Saturday 31 October 2020
The decision was agreed upon among the 27 EU envoys to Brussels.
Moscow quickly hit back that the accusations were “unacceptable” and amounted to “blackmail”.
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons carried out its own analysis of samples taken from the Russian opposition figure.
Irish-Armenians are calling for the international community to intervene as deadly fighting continues in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
It marks the third time in six days the Typhoons have been scrambled in response to Russian planes.
Protesters in Belarus are seeking the resignation of Alexander Lukashenko, denouncing his landslide re-election in August.
“I came out for freedom,” one protester said today in Minsk.
The vote is seen as a key test of the Kremlin’s control of local politics.
Tech giant Microsoft said today it has detected and thwarted a number of hacking attempts in recent weeks.
Chemical weapons experts have said Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a nerve agent.
Foreign Minister Heiko Maas warned a lack of support for the investigation could force Germany to rethink the German-Russian gas pipeline project.
Alexei Navalny fell ill on a flight to Moscow and is now in an induced coma in a Berlin hospital.
Alexei Navalny last month became the latest in a long line of Russian defectors to be poisoned in suspicious circumstances.
Chancellor Angela Merkel gave a statement earlier to confirm that Navalny had been poisoned with Novichok.
Alexei Navalny’s allies insist he was deliberately poisoned and say the Kremlin was behind it.
The West has pushed for an investigation into the sudden illness of the Kremlin’s fiercest critic.
Doctors at the Berlin hospital where Navalny is being treated have said there is a possibility of long-term effects to his central nervous system.
Alexei Navalny will be treated by specialists at the German capital’s main hospital.
His family and supporters believe he was poisoned.
Alexei Navalny is in a “serious condition” according to his spokesperson.
Alexander Lukashenko just won another presidential election, although the opposition has said it was rigged.
The World Health Organization said approval of the vaccine would require a rigorous review to show its safety.
Australia are the current favourites to host the tournament.
In a case of ‘wrong place at the wrong time’, Dublin man Derek Conlon was caught in the centre of international espionage.
US Space Command said it has evidence that Moscow carried out the test on 15 July.
The Intelligence and Security Committee published its long-awaited report on Russia this morning.
A missile fired from territory controlled by pro-Moscow Ukrainian rebels blew the plane out of the sky on 17 July 2014.
Trump has come under increasing pressure to explain mounting media reports regarding the allegations.
Biden suggested Trump has abdicated his duty to protect both US troops abroad and American citizens at home.
The reforms would reset Putin’s presidential term-limit to zero, allowing him to run two more times.
One was installed at his residence and two more at the Kremlin, according to his spokesman.
Russia are currently the only other nation to have declared their bid.
Temperatures soared to 10 degrees Celsius above average in Siberia last month.
Should WADA’s ruling be confirmed, Russia will miss out on the postponed Tokyo Olympics, the 2022 winter Games and the World Cup in Qatar.
The ballot was postponed from April due to Covid-19.
There are eight rounds of fixtures remaining.
The country has 232,243 cases, surpassing the UK and Spain.
It comes as the country’s number of confirmed cases surged past 100,000.
Igor Khatlamadzhiyev (37), was wanted for a number of alleged thefts and robberies in Russia.
He signed the measure today, three days after it sailed through the Russian parliament
