Forza Italia party leader Silvio Berlusconi delivers his address ahead of a confidence vote at the Senate for the government, in Rome, Oct 26, 2022. (PHOTO / AP) MILAN – An Italian court on Wednesday acquitted former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi over allegations of bribing witnesses in a underage prostitution case that has dogged the […]
In this photo taken on May 9, 2022, Moldovan Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita attends a joint press conference with UN Secretary-General following their talks in Chisinau. (PHOTO / AFP) BUCHAREST – Moldovan Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita announced her resignation on Friday, according to Moldpres, the national news agency. "The time has come to announce my […]
In this file photo dated to Feb 7, 2022, German Economy and Climate Minister Robert Habeck gestures as he speaks during a joint news conference with French Economy and Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire (not seen) at the Bercy Ministry in Paris, France. Germany's Economy Minister Robert Habeck and French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire […]
In this photo dated Jan 24, 2023, former Conservative Party chairman Nadhim Zahawi leaves the Conservative Party head office in Westminster, central London. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak sacked Zahawi on Jan 29, 2023 after an investigation revealed he had committed a serious breach by not being open about a tax probe. (PHOTO / AP) […]
In this file photo taken on Jan 27, 2023, Sweden's Minister of Foreign Affairs Tobias Billstrom holds a joint press conference with Latvia's Minister of Foreign Affairs in Riga. (PHOTO / AFP) STOCKHOLM – Sweden's Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom said on Saturday that the country's North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) process has paused, local media […]
Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto talks to the press during an EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Jan 23, 2023. (JOHN THYS / AFP) HELSINKI- Finland's foreign minister said on Tuesday a timeout of a few weeks is needed in the talks between Finland, Sweden and Türkiye on the two Nordic nations' plans to […]
Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sergei Lavrov (left) is welcomed by South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor (right) ahead of their meeting at the OR Tambo Building in Pretoria on Jan 23, 2023. (PHILL MAGAKOE / AFP) PRETORIA – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was in South Africa on Monday […]
In this file photo dated Dec 9, 2022, Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak reacts during his visit to Royal Air Force RAF Coningsby, near Lincoln, eastern England. (JOE GIDDENS / POOL / AFP) LONDON – British police fined Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Friday for failing to wear a seat belt while he filmed a […]
Former head of Ukraine's National Police and current acting interior minister of Ukraine Igor Klymenko holds a press conference in Kiev on Aug 3, 2021. (GENYA SAVILOV / AFP) KIEV – The Ukrainian government on Wednesday appointed Igor Klymenko, chief of the National Police, as the acting interior minister, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said.The appointment […]
Ukrainian Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 18, 2022. (EFREM LUKATSKY / AP) KIEV — A helicopter crashed near Kiev on Wednesday morning, killing at least 16 people, including Ukraine's Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky. The crash in Brovary, a town in the suburbs of Kiev, […]
Then Germany Lower Saxony Interior Minister and current Germany defense minister Boris Pistorius attends a news conference in Hanover, Germany Nov 18, 2015. (Axel Schmidt / REUTERS) BERLIN – Germany's government named Boris Pistorius as defense minister on Tuesday at a time of mounting pressure on Berlin from Western allies to allow Ukraine to use […]
Colombian Defense Minister Ivan Velasquez attends a military ceremony to promote new Generals and Admirals of the Police and Military Forces at the Jose Maria Cordova Military School in Bogota, on Dec 17, 2022. (DANIEL MUNOZ / AFP) MEXICO CITY – Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Monday he would not accept any "order for the […]
This file photo taken on Sept 16, 2022 shows German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht during a press conference on the sidelines of a conference of the German Armed Forces Bundeswehr in Berlin. (JENS SCHLUETER / AFP) BERLIN – German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht has asked Chancellor Olaf Scholz for her dismissal, she said in a […]
Rogelio Mayta, Foreign Minister of Bolivia, speaks during a plenary session of the 9th Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California, June 10, 2022. (PATRICK T. FALLON / AFP) LA PAZ – Bolivian Foreign Minister Rogelio Mayta has denounced a tweet written by a US government official on the situation in the Santa Cruz […]
Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa, standing in the center, answers a member of parliament during debate at the parliament in Lisbon on Jan 11, 2023. (ARMANDO FRANCA / AP) LISBON – Portugal's government said on Thursday future officials would from now on have to answer a questionnaire before they are appointed to prove they are […]
Portuguese Infrastructure Minister Pedro Nuno Santos (second right), together with then US secretary of state for energy Dan Brouillette (center), visit the LNG Liquified Natural Gas Terminal at Sines seaport in Sines, on Feb 12, 2020. (PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP) LISBON – Portuguese Minister of Infrastructure and Housing Pedro Nuno Santos presented his […]
In this file photo taken on Oct 23, 2022, Italy's Defense Minister Guido Crosetto poses prior to the new government's first Cabinet meeting at Palazzo Chigi in Rome. (ANDREAS SOLARO / AFP) ROME – Italy must have equal treatment in a partnership with Britain and Japan to develop a new jet fighter, Rome's defense minister […]
Peru's Vice-President Dina Boluarte acknowledges lawmakers after she was sworn in as president at Congress in Lima, Peru, Dec 7, 2022. (GUADALUPE PARDO / AP) LIMA – Peru's new President Dina Boluarte on Saturday named a cabinet that includes a pro-market finance minister, as protests accelerated around the country to demand fresh elections following the […]
A Border Force vessel assist a group of people thought to be migrants on board from their inflatable dinghy in the Channel, Aug 10, 2020. (GARETH FULLER / PA VIA AP) PARIS/LONDON – Britain and France on Monday signed an agreement worth 72.2 million euros ($74.5 million) over the coming year to ramp up efforts […]
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak walks outside Number 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain, Nov 9, 2022. (HENRY NICHOLLS / REUTERS) LONDON – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Thursday he was pleased with the progress the government was making on resolving a long running post-Brexit trade row with the European Union over Northern […]