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Poland

Norway-Poland Baltic Pipe opens in move to cut Russia gas dependency

The pipeline carrying gas from the Norwegian shelf is central to Poland's plan to diversify away from Russian supplies that began years before the invasion of Ukraine.

Economy

Market turmoil over Truss tax cut plan 'could hit Europe's economy'

The UK pound tumbled on Monday while the cost of borrowing soared to a higher level than that in Greece or Italy, the eurozone's most indebted members.

United Kingdom

UK's longest-reigning monarch Queen Elizabeth II dies aged 96

Buckingham Palace said that Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, who reigned for 70 years, died peacefully at Balmoral Castle in Scotland on Thursday afternoon.

United Kingdom

Liz Truss' journey from 'Remainer' to 'Brexiteer' in her own words

Truss, who on Monday was chosen as the UK's new prime minister, voted to stay in the EU in 2016 but has since undergone a remarkable transformation into an ardent backer of Brexit.

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United Kingdom

What will the UK's new prime minister Liz Truss mean for Europe?

The UK's new leader has antagonised Brussels by spearheading the move to override the Brexit deal on Northern Ireland, and analysts fear relations will remain fractious.

Serbia

Nationalists join church protest in Belgrade against EuroPride event

Thousands marched in the Serbian capital on Sunday night against Europe's biggest Pride event, which organisers vow will go ahead despite a move by President Vučić to ban it.

United Kingdom

'The jury's out': Truss slammed over 'Macron, friend or foe?' reply

Britain's chief diplomat and favourite to become prime minister told a Conservative campaign event she will judge the French president "on deeds, not words".

Ukraine

Ukraine war: Six key developments to know about today

It includes criticism of Russia over a strike in Chaplyne that left 25 people dead.

Russia

Who is Aleksandr Dugin and why has he been dubbed 'Putin's brain'?

The Russian ultranationalist, suspected of being the target of Sunday's car bombing in Moscow, is said to have had a massive influence on Vladimir Putin's world view.

Ukraine

Ukraine war: Five key developments to know about today

Military experts analyse blasts at key Russian sites in annexed Crimea, Kyiv vows to take down Putin's flagship bridge, and life for Ukrainian nuclear plant workers "under the barrels of Russian guns": today's key updates.

United Kingdom

'Europe not cause of UK's problems', says UK's Liz Truss in old audio

In a leaked recording from some years ago. the pro-Brexit favourite to become prime minister said British workers, not migrants, were to blame for the UK's ills.

United Kingdom

Rivals to succeed Boris Johnson blasted for 'fantasy' economic plans

Prime ministerial contenders Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, as well as the main opposition leader, have been criticised by a prominent economist over their ideas for tackling the cost-of-living crisis.

Portugal

Britons' lives in Portugal 'paralysed' by post-Brexit ID cards failure

Thousands of UK citizens living in Portugal are unable to access healthcare, take up new jobs, or travel because the authorities have yet to issue post-Brexit residency cards.

United Kingdom

UK PM race: SNP fury as Truss blasts Sturgeon as an 'attention seeker'

Scottish nationalists have described as "obnoxious" comments about Scotland's first minister by Liz Truss, favourite to become the next Tory leader and UK prime minister.

World News

Brexit's new migration borders 'fracture ties' of mixed UK-EU families

A study finds Brexit has created 'new borders' within families where one partner is British, the other European, due to differences in citizenship and migration status — causing much anxiety over future mobility.

United Kingdom

Crowded field as flood of Conservatives enter race to succeed Johnson

Several Cabinet ministers are bidding to be Conservative Party leader and therefore the next UK prime minister after the scandal-hit Boris Johnson agreed to quit.

My Europe Series

Brexit damage: Is EU exit now hitting UK's economy harder than COVID?

For the first time, economists are disentangling the harm done by Brexit under the terms Boris Johnson negotiated with the EU, from that wrought by the pandemic.

United Kingdom

Government bid to ditch parts of Brexit deal passes first hurdle

British MPs passed a bill paving the way for post-Brexit trade rules to be scrapped, despite criticism that it breaks international law and may provoke a trade war with the EU.

Lithuania

Detained migrants subjected to beatings, abuse and racism, claims NGO

Amnesty International says migrants have been abused and denied rights in Lithuanian detention centres. The government says the report is one-sided and cites pressure from "massive illegal border crossings" from Belarus.

Nature

Simba the lion: Russian wildlife trade victim begins new life in Italy

Rescued in distress from a Moscow suburb, the lion cub was nursed back to health and nearly two years later has now arrived at a wildlife sanctuary in Tuscany.

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