According to the preliminary results that have been published after the polling stations closed at 10 pm on Sunday, Pellegrini has received 50.4 percent of the vote, while Korcok gets 49.6 percent. Pellegrini has previously been prime minister and is a close ally of the populist prime minister Robert Fico. Provost Korck has previously been … Read more
The vote could possibly take place on Wednesday, reports Reuters. If it is passed by the Senate, it goes on to the House of Representatives. There it faces an uncertain future. The House of Representatives has not passed any new Ukraine aid since Republicans won the majority in January 2023, and Speaker Mike Johnson indicated … Read more
The SBU’s investigation has “revealed officials of the Ministry of Defense and managers of the arms supplier Lviv Arsenal, who stole close to 1.5 billion hryvnias during the procurement of grenades”. The amount corresponds to almost NOK 420 million. – According to the investigation, former and current high-ranking officials in the Ministry of Defense and … Read more
Philippe Lazzarini urges the countries to reconsider, and refers to the critical situation for the population of the Gaza Strip. The UNRWA management stated on Friday that they have removed several employees and launched an investigation in connection with the case. According to the US authorities, there should be a total of twelve suspects. – … Read more
The 2020s have been characterized by bad news. First a pandemic that locked us in, then war in Ukraine that threatens the peace in Europe, rising prices and electricity crisis and now the war in Gaza. Happiness researcher Ragnhild Bang Nes says TV 2 that there is a lot you can do to be happier. … Read more
Footage that several Russian media have posted on their accounts in the messaging service Telegram on the night of Tuesday showed powerful explosions and fire in a port area in Feodosia, which is located on the Black Sea coast. Afterwards, the Russian-deposed governor of Crimea issued a statement saying that Ukraine was behind the attack. … Read more
Footage that several Russian media have posted on their accounts in the messaging service Telegram on the night of Tuesday showed powerful explosions and fire in a port area in Feodosia, which is located on the Black Sea coast. Afterwards, the Russian-deposed governor of Crimea issued a statement saying that Ukraine was behind the attack. … Read more
The truck drivers have blocked various border crossings since early November in protest against what they say is unfair competition from Ukrainian truck drivers. The Ukrainian border guard said on Christmas Eve on Telegram that the protest at the Medyka-Shehyni crossing ended at 9:30 a.m. local time, and that traffic then resumed as normal. The … Read more
A contract to buy the grenades at above market price had been terminated by the Ministry of Defence’s newly established procurement department, and a new agreement had been entered into to buy at a much lower price and without middlemen being involved. But a high-ranking official is said to have extended the previous contract, and … Read more
The police say the man last year posted a provocative photo with a St. George’s ribbon tied around the big toe of a corpse. The photo had the inscription “The right way to wear the St. George’s ribbon” and was shared on a Russian social medium. The black and orange St. George’s Ribbon has been … Read more