Politics

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that Ukrainian intelligence had information about 155 Chinese citizens fighting for the Russian military against Ukraine.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Wednesday it was vital for the country’s economy to extend a permit-free freight regime with the European Union until at least the end of the year.

Import taxes on China will remain in place, the president said

German conservatives under Friedrich Merz agreed a coalition deal with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) on Wednesday, aiming to revive growth in Europe’s largest economy.

Germany’s new coalition government unveiled economic and tax reforms aimed at bringing Europe’s largest economy back to growth just as a global trade war threatens recession.

The president’s posts and his aides’ comments have failed to calm the markets.

Dolors Montserrat as the new secretary-general is a surprising choice, say critical party insiders.

Centrist party aims to avoid the “toxic scenario” of far-right and ultranationalist candidates both making the presidential election runoff.

Ukraine’s military chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said in an interview published on Wednesday that Russia had launched a new offensive on the northeast of the country, adding that a large increase in assaults was already being observed.

The supervisor of Greece’s national investigation into a 2023 train crash resigned on Wednesday, a move expected to further complicate efforts to shed light on the country’s worst rail disaster that killed 57 people.