Russia’s war against Ukraine has strengthened the EU’s readiness to accept new members. Bosnia became the third country, after Ukraine and Moldova, to be granted EU candidate status in the past six months. The EU fears that powers like Russia or China could extend their influence in the Balkans if the countries’ hopes of joining … Read more
At the ECB Council meeting in Frankfurt, it was also decided to raise the overnight deposit rate to 2% and the overnight lending rate to 2.75%. Both of these rates were also increased by 0.5 percentage points. The ECB raised interest rates for the fourth consecutive meeting. All three rates were raised by 0.75 percentage … Read more
Slovakia’s minority government fell on Thursday after parliament passed a vote of no confidence. The opposition believes that Prime Minister Eduard Heger’s coalition has done too little against rising energy prices. The no-confidence motion was requested by the liberal SaS party, which itself left the coalition in September. As a result, Heger had to continue … Read more
15 dec 2022 om 15:35 Denmark’s new government wants to sacrifice a national holiday to free up more money for the country’s defence. It concerns the Storebededag (Great Day of Prayer), which has existed since 1686. The cult day of the shop falls every year on the fourth Friday after Easter. There are no special … Read more
Twitter / @ohheytommy ANNOUNCEMENTS•today, 10:47•Edited today, 11:22 Eight US financial influencers are suspected of conspiracy and stock price manipulation. This would have earned them more than $100 million. Men profiled themselves as successful traders and drove up stock prices. On their Atlas Trading platform Discord and Twitter, they spread fabricated positive information about each stock … Read more
A six-year-old boy who fell through the ice on a lake in England on Sunday died on Wednesday. Earlier, three other children died after being pulled out of the ice-cold water. According to British media, the children were playing on a frozen lake in Solihull, a town about 15 kilometers from Birmingham. According to an … Read more
AFP extension ANNOUNCEMENTS•today, 08:11 The Man Who Killed Nancy Pelosi’s Husband Paul Pelosi the end of October in their San Francisco home with a hammer targeted multiple public figures. This was stated to the judge by an officer who questioned the suspect on the day of the attack. David DePape had in his sights, among … Read more
Even as Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan openly criticize the royal family in a documentary about their lives, King Charles III. leaving the words of his son unanswered. The expert revealed that only one thing would force the British monarch to take action against his son and respond to his accusations. He should have attacked … Read more
The mayor of Istanbul was sentenced to two years and seven months’ imprisonment. Ekrem Imamoglu, political opponent of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was found guilty of insulting electoral council members, whom he called “crazy”. The 52-year-old politician from the opposition CHP party can also no longer be politically active, the judge ruled. Imamoglu is … Read more
An employee of a Belgian NGO, who has been in an Iranian isolation cell for three hundred days, has been sentenced to 28 years in prison in Tehran. The charge against 41-year-old Olivier Vandecasteele is according to the Belgian average unclear. Vandecasteele’s family received the news from Prime Minister Alexander De Croo on Tuesday afternoon. … Read more