Europe
optional screen reader
New British PM Truss makes history with non-white top appointments
-
Liz Truss becomes new UK prime minister
Foreign Secretary will replace Boris Johnson in top office
By Editors Desk -
Russians pay respects to former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev as Putin snubs funeral
Gorbachev was granted a public send-off but denied full state honours
By Editors Desk -
LUKoil Board Chairman Dead After Hospital Window Fall – Reports
The chairman of Russia's Lukoil oil giant, Ravil Maganov, has died after falling from a hospital window in Moscow, reports say.
By Editors Desk
Latest Europe
Mikhail Gorbachev did not mean the Soviet Union to end that way
He had not meant the Soviet Union to die like that.
- By
Russia cuts off gas supply to French energy giant
Gazprom has announced it will halt supplies to Engie following the French company’s failure to pay for gas deliveries in July
- By
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dies at 91
He will be remembered as the father of 'perestroika' but also for presiding over the fall of the Soviet Union
- By
Opinion: Keep out! No more tourist visas for Russians during wartime
On this question, the EU countries are doing what they do best: acting inconsistently. They need to adopt a clear, consistent policy on the bans — and on some exceptions, says DW's Miodrag Soric.
- By
German chancellor opposes joint ban on Russians entering EU
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said during his annual press conference on Aug. 11 that he does not consider it necessary to introduce a joint ban on Russians entering the EU due to Russia’s war against Ukraine, German newspaper Tagesspiegel reported.
- By
Griner jailed for nine years in Russian drugs trial
A judge at Khimki City Court outside Moscow delivered the verdict on Thursday
- By
Putin talks about nuclear war
There can be “no winners” in a nuclear war and it must never be fought, Russian president warns
- By
Russia would help Serbia if conflict were to break out – senator
The situation in Serbia could end in an armed standoff if NATO forces get involved, a Russian lawmaker warns
- By
US offers prisoner swap to Russia
Washington has reportedly offered Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout in exchange for the basketball player Brittney Griner and convicted spy Paul Whelan
- By
Russia's Gazprom further cuts gas flow to Europe by half amid turbine dispute
Company says flow would fall to 33 million cubic metres per day starting Wednesday
- By
From pariah to the future Queen Consort: Camilla's rare royal transformation
Recent events have cemented stature of Duchess of Cornwall within Royal Family
- By
Major nation in ‘fascist’ crisis as PM quits
The Prime Minister has resigned, kicking off a snap election campaign which could bring the hard right to power.
- By
CIA director says there is no intelligence Vladimir Putin is dying of illness
The director of the CIA has weighed in on ongoing rumours about Vladimir Putin’s supposed ill health.
- By
EU prepares for ‘winter without Russian gas’
The bloc hopes to survive by boosting renewables and essentially pricing its own citizens out of the market
- By
Germany and France ‘killed’ Minsk agreements – Russia
Berlin and Paris torpedoed the 2015 ceasefire deal for Donbass by shielding Kiev’s non-compliance, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said
- By
Italian PM Draghi is stepping down
Mario Draghi won a confidence vote, but lost his coalition partners
- By
