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Meanwhile, the main opposition party, the Democrats — who look to have secured around 52 seats in the parliament — blamed the outcome on what they called the Socialist Party’s entrenched grip on institutions and alleged efforts to sway voters. “If tens of thousands of people are employed in return for their vote … if the polling stations are surrounded by party loyalists on all sides … then we know what to call these elections,” Democratic Party leader Sali Berisha said in a statement. Hoping to stage a political comeback akin to Trump’s 2024 return, Albania’s center-right Democratic Party brought on…

Counterterror police are involved in the probe and the fire is being treated as suspicious. While Starmer is based in Downing Street as prime minister, he still retains his north London residence. A London Fire Brigade spokesperson said: “Firefighters were called to a small fire outside a property” in Kentish Town Monday morning, adding: “Two fire engines from Kentish Town Fire Station attended the scene.” A Metropolitan Police statement said: “On Monday, 12 May at 1.35 a.m., police were alerted by the London Fire Brigade to reports of a fire at a residential address.” Downing Street said the prime minister…

A Bulgarian man who was found to be the ringleader of a Russian spy circle in the United Kingdom has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison.Orlin Roussev, 47, headed a group of five fellow Bulgarians who prosecutors said put lives in danger as they carried out operations in the UK, Germany, Austria, Spain and Montenegro between 2020 and 2023 on behalf of Russian intelligence.The group targeted reporters, diplomats and Ukrainian troops and discussed kidnapping or killing Kremlin opponents in what Commander Dominic Murphy, the counterterrorism chief at London’s Metropolitan Police, said was “industrial-scale espionage on behalf of…

Selon cette ordonnance du 17 novembre 1958, toute personne dont une commission d’enquête a jugé l’audition utile est tenue de s’y rendre. Ne pas comparaître est, théoriquement, passible de deux ans d’emprisonnement et de 7500 euros d’amende. Or, les convocations de membres du cabinet de la présidence de la République sont toujours litigieuses, en raison de la distinction qu’opère la Constitution entre le gouvernement, “responsable devant le Parlement”, et les prérogatives de l’Elysée. Laure Beccuau donne ainsi raison à la présidence de la République, qui avait invoqué le principe de la séparation des pouvoirs pour motiver le refus de Kohler.…

Multiple lines on the London Underground network were suspended or disrupted on Monday afternoon because of a power outage, the British capital’s transport authority said.The Transport for London website showed that at least three subway lines were suspended due to a power failure and there were severe delays and partial suspensions on at least six other lines during the afternoon rush hour.The transport authority said it was working with the National Grid to determine the cause of the outage.”Due to a brief interruption of the power supply to our network, several lines lost power for a short period earlier this…

“Credit where it is due: Labour has had to challenge two of its core constituencies, universities and the public health/care system, and we will hear plenty of loud complaints from both over the coming weeks,” David Goodhart, head of demography, immigration and integration at the center-right Policy Exchange think tank, said after the publication of the immigration white paper on Monday. Polar opposites Cooper’s tendency to keep her cards close to her chest is noted by colleagues — and a clear contrast to the plain-speaking bloke-in-the-pub persona cultivated by Farage. “She is a very serious career politician who doesn’t do ‘down…

“I don’t rule it out. I don’t say I’m going to do it, but I don’t rule out anything. No, not there. We need Greenland very badly. Greenland is a very small amount of people, which we’ll take care of, and we’ll cherish them, and all of that. But we need that for international security,” Trump told NBC’s Meet the Press on May 4. The Wall Street Journal also reported that Trump has ordered U.S. spy agencies to boost their intelligence-gathering efforts on the Arctic island. The Danish government summoned the U.S. ambassador to lodge a protest. Last week, Reuters reported that White…

EU ministers gathered on Monday to discuss how to better protect young people online – from misinformation and addiction to digital harassment. While not all proposals are likely to make it into law, the message was clear: the EU wants to get tougher on tech when it comes to kids. Phones out of the classroom?One of the suggestions was a full ban on mobile phones in schools. Several EU countries have already gone down that path: France, the Netherlands, Italy, some Spanish regions, and more recently, Luxembourg, have introduced school-wide bans on phones during the day. Speaking to Euronews in December, Ben…

An Israeli-American soldier held hostage for more than 19 months in Gaza has been released by Hamas in what the militant group is calling a goodwill gesture toward the Trump administration that could lay the groundwork for a new ceasefire with Israel.The Israeli military confirmed that Edan Alexander had been turned over to the Red Cross and was being brought to Israeli forces.Alexander was taken from his military base in southern Israel during the Hamas-led incursion into Israel on 7 October 2023 which started the war in Gaza.His release is the first since Israel shattered an eight-week ceasefire with Hamas in…

Verkündung mit Signalwirkung: Bärbel Bas soll neue Co-Parteichefin werden, Tim Klüssendorf neuer Generalsekretär – das Duo soll die angeschlagene SPD neu aufstellen und damit auch Klingbeils Erneuerung umsetzen. Kurz nach der offiziellen Verkündung dieser Personalien reist der erstmals als Finanzminister nach Brüssel – scheinbar ohne echte Vorbereitung. Rasmus Buchsteiner berichtet von vor Ort. Das Berlin Playbook als Podcast gibt es morgens um 5 Uhr. Gordon Repinski und das POLITICO-Team bringen euch jeden Morgen auf den neuesten Stand in Sachen Politik — kompakt, europäisch, hintergründig. Und für alle Hauptstadt-Profis:Unser Berlin Playbook-Newsletter liefert jeden Morgen die wichtigsten Themen und Einordnungen. Hier gibt…