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
Ukraine Ukraine and Hungary pledge to ease tensions over Transcarpathia The two countries have clashed over whether ethnic Hungarians in western Ukraine should be allowed to use their native language. 27/01/2021
Albania Albania expels Russian diplomat for violating pandemic measures Albanian Foreign Ministry says the diplomat had "continued to violate measures to protect against the pandemic". 22/01/2021
Russia Russia expels two Dutch diplomats in tit-for-tat move Russia's Foreign Ministry says that two Dutch diplomats will be expelled from the country in retaliation for a similar measure taken by the Netherlands in December. 18/01/2021
Russia Russia imposes retaliatory sanctions on senior German officials The move comes after the EU sanctioned Russian military intelligence officials in October, accusing them of hacking Chancellor Angela Merkel’s emails in 2015. 29/12/2020
world news Russia expels Bulgarian diplomat in tit-for-tat move Earlier this month Bulgaria had expelled a Russian embassy military attaché on suspicion of espionage. 28/12/2020
Belarus UK ministers condemn expulsion of British diplomats from Belarus Belarus has declared two British diplomats "persona non grata", the spokesman of the Belarusian diplomacy announced on public television. 10/11/2020
Serbia Belgrade orders probe into 'Russia-Serbia cash handover' video Critics have claimed a video purporting to show cash exchanging hands between a Russian diplomat or intelligence officer and a Serbian man is fake. But it has prompted Belgrade to launch an investigation. 21/11/2019
The Cube How China has been shaping a narrative through Twitter | #TheCube How China has been shaping a narrative through Twitter | #TheCube 28/10/2019
