Slovak PM says would have joined Orban on Moscow trip if healthy
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said Friday he would have joined his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban on his controversial trip to Moscow if his health had permitted after he was shot in May, AFP reports.
Carolina Străjescu
Milan airport to be renamed Silvio Berlusconi airport
Milan's main airport will be renamed after former Italian prime minister and business tycoon Silvio Berlusconi, Transport Minister Matteo Salvini said on Friday, Reuters reports.
Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian wins Iran presidential election
The reformist Masoud Pezeshkian has pulled off a stunning victory in the Iranian presidential runoff, reflecting deep dissatisfaction with the direction of the country in recent years and opening potential new avenues of cooperation with the west, The Guardian reports.
Starmer officially becomes Britain's new PM
Keir Starmer, who has led the Labour Party to achieve a landslide victory in Britain's general election, officially became the new prime minister after meeting with King Charles III at Buckingham Palace in London on Friday, Xinhua agency reports.
‘Change begins immediately,’ says new UK PM Keir Starmer
The United Kingdom’s new Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, has pledged to “deliver change” after his Labour Party swept the general election in a landslide.
Viorica Rusica
Hungary's Orbán arrives in Moscow for talks with Putin
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán visited Moscow on Friday for a rare meeting by a European leader with Russian President Vladimir Putin and discussed peace proposals for Ukraine, which triggered condemnation from Kyiv and some European leaders and officials, AP reports.
Stoltenberg hopes for Ukraine's NATO membership by 2034
The current NATO Secretary General, on the eve of the summit in Washington, did not rule out the expansion of the alliance in the next 10 years, expressing hope for Ukraine's membership, DW reports.
Bogdan Nigai
UK election: What's happened and what comes next?
The Labour Party has won the UK general election and Sir Keir Starmer will become the new prime minister. The result ends 14 years of Conservative government, during which five different prime ministers have run the country, BBC reports.
Two Russian regions were attacked by drones this night
In the city of Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Krasnodar region, from where the Russian military regularly launches kamikaze drones over Ukraine, debris from a drone damaged a three-story apartment building. The attack disrupted a power station that supplies much of this city. The governor of the region, Veniamin Kondratyev, said that six people were injured, including two children, writes DW.
Hungary's Orban to head to Moscow to meet with Putin
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is scheduled to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Friday, Radio Free Europe and the Financial Times reported on Thursday.
Armenia is ready to raise the level of relations with the United States to a strategic partnership
Armenia and the United States of America expressed their readiness to take bilateral relations to a new level, raising them to a strategic partnership. This was stated by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in a congratulatory telegram sent to US President Joe Biden on the occasion of Independence Day, reports EFE.
Rodica Mazur
EU hits Chinese electric cars with new tariffs
The European Union has raised tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, as Brussels takes action to protect the bloc's motor industry, BBC reports.