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“Mr. Kaunas was well-prepared and answered those questions,” Nausėda told journalists, according to news agency BNS. A day before the nomination, former defense deputy minister, Giedrimas Jeglinskas, from the center-left Union of Democrats “For Lithuania” party, said: “This is a lottery in which Lithuania’s security is at stake, and that is probably what worries me the most.” In response to criticism, Kaunas wrote on Facebook that “criticism is necessary to keep us vigilant, but the doubts it raises are unfounded.” The defense portfolio became vacant after Ruginienė dismissed the previous minister, Dovilė Šakalienė, on Oct. 22 amid a dispute over Lithuania’s defense budget. The government…
By Euronews Published on 10/11/2025 – 12:26 GMT+1 Typhoon Fung-wong killed at least four people and forced evacuation of over 1.4 million residents before making landfall as a super typhoon in Aurora province Sunday night, exposing more than 30 million people to hazards, the Office of Civil Defence said. One person drowned in flash floods in Catanduanes province, whilst another died in Catbalogan City when her house collapsed. Two landslides in Nueva Vizcaya province towns Kayapa and Kasibu killed three children and injured four others, police said. The 1,800-kilometre-wide typhoon weakened as it crossed mountainous northern provinces and agricultural plains overnight…
Argentina parallels The U.S.’s Argentina intervention was a success, politically, for Milei, whose party won a decisive victory on Oct. 27 in midterm elections allowing him to press ahead with his radical economic overhaul of the country. Trump celebrated the outcome, saying the effort had “made a lot of money for the United States.” Bessent likewise said the U.S. investment had “turned a profit.” But the administration has released no details about the full scope of U.S. involvement or the returns it claims to have earned. Trump’s rescue package has drawn political backlash in the U.S. from both Democrats and…
Thousands gathered in London on Sunday as King Charles III led Britain’s annual ceremony of remembrance for the nation’s war dead. At 11 am, Big Ben tolled and the crowd fell silent for two minutes, broken only by an artillery blast and the haunting notes of The Last Post. The 76-year-old king, dressed in an army field marshal’s uniform, laid a wreath of red poppies at the Cenotaph near Parliament, joined by Prince William and other members of the royal family. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Commonwealth diplomats followed. Queen Camilla and the Princess of Wales watched from a…
“The next step is now we are positioning the court to annul the decision and to prompt the President of the Parliament to put it up to a vote in the [plenary],” ESN’s Anderson told POLITICO. Inquiry committees are convened to look into allegations of wrongdoing by the EU’s institutions, including the powerful European Commission, which has faced bruising condemnation over its refusal to disclose correspondence with vaccine-maker Pfizer in recent months. ECR lawmaker Charlie Weimers said “this is not a political issue for the court to consider, but rather a procedural, legal one where rules quite obviously were not followed…
Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano erupted again on Sunday, sending a tall column of lava and gas into the air in its 36th eruption since December 2024. The U.S. Geological Survey said the volcano spewed lava for about five hours, with fountains soaring up to 330 metres high. An orange aviation code stayed in place as molten rock continued to flow within the summit crater of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Scientists said the eruption posed no threat to nearby communities, as the lava remained contained. Kilauea, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, has been erupting at regular intervals for nearly a…
TRUMP — which stands for “Tous Réunis pour l’Union des Mouvements Populistes” (All United for the Union of Populist Movements) — is a successor to far-right Wallonian parties Chez Nous and the Belgian National Front (NF). Unlike Flanders’ Vlaams Belang, Belgium’s largest far-right party, TRUMP does not advocate separatism, Nicotra noted, and aims to run both at the federal level and in the 2029 European Parliament election. “We are a right-wing populist party with a social slant,” he said. Nicotra, who served as a municipal councilor in the Saint-Gilles district of Brussels from 1994 to 2000, has not ruled out…
Published on 10/11/2025 – 14:49 GMT+1 Two off-duty Spanish National Police members were attacked by at least six people in Alcalá de Henares near Madrid in the early hours of Saturday morning after being recognised as law enforcement officers. One officer lost three teeth and partial sight in one eye with a possible fractured jaw, while his colleague suffered a broken collarbone and various facial contusions. Both were taken to hospital for treatment. The two members of the Operational Response Group were returning home after dinner with colleagues when assailants shouted “You’re not on duty now, you f***ing rats” while…
Lengthy blackouts are still occurring throughout the country, as authorities struggle to restore power, while Ukrainians question whether energy facilities were properly protected from Russian attacks. NABU said its 15-month investigation and 1,000 hours of wiretapping involving the bureau’s entire staff culminated Monday in 70 raids. Some of the wiretappings were from July, the same month Ukraine’s government and parliament tried to strip NABU of its independence and bring it under political control, citing Russian influence on the bureau — in a move that was later reversed following nationwide protests. NABU refused to reveal the names of the main suspects…
By Euronews Published on 10/11/2025 – 15:25 GMT+1 •Updated 15:27 Thirteen people who were injured in a train collision on Sunday evening remain in hospital, Slovak officials said Monday. A regional high-speed train from Bratislava to Nitra collided with a high-speed train from Košice to Bratislava travelling in the same direction after leaving Pezinok station. Slovak Interior Minister Matúš Šutaj and other officials said 79 passengers, out of some 800 in total, were taken to hospitals, most of them with light injuries. Thirteen were still hospitalised on Monday, and nobody was in life-threatening condition, Health Minister Kamil Šaško said. The collision…