Sweden’s parliament has elected a new prime minister, Magdalena Anderson, for the second time in less than seven days, leaving the country’s first female prime minister to navigate a fragmented political landscape. The leader of the Social Democrats was elected by the deputies with 173 votes against, 101 votes in favor and 75 abstentions. In […]
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Iran says ‘absolutely determined’ to reach agreement in Vienna talks
Iran is “absolutely determined” to reach an agreement with the international community on its nuclear program in talks that resume today in Vienna, said Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh. “The delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran is in Vienna with the utmost determination to reach an agreement and expects fruitful talks,” Khatibzadeh said. […]
France: Right shift in the political landscape
In France, suspense usually turns red in the second round of the presidential election. Then the French essentially decide whether the inhabitant of the Elysium will be a socialist or a conservative. However, this rule was overturned in the last presidential election of 2017. Neither of France’s two traditional parties managed to reach the second […]
US: Trump’s public support is not a guarantee of success in a by-election
Donald Trump’s candidate for the Alabama Senate election campaign is not making the expected progress. The election of the former US president for Pennsylvania was withdrawn from the qualifying elections of the Republican Party, after the loss of custody of his children. In Alaska and North Carolina, two other Trump-backed Senate candidates are behind in […]
Honduras presidential election: Siomara Castro clear lead based on results so far
LAST UPDATE: 08.58 The results of the presidential elections held yesterday, Sunday, in Honduras show that the opposition candidate, Siomara Castro, maintains a clear lead over the ruling party’s candidate, Nasri Asfoura, the mayor of the capital. With almost a third of the vote (27%) counted, Ms Castro, a candidate for the LIBRE party, secured […]
Britain, Israel to work day and night to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons
The United Kingdom and Israel will work together day and night to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power, the two countries’ foreign ministers said in an article they co-signed with The Telegraph on Sunday. The article was published on the eve of the resumption today Monday in Vienna, after a five-month suspension of negotiations […]
Armenia, Azerbaijan agree to work on demarcation of borders
The Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan and the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev agreed today, in a rare meeting in Russia, to reduce tensions and resolve their differences after the 2020 war. In talks between the two leaders in Sochi under the auspices of Russian President Vladimir Putin, they mainly agreed to work to […]
State Department for Russian troops on border with Ukraine: ‘All options on the table’
“All options are on the table,” Karen Donfried said on Friday, referring to how the United States would respond to the “large and unusual” concentration of Russian troops near the border with Ukraine. “NATO will decide what the next move will be after next week’s consultations,” the deputy foreign minister for European and Eurasian affairs […]
Ukrainian tycoon Akhmetov accuses President Zelensky of lying completely when involved in coup attempt
Ukrainian businessman Rinat Akhmetov on Friday accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of spreading an “absolute lie” about his possible involvement in a coup against the Ukrainian leadership. Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zalensky told a news conference that Ukrainian secret services had information about a possible coup attempt in December involving people from Russia and Ukraine […]
W. Zelensky: ‘We prevented a coup plan with the participation of Russians’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that Kiev had unveiled a plan to overthrow his government next week involving Russian citizens, although he declined to say whether he believed the Kremlin was behind it. In a press conference given by Zelensky, he said that the Ukrainian secret services had gained access to audio material, […]
