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Italy PM faces Russia cash questions after Salvini refusal
ROME: Italian premier Giuseppe Conte on Wednesday tried to answer parliament’s questions about an alleged bid by Matteo Salvini’s League party to broker covert Russian funding after the far-right minister refused.Interior Minister Salvini, an admirer of Russian President Vladimir Putin who has denied taking Moscow’s money,...
Russian protester murdered after threats: Activists
SAINT PETERSBURG: Russian campaigners on Monday said a woman found murdered with multiple stab wounds in the city of Saint Petersburg was a well-known local activist who had received threats over her protests for LGBT rights and opposition causes.Authorities confirmed they had found the body of a woman in Russia’s second largest city but...
Ukraine president's party declares winning majority in parliament
KIEV (Reuters) – Servant of the People, the party of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, could win a majority in the new parliament, a senior party official said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's president party on course to win majority in new parliament
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s presidential party Servant of the People was on course to win a parliamentary majority at 0615 GMT when more than 40 percent of votes had been counted, according to data from the election commission. …read more Source: The...
Zelensky party wins record score in Ukraine vote: Exit polls
KIEV: Ukrainians gave their comedian-turned-president Volodymyr Zelensky a mandate to reboot the country’s politics on Sunday by handing his party a record score in parliamentary elections, exit polls showed.Zelensky’s Servant of the People party — named after the sitcom he starred in before his shock presidential win in April — took...
Ukraine president's party leads in parliament election on early counting
KIEV (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s party led Ukraine’s snap parliamentary election on Sunday with a vote share of 41.52% in the party lists, the central election commission’s website showed, after 10.29% of votes had been counted. …read more Source: The...
Zelensky party wins record score in Ukraine vote
Volodymyr Zelensky promises to end the five-year conflict with Moscow-backed separatists. (AFP pic)KIEV: Ukrainians gave their comedian-turned-president Volodymyr Zelensky a mandate to reboot the country’s politics on Sunday by handing his party a record score in parliamentary elections, exit polls showed. Zelensky’s Servant of the...
Ukraine president wants to discuss coalition with Voice party
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday said he wants to invite the Voice party, headed by rock star Sviatoslav Vakarchuk, for talks about forming a governing coalition in parliament. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine president's party believes it won 13 out of 13 constituencies in Kiev
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s party has probably won all 13 constituencies in Kiev in Sunday’s snap parliamentary election, party leader Dmytro Razumkov told reporters. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine president's party leads in parliament election – exit poll
KIEV (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s party led Ukraine’s snap parliamentary election on Sunday with 43.9% of votes, an exit poll showed. …read more Source: The...
