The talks in Turkey on Friday were the first time the sides had held face-to-face talks since March 2022, weeks after Russia's full-scale invasion of its smaller neighbour.
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3 years agoJansa, who had hoped to win a fourth term in office, conceded that he had been defeated in the vote, adding however that his SDS party had secured more votes than ever before.
3 years agoEuropean Council President Charles Michel, as well as the prime ministers of Belgium and Luxembourg, were among the first to congratulate Macron, followed by almost all of the bloc's 27 leaders, after his win over Marine Le Pen by a comfortable margin.
3 years agoCentrist Macron won around 58.6 percent of the vote in the second-round run-off compared with Le Pen's 41.4 percent, according to official results from the Interior Ministry.
3 years agoThis includes radiation measurement devices, protective material, computer-related assistance, power supply systems and diesel generators, he said in a statement.
3 years agoMacron goes into the election with a reasonable lead in polls over Le Pen, an advantage he consolidated in the frenetic final days of campaigning, including a no-holds-barred performance in the pre-election debate.
3 years agoDiscord over Russia's presence at the meetings has been on display all week, with officials from the US, Canada, Britain and other Western countries staging walkouts three days in a row whenever Russian officials spoke.
3 years agoAsked in an extensive interview published on Friday why he thought delivering tanks could lead to nuclear war, he said there was no rule book that stated when Germany could be considered a party to the war in Ukraine.
3 years agoBefore walking out, Sunak "described (Russian President Vladimir) Putin's assault on Ukraine as an assault on the rules and norms that are the foundation of our economic way of life," the spokesperson said.
3 years agoIn a video message Thursday evening, Zelensky urged residents of areas under occupation to not provide any personal information, like their passport numbers, to the Russian forces.
3 years agoSanchez said on Wednesday he would convey to Zelensky the European Union and Spain's "clear engagement... for peace".
3 years ago"1,020 bodies (of) civilians, only civilians, in the areas of all the Kyiv region," were discovered, Olga Stefanishyna, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine, told AFP in Borodyanka.
3 years agoYellen told Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati during a meeting on Tuesday that the United States will continue to work with Indonesia, which currently leads the Group of 20 major economies, to advance G20 business.
3 years agoFinance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati, who chaired the meeting, said the walkout during the Group of 20 finance ministers and central bankers meeting was "not a total surprise" and was not disruptive to the group's wider discussion.
3 years agoRussia's attack on its neighbor loomed over the meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors from the world's most developed countries, the first since President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion in late February.
3 years agoThe source added that the meeting would focus on the state of the global economy, the consequences of the war in Ukraine, and COVID-19 vaccines and pandemic preparedness.
3 years agoThe company was also fined the maximum penalty of 375,000 euros and will have to publish the court decision on Deliveroo's French home page for one month. Deliveroo said it would appeal the decision.
3 years agoMoscow's attack on its neighbor is set to dominate the meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors, the first since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion in February.
3 years agoBestselling economists Joseph Stiglitz of the United States and Thomas Piketty of France among others made the call in an open letter published in The Guardian newspaper ahead of Wednesday's G20 finance meeting.
3 years agoThe embattled UK leader has weathered the initial storm after being penalized last week for breaching Covid lockdown laws on one occasion in 2020, doggedly defying calls to resign.
3 years ago"Police fired several warning shots. Three people appear to have been hit by ricochets and are currently being treated in hospital", police said in a statement.
3 years agoThe move was taken "in view of the unprecedented hostile action by the British Government, in particular the imposition of sanctions against senior Russian officials," the ministry said in a statement, adding that it would expand the list soon.
3 years agoThe Moskva, Russia's flagship in its Black Sea fleet, sank as it was being towed to port in stormy weather, Russian news agencies quoted the defence ministry as saying.
3 years agoThe guided missile cruiser Moskva had been leading Russia's naval effort against its neighbor in the seven-week conflict, in which civilian killings have sparked accusations of genocide.
3 years ago"As a result of a fire, ammunition detonated on the Moskva missile cruiser. The ship was seriously damaged," the Russian defence ministry was quoted as saying, adding that the cause of the fire was being determined and that the crew had been evacuated.
3 years agoFinland, which shares a 1,300-km (810-mile) border with Russia, and Sweden are mulling whether or not to join the NATO alliance. Finland will make a decision in the next few weeks, Prime Minister Sanna Marin said on Wednesday.
3 years agoJohnson, whose future has been thrown into doubt after he received a fine for breaking coronavirus lockdown rules, was elected partly on promises to curb illegal immigration, but his term has so far been marked by record numbers of Channel crossings.
3 years agoIndonesia is finding itself caught between a rock and a hard place as pressure mounts from G20 members to invite Ukraine to November's summit.
3 years agoIn one of the country's highest-profile corporate crime trials in decades, Zurich's district court will rule whether to convict Pierin Vincenz, a former Swiss 'banker of the year' charged with making millions through illicit deals while he was chief executive of a cooperative lender Raiffeisen Switzerland.
3 years agoBiden used the term genocide in a speech at an ethanol plant in Iowa and later stood by the description as he prepared to board Air Force One.
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