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The United States is committed to providing Ukraine with “the weapons it needs” to defend itself against Russia, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday (10 April) as Ukraine seeks more military aid from the West.

 Russia’s Sberbank, the minority owner of the Fortenova Group, and the European investment fund based in Hungary, Indotek, have signed an agreement with the intention of sale and purchase of the largest single stake in Croatia-based Fortenova Group, the group...

Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca on Sunday was elected president of the National Liberal Party (PNL) in a race where the former army general was the only candidate. Ciuca, who has been Romania’s prime minister since November 2021, got 1,060 votes...

Bulgaria will create a special institution that will monitor and analyse the trends for fake news on social and online media pretending to be news agencies, Electronic Governance Minister Bozhidar Bojanov recently told parliament. The new body will not monitor...

Over ten billion euros was raised for Ukrainians through the global “Stand Up For Ukraine” fundraising campaign organised by European Commission, the Canadian government and the Global Citizen organisation that concluded with a donor conference in Warsaw on Saturday. The...

Civil society organisations that campaigned for the right to invalidate one’s vote in the referendum over LGBT-themed education for children, which they claim is homophobic, were fined by the National Election Committee (NVI) in a move they said was meant...

Slovakia’s delivery of its S-300 missile system to Ukraine last week was jeopardised by former prime minister Robert Fico (Smer) who posted a picture before its delivery was officially announced by Prime Minister Eduard Heger during his visit to Kyiv...

The Italian government has allocated €610 million to support Ukrainians arriving in the country and provide financial assistance to the Ukrainian government. Of the 4.5 million Ukrainians who have fled their country since the start of Russia’s invasion on 24...

Pro-Russians on Sunday (10 April) staged demonstrations in the German cities of of Frankfurt and Hanover, where they were far outnumbered by supporters of Ukraine, local police said.

Danish authorities have started planning the evacuation of five Danish children of ISIS fighters in the Kurdish-controlled al-Roj camp in Syria but their mothers will be left behind, Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod said. The decision comes after a new medical...

Dutch fundraising campaign raises millions for Ukraine. The national fundraising campaign, Giro555, has collected €160.8 million for Ukraine to date. The money raised for Ukraine is the second-highest amount raised by Giro555,  as reported by the NL Times. The campaign for tsunami...

Bavarian Minister-President Markus Söder said on Sunday that the usage of the controversial fracking technology to produce liquified natural gas (LNG) should be evaluated to boost the European attempt to phase out Russian gas imports. A 2017 anti-fracking law currently...

Just under half of Serbia’s citizens support EU accession, while only one in five has a positive opinion of the EU, Serbia’s leading polling expert, Srdjan Bogosavljević, has confirmed, citing a survey completed in March. In all the Western Balkan...

The Czech Republic could follow in Slovakia’s footsteps by signing a deal with the US to deploy American troops on Czech territory, Defence Minister Jana Černochová hinted. Černochová will travel to the US after the Easter holidays and could discuss...

After the sound and fury, the first round of the French presidential elections delivered few surprises. As expected, we have Macron vs Le Pen: round two. This year’s presidential runoff will be much closer than the 2017 version, though Macron...

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer will travel to Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, where he hopes to present his core demands for humanitarian corridors, a truce, and a complete investigation into war crimes. “I will meet...

The Polisario Front, the Sahrawi nationalist liberation movement demanding an independent Western Sahara, has suspended diplomatic contacts with the Spanish government following Madrid and Rabat’s decision to “normalise” bilateral relations. The Polisario Front said the decision was taken after Spanish...

Opposition politician Shehbaz Sharif submitted his nomination to be Pakistan's next prime minister to the legislature on Sunday (10 April), his party said, after incumbent Imran Khan lost a no-confidence vote in parliament after nearly four years in power.

Ukraine said Sunday it had found more than 1,200 bodies in the Kyiv region, the scene of atrocities allegedly committed by Russian troops, as residents in the country's east braced -- or fled -- ahead of an expected massive offensive.

Most candidates called upon their voters to block the way to Marine Le Pen. But it might not be enough this time as polls are already forecasting a tight race between Emmanuel Macron and the far-right leader.