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Nearly 5 Million Ukrainian Refugees Registered in Europe
There are now 4.8 million Ukrainian refugees registered in Europe. UNHCR, the United Nations refugee agency, reports this after adding up the registrations in 44 European countries.
The figures are probably incomplete and more…
A Large Majority of Danes Want to Join European Defense Policy
Denmark will join the defence policy of the European Union. A large majority of Danish voters agreed to this in a referendum. Denmark is the only EU member state to stand aside on defence, but the war in Ukraine has made the Danes realize…
German Minister: G7 Countries Agree on Phasing Out Coal
The group of seven leading industrial countries has made concrete agreements about phasing out coal generation and expanding the production of sustainable energy. That said the German Minister of the Environment Steffi Lemke to the German…
Finnish and Swedish Ambassadors Hand Over Membership Request to NATO Chief: Historic Day
On Wednesday morning, Finnish and Swedish ambassadors to NATO, Klaus Korhonen and Axel Wernhoff forwarded their countries' request to join NATO to the secretary-general of the treaty organization, Jens Stoltenberg.
The NATO boss…
Gas Price Further Down Due to EU Plan for Payments to Russia
The European gas price fell again on Monday. The European Union's plan to provide energy companies with a way to pay for Russian natural gas without violating sanctions has relieved buyers of Russian gas.
The European Commission…
UNHCR: More Than 5 Million Ukrainians Have Fled Abroad
More than 5 million Ukrainians have fled their country since the Russian attack on February 24. UN refugee agency UNHCR reports that there are 5,012,708.
Within Ukraine itself, more than 7 million people are displaced.
On Friday,…
Sarkozy Backs Macron in French Presidential Election
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will vote for current President Emmanuel Macron in the second round of the presidential election. He announced that on Tuesday. He asks voters to heed the call from the outgoing president to mass vote…
Huge Cybercrime Bazaar Hydra Shut Down
The German police have shut down Hydra, one of the largest illegal web forums where, among other things, drugs and other illegal goods were traded.
Hydra has been around for six years and has been one of the largest cybercrime…
108 Arrested in Latvia and Lithuania After Multi-Million Dollar Call Centre Fraud
The Latvian police and the Lithuanian police, with the help of the European Police Agency Europol, have arrested more than 100 people in Riga and Vilnius on suspicion of involvement in an international call centre fraud. Europol reported…
Zelensky Opens Door to Ukrainian Neutrality: Will be Thoroughly Investigated
Is Ukraine open to Russia's demand to become neutral, meaning, for example, that the country will not join NATO? President Volodymyr Zelensky seems to have left the door ajar in an interview with Russian journalists.
Still, in a…