08:15.798091+00:00 IST

UN experts urge China to release ill journalist jailed for COVID reporting

Geneva [Switzerland], November 22 (ANI): UN experts on Monday urged China to release journalist Zhang Zhan, who was jailed for reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic, "as her health is deteriorating rapidly and her life is in danger."

2021-11-22T17:05:12.991547+00:00 IST

Britain invites ASEAN to G-7 meeting, signifies 'growing Indo-Pacific tilt'

London [UK], November 22 (ANI): Ministers from the Group of Seven (G-7) industrialised nations are set to participate in a meeting that will take place in Britain's Liverpool next month.

2021-11-22T09:49:35.639932+00:00 IST

Warsaw to take decision on Poland-Belarus border railway link on Monday

Warsaw [Poland], November 22 (ANI/Sputnik): The decision to close the railway link on Poland-Belarus border will be made on Monday, spokeswoman for the Polish Border Guard Anna Mikhalska told Sputnik on Monday.

2021-11-22T08:49:22.675522+00:00 IST

Turkish opposition says Erdogan can't manage the country

Nicosia [Cyprus], November 22 (ANI): As the Turkish lira is in a free fall, most Turks are finding it hard to make ends meet and polls show that Erdogan's AKP party has been consistently losing votes, opposition CHP leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu and IYI Party leader Meral Aksener declared after their meeting on November 17 that Erdogan cannot manage the country and that there is no way out of Turkey's problems than an emergency election.

2021-11-22T01:30:28.502396+00:00 IST