By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – In a landmark verdict in one of the mining world’s most high profile legal cases, a Swiss criminal court found Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz guilty of corruption and forgery on Friday and sentenced him to five years in jail with a sizeable fine. The ruling after a two-week trial is […]
By James Landale Diplomatic correspondent A diplomatic row has broken out between the UK and EU over the status of the bloc’s ambassador in London. The UK is refusing to give Joao Vale de Almeida the full diplomatic status that is granted to other ambassadors. The Foreign Office is insisting he and his officials should […]
Coronavirus pandemic Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has urged senators to back his government as it battles with the pandemic and faces a confidence vote which could prompt his resignation. The upcoming Senate vote follows a vote in the Chamber of Deputies – the lower house – which he won by 321 to 259, securing […]
By Anton Zverev, Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) – Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was rushed to a court hearing inside a police station on Monday, a day after he was detained at a Moscow airport when flying home for the first time since he was poisoned last summer. The United Nations and Western nations told Russia to […]
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) – Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is due to fly back to Russia on Sunday for the first time since he was poisoned last summer, despite the authorities’ stated desire to arrest him and potentially jail him for years. Navalny, one of President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent domestic critics, announced his […]
By Reuters Staff PARIS (Reuters) – Three European powers on Saturday warned Iran against starting work on uranium metal-based fuel for a research reactor, saying it contravened the 2015 nuclear deal and had serious military implications. The U.N. nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, and Tehran said on Wednesday that Iran had started the work, the latest […]
By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) – Iran is in the process of building up its nuclear weapons capacity and it is urgent that Tehran and Washington return to a 2015 nuclear agreement, France’s foreign minister was quoted as saying in an interview published on Saturday. Iran has been accelerating its breaches of the nuclear deal […]
Hundreds of alleged members of Italy’s most powerful mafia group are set to face justice in the country’s biggest organised crime trial in decades. The 355 suspected mobsters and corrupt officials were charged following a long inquiry into the ‘Ndrangheta group. More than 900 witnesses are expected to give evidence, and the charge sheet includes […]
By Gavin Lee BBC Europe Corresponden Brexit The new year has brought storms to Spain’s Costa del Sol – the sunshine coast is being lashed by rain and wind. It’s not what thousands of British expats signed up for when they chose to come out here to live. Those living here, or those planning to […]
People in central Spain are struggling as a deep freeze follows the weekend’s heavy snow, leading to treacherous conditions. Officials have warned the elderly to stay at home. At least seven people have died due to the weather – the two latest victims were homeless people in Barcelona. The temperature plunged to -25C (-13F) in […]
