Tag: Europe

Putin Uses Public Holiday to Laud Patriotic Feelings as Support for Troops in Ukraine

MOSCOW—President Vladimir Putin on Monday marked the Day of Russia national holiday by lauding the country’s patriotic tradition as a support for soldiers fighting in Ukraine. “This public holiday marks the inseparability of centuries-old history, the greatness and glory of the Fatherland, affirms the unity of the multinational people, devotion to their country, a warm,…


German COVID-19 Vaccine Manufacturer Faces Lawsuit for Alleged Harm

A German resident has filed a lawsuit against BioNTech due to alleged negative side effects of its COVID-19 vaccine. The plaintiff, a woman, is suing BioNtech for compensation of at least 150,000 euros ($161,226) for bodily harm allegedly resulting from its COVID-19 vaccine. According to the plaintiff, who has not made her name public, she…


TikTok Trafficking Ad Ban Leads to Drop in Albanians Arriving on Small Boats: Reports

Downing Street has welcomed a TikTok policy change that has reportedly led to a drop in the number of Albanian illegal immigrants arriving in small boats. Since March, the video platform has proactively blocked posts from people smugglers using the site to advertise illegal crossings to the UK. According to The Times of London, traffickers were…


Ukraine Recaptures 4th Village in Modest Counteroffensive Gains: Kiyv Claims

KYIV—Ukraine claimed on Monday its troops had recaptured a fourth village in a cluster of settlements in the southeast, a day after reporting the first small gains of a counteroffensive against Russian forces. Soldiers held up the Ukrainian flag in Storozheve in the Donetsk region in unverified video footage posted online and the defence minister…


UBS Completes Takeover of Credit Suisse in Deal Meant to Stem Global Financial Turmoil

BERLIN—UBS said Monday that it has completed its takeover of embattled rival Credit Suisse, nearly three months after the Swiss government hastily arranged a rescue deal to combine the country’s two largest banks in a bid to safeguard Switzerland’s reputation as a global financial center and choke off market turmoil. A statement from the bank…


NATO Summit Preview With Chairs of European Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committees: A Hudson Event

Žygimantas Pavilionis, chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania; Michael Aastrup Jensen, chair of Foreign Policy Committee, Parliament of Denmark; and Marko Mihkelson, chair of Foreign Affairs Committee, Parliament of Estonia, discuss the NATO summit at Vilnius, Lithuania and how to ensure Ukraine receives the assistance in a conversation held…


Shaped by Hardship, Djokovic Grateful for ‘Tennis Mother’ and ‘Tennis Father’

PARIS—While Novak Djokovic was already looking ahead to a potential record-extending 24th Grand Slam title, there was also time on Sunday for him to look back at what had shaped him as tennis’s most successful male player—hardship and adversity. Djokovic, who clinched his 23rd men’s major title at the French Open on Sunday, grew up…


Silvio Berlusconi, Ex-Italian Leader, Dies at 86, According to His TV Network

MILAN—Silvio Berlusconi, the boastful billionaire media mogul who was Italy’s longest-serving premier despite allegations of corruption, died Monday, according to his television network. He was 86. Mediaset announced his death with a smiling photo of the man on its homepage and the headline: “Berlusconi is dead.” Berlusconi was admitted to the San Raffaele Hospital in…


Silvio Berlusconi, Ex-Italian Leader, Dies at 86

MILAN—Silvio Berlusconi, the boastful billionaire media mogul who was Italy’s longest-serving premier despite allegations of corruption, died Monday, according to his television network. He was 86. Mediaset announced his death with a smiling photo of the man on its homepage and the headline: “Berlusconi is dead.” Berlusconi was admitted to the San Raffaele Hospital in…


MPs Say No Clear Basis for Accepting Albanian Asylum Claims

There is no clear basis for the UK to accept thousands of asylum applications from Albanian citizens, a cross-party group of MPs has found. The Home Affairs Committee of the House of Commons said in a report (pdf) on Monday that it has found little evidence to indicate significant numbers of Albanian nationals are at…