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Washington has imposed sanctions on Serbia’s largest oil and gas company due to Russian ownership. More details are to emerge in a joint press conference on Saturday. Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vučić has said on Friday he would hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin after the US targeted Serbia’s main oil and gas company NIS with sanctions over Russian ownership. In a press conference, Vučić stated that the US is demanding the immediate removal of the Russian state-owned company Gazprom from the corporation.According to Vučić, “From what we’ve seen, it’s more about ‘removal’ than ‘reduction.’ They won’t even allow a…
Traffic jams cost each driver more than €1,000 in wasted time in Europe’s most congested city last year. London has the most congested roads in Europe for the fourth year in a row, according to a new analysis. Traffic analytics company Inrix found that it had the fifth most clogged roads in the world overall. Inrix says in its 2024 Global Traffic Scorecard that the capital city accounted for around half of all UK traffic delays, costing around £3.85 billion (€4.64 billion) in lost time or £942 (€1,135) per driver. The analytics firm says the city has some of the…
But instead of taking him in, the north African country simply sent him back. “Algeria is seeking to humiliate France,” Retailleau, a conservative with hardline views on immigration, said on the sidelines of a visit to the western city of Nantes. “I believe we have reach a extremely worrying threshold with Algeria.” Tensions have been rising between Paris and Algiers in recent weeks over the activity of Algerian influencers accused of attempting to incite violence in France or against members of the Algerian opposition — in some cases purportedly with the blessing of Algerian officials, according to reports in French media. The two…
At 12 noon on New Year’s Day, nearly 200 vintage locomotives around the world blew their whistles to ring in a special year for rail travel. 2025 marks 200 years since passenger rail travel began with the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) in September 1825.An engineering feat first designed to transport coal in England’s industrial north has since become the backbone of sustainable travel across the world. Digital rail platform Trainline estimates that its UK customers saved more than 1 million tonnes of CO2 last year by opting for trains instead of petrol cars. “The world changed forever in…
When asked if he had spoken with the incoming U.S. President, Egede said “no, but we are ready to talk,” echoing Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s statement on Thursday that she had asked to speak with Trump. As to what shape the Danish-Greenlandic relationship might entail in the future, Egede suggested that Greenland wants to be in charge: “There is more that unites us but the desire to be master of one’s own house is understandable to everyone in the world.” “When I have to talk to another country’s leader, I have to be together with the Danish ambassador. It’s…
Read our full guide to the UK’s new Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA): who needs it, how long it’s valid for and how to apply. The UK has just launched its new Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) permit for non-EU travellers. The new system means tourists are required to gain permission to enter the country, as part of plans to fully digitise its borders.The permit is required for travellers from countries like the US, Canada and Australia starting 8 January 2025. The scheme has been in place for nationals of Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates…
“In that case, shelters are one of the protective measures we need,” she added. Until 1998, any large apartment complex in Norway was required to have a bomb shelter; but no new bomb shelters have been built since. Mehl said that the requirement will apply to complexes larger than 1,000 square meters. The government is proposing two types of shelters: new ones that will protect against chemical and radioactive weapons; and some to guard against conventional weapons, which could be repurposed from subway stations or parking garages. The measure is part of a total preparedness report containing more than a…
Bathing culture is a great way to appreciate a new destination. Will you take the plunge in 2025? I’m a big bather, but I’m from the UK, which doesn’t have a strong bathing culture. I live near an abandoned Victorian bath house, public pools have closed across the country, andour rivers are not for swimmers.So, when I holiday, I seek places where I can soak or steam: Istanbul’s hammams, Budapest’s historic baths, Helsinki’s saunas. Upmarket spa culture isn’t for me, nor the luxury of solitude – I want people doing calisthenics and chatting. I want immersion in social histories, from 19th…
The official statement does not elaborate on the reasons of the dismissal, but local media linked it to the disappearance of the anti-tank mines in June 2024, which Kępczyński allegedly concealed from his superiors. According to the reports, soldiers failed to unload part of the train carrying over 1,000 tons of explosives in total, and the anti-tank mines continued to circulate around the country before they went missing. On paper, false information about the number of mines was provided, media reports. Officials apparently became aware of the problem when the weapons were found sitting in the IKEA warehouse, at which…
If Mohammed, the alleged plotter behind the 11 September terrorist attacks, had pleaded guilty on Friday, he could have avoided the death penalty. A US court has temporarily blocked Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of 9/11, from making a guilty plea deal, which would have allowed him to avoid the death penalty, following a last-minute intervention from the Biden administration. Mohammed, who is charged with planning the al-Qaeda terrorist attacks that killed almost 3,000 people on 11 September 2001, was due to enter his plea on Friday in a military court in Guantanamo, the US naval base in Cuba.…