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Crimea: 10 years on, fight to liberate peninsula continues

When Russia illegally annexed the Ukrainian region of Crimea in 2014, tens of thousands of people fled the southern peninsula. Some of these exiles joined Ukraine's armed forces in the fight again...

Spanish lawmakers pass amnesty bill for Catalan separatists

Spain's lower house of parliament, the Congress of Deputies, approved on Thursday a bill granting amnesty to Catalans involved in a 2017 independence referendum. The bill passed with 178 votes in...

Swiss vote to boost pension payments

Switzerland has voted in favor of increasing the retirement pension to include a 13th monthly payment in a referendum on Sunday. Provisional official results published by the government showed over 5...

Government candidate wins Australia by-election amid cost-of-living squeeze

SYDNEY, March 3 (Reuters) - A candidate from Australia's government claimed victory late on Saturday in a by-election in Victoria state seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese'...

Transnistria: Will Russia's next war be in Moldova?

Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991, Russia has almost continually been waging — or at least provoking — wars against its neighbors. The first of these conflicts ca...

Moldova: Breakaway Transnistria asks Russia for 'protection'

Pro-Russian officials in the Moldovan region of Transnistria on Thursday called for help from Moscow "in the face of increased pressure." The call follows fears that tensions over the terri...

Northern Ireland presses visiting Sunak on budget

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak met on Monday Northern Ireland's new power-sharing executive, during a visit to Belfast after an end to a nearly two-year political crisis that saw the region wi...

Paris votes to triple parking fees for SUVs, champions bikes

Parisians on Sunday voted in favor of hiking parking fees for large SUVs, as the French capital presses on with long-term plans to become a fully bikeable city. The outcome means large SUVs would be...

No space for SUVs? Paris to vote on tripling parking fees

The stylized red car splashed against a black background certainly looks threatening. The question posed on posters lining the streets of the French capital ahead of a referendum on Sunday is rhetoric...

French lawmakers vote to enshrine abortion in constitution

France's lower house of parliament, the National Assembly, on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a bill that would enshrine a woman's right to an abortion in the French Constitution. The measure...

Representative to UK sees Brexit as beneficial for Taiwan

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan’s newly appointed representative to the UK believes Brexit has allowed closer economic ties between the two sides, and said he hopes to make the UK Taiwan&rsq...

Shih Ming-teh remembered for Taiwan independence under Republic of China

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Shih Ming-teh (施明德), the former Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) leader who passed away on Monday (Jan. 15), is being remembered as the political leader who popularized ...

KMT vice-presidential candidate approves of Taiwan-China bridge

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Kuomintang (KMT) vice-presidential candidate Jaw Shaw-kong (趙少康) said Thursday (Dec. 28) he would support the construction of a bridge between China and the Taiwan-held is...

Taiwan election 2024: Major party energy policies, in brief

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Presidential candidates Lai Ching-te (賴清德), Hou Yu-ih (侯友宜), and Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) agree Taiwan needs to transition to more renewable energy. The three candidates’ ...

Germany's top court orders 2021 election rerun in Berlin

The 2021 federal election must be partially repeated in Berlin, Germany's Federal Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday. The court said that there had been multiple errors in the vote count in se...