Thousands of fake signatures flagged in Swiss people’s initiative
Procurement initiative: thousands of false initials Keystone-SDA Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector English…
Croatia holds a presidential election with the incumbent NATO and EU critic considered favorite
ZAGREB, Croatia — Croatia’s left-leaning president, an outspoken critic of Western military support for Ukraine in its war…
Lithuania – Labour, Taxation, Economy
Lithuanians’ salaries have generally been lower than those of workers in other EU member countries. For this reason,…
Belgium will ban sales of disposable e-cigarettes in a first for the EU
BRUSSELS — Belgium will ban the sale of disposable electronic cigarettes as of Jan. 1 on health and…
Thick fog disrupts some flights on one of the UK’s busiest weekends for travel
LONDON — Travelers flying to or from the U.K. faced further disruptions Saturday as thick fog and low…
Belarus’ strongman leader pardons 20 more prisoners, but rights groups say repression continues
TALLINN, Estonia — Belarus’ authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko pardoned 20 more people that rights activists describe as political…
Space Perspective Is Preparing For its First Crewed Flight in 2025
A growing number of private companies are working on a logistically complex goal: taking paying customers into space.…
Italy’s far-right government wins final approval for its 30-billion-euro budget
ROME — Italy’s parliament on Saturday approved the government’s 2025 budget, worth about 30 billion euros ($31 billion)…
Next Week in Business: jobless claims, mortgage rates and Wall Street’s first trading day of 2025
A look at some of the key business events and economic indicators upcoming next week. LAYOFFS UPDATE The…
Belarus convicts well-known activist and sentences him to 6 years in prison
TALLINN, Estonia — A court in Belarus convicted a well-known opposition activist and sentenced him to six years…
An altercation erupts at a high-level meeting of a Russia-dominated economic union
MOSCOW — A tightly-scripted meeting of the Russia-dominated economic alliance of several ex-Soviet nations briefly went awry Thursday…
Prayers, tears mark 20 years since Indian Ocean tsunami that killed over 200,000
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — People gathered in prayer and visited mass graves in Indonesia’s Aceh province on Thursday…