Business Trump names billionaire investment banker as ambassador to Britain Warren Stephens is head of Stephens Inc, a privately owned diversified financial services firm. Its headquarters are in Little Rock, Arkansas. 03/12/2024
Europe News Russia expels British diplomat over spying allegations The UK government has denied the accusation as 'baseless' as ties between London and Moscow continue to deteriorate over the conflict in Ukraine. 27/11/2024
Brazil German diplomat charged with murdering Belgian husband in Brazil According to prosecutors, the murder was "committed with cruel means" and Hahn's husband was "severely beaten, causing intense and unnecessary suffering". 30/08/2022
Russia Putin will be 'humiliated' if he has to meet Zelenskyy, says defector Boris Bondarev, a Russian diplomat who defected after the start of the war, shares his thoughts on the Ukraine war. 25/07/2022
Europe News French diplomats strike over Macron's foreign service overhaul French diplomats have gone on strike Thursday, angered by a planned reform of the country's foreign service by President Macron. 02/06/2022
Russia EU countries expel dozens of Russian envoys amid war in Ukraine The Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland and the Czech Republic all expelled Russian officials. 29/03/2022
Russia Russia expels three Slovakian diplomats in retaliatory move Bratislava had expelled three Russian officials earlier this month for alleged diplomatic violations. 28/03/2022
Slovakia Slovakia charges two suspects with spying for Russia Slovakia's foreign ministry had said it would also expel three Russian diplomats for alleged spying and bribery. 14/03/2022
Bulgaria Bulgaria expels two Russian diplomats for spying amid Ukraine tensions One diplomat is accused of leaking "confidential information" about Bulgaria's defence ministry since 2016. 02/03/2022
Finland Finnish diplomats were targeted by Pegasus spyware, says government Pegasus software can infiltrate a mobile phone and allow its operators to gain access to the device’s contents and files. 28/01/2022
Poland Polish official fired for branding country's Holocaust law as 'stupid' Jaroslaw Nowak had slammed a 2018 law in Poland banning claims that the country also bore responsibility for the Holocaust. 10/01/2022
Germany Embassy worker in Berlin died in 'tragic accident', says Russia Der Spiegel has reported that the man was a 35-year-old Russian diplomat who fell from the embassy building in Berlin. 05/11/2021
Portugal 'Portuguese Schindler' honoured in ceremony at National Pantheon Portugal has paid tribute to Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a diplomat who helped save thousands of people from Nazi persecution during World War II. 19/10/2021
Iran Swiss diplomat in Iran found dead after suspected fall from building The body of an employee at the Swiss embassy in Iran was found at the foot of a building in northern Tehran after a "fall", authorities said. 04/05/2021
World News EU rejects Russia's move to expel European diplomats: Borrell "I reject the allegations that these diplomats were performing activities incompatible with their role as diplomats," EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told Euronews of Russia's move to expel European diplomats. 05/02/2021
Belgium Iranian diplomat jailed for 20 years for planned attack in France An Iranian diplomat was sentenced to the maximum 20-year prison term by a Belgian court for planning an attack against opponents of the Tehran regime in France in 2018. 04/02/2021