AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch airline KLM is cancelling up to 50 flights a day during this upcoming long weekend due to overcrowding at Amsterdam Schiphol airport, it said on Friday. This will include Friday and Monday, a national holiday in the Netherla…
French fighter killed in Ukraine, foreign ministry in Paris says
(Reuters) – A French national, who volunteered as a combatant in eastern Ukraine alongside the country’s army in the fight against Russia, was killed during fighting, a spokeswoman of the French foreign ministry confirmed on Friday. “We received the sa…
Concessions to Hungary on sanctions ‘not acceptable’, Luxembourg’s PM says
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Hungary’s success in removing a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin from the European Union’s latest round of sanctions was “not acceptable,” Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Xavier Bettel said on Friday. The EU on Thursday gav…
EU blacklists “butchers” of Bucha and Mariupol in latest Russia sanctions
By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union on Friday blacklisted Russian military commanders who it said led troops involved in atrocities in Ukraine, describing them as the “butchers” of Bucha and Mariupol. Its latest sanction list …
Switzerland revises liquidity rules for systemically important banks
BERLIN (Reuters) -The Swiss government on Friday announced new rules for the nation’s five major banks, requiring that they boost their liquidity in order to better weather events such as the COVID-19 pandemic in future. “The revision is intended to en…
Ukrainian police investigates allegations of sexual violence by Russian soldiers
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian police have received around 50 complaints and opened 16 criminal investigations into allegations of sexual violence committed by Russian soldiers against civilians, Ukraine’s deputy interior minister said on Friday. Ukraine, …
EU seeks to speed up trade deals as Ukraine war forces rethink
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union wants to accelerate efforts to finalise trade agreements with third parties after a six-month pause, as the bloc adapts to the Ukraine war and other challenges, EU trade commissioner Valdis D…
OMV to seek review into ex-CEO Seele’s management decisions
By Alexandra Schwarz-Goerlich BERLIN (Reuters) -Austrian energy group OMV will seek a review of the decisions of former CEO Rainer Seele, whose investments in Russia and the suspended Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline were in hindsight a mistake, its supervis…
Tennis-Billie Jean King receives France’s highest civilian award
(Reuters) – American former world number one Billie Jean King was awarded the Legion of Honour, France’s highest civilian award, on Friday. The multiple major winner and LGBTQ rights activist was presented the award at the Elysee Palace by French Presi…
Four killed, 30 injured after train derails in southern Germany – police
BERLIN (Reuters) -Four people were killed and 30 injured when a busy regional train derailed near a popular ski resort and hiking destination in southern Germany on Friday, police said. Fifteen of the injured were receiving hospital treatment, a police…