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Moscow, Sep, 29 (EFE).- Russia’s president Vladimir Putin will sign annexation decrees for four regions of Ukraine on Friday, the Kremlin has announced. Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Thursday said the “signing ceremony” to annex Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia would take place at 3pm Moscow time (GMT+3) in St.George’s...
Moscow, Sep 28 (EFE).- Russia has set up a conscript center on the Georgian border and has begun to issue draft orders to men who fall under its list to fight in Ukraine amid partial mobilization, Russian news agency TASS informed on Wednesday. The center that was installed at the...
Zaragoza, Spain, Sep 28 (EFE).- Spain’s international news agency EFE is undergoing a transformation to offer new products underpinned by an innovative and transversal approach all the while upholding the quality of its information, the organization’s president Gabriela Cañas told the World News Media Congress Wednesday. In her address to...
Lviv, Ukraine, Sep 28 (EFE).- Ukraine on Wednesday urged the international community to condemn the annexation referendums held in Russian-occupied territories as separatist leaders said they were traveling to Moscow to formalize the results, which have been dismissed by Kyiv and its allies. “Ukraine calls on all states and international...
By Misha Vignanski Stepantsminda, Georgia, Sep 27 (EFE).- The fear of being called to war after the Kremlin announced a partial mobilization last week has prompted tens of thousands of Russian men of military age to flee the country. Vyacheslav and Alexei are just two of the thousands of young...
Moscow/Berlin, Sep 27 (EFE).- Three mysterious leaks in the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines linking Russia with Europe via the Baltic Sea have raised suspicions of sabotage Tuesday. Denmark’s military detected two leaks in the Nord Stream 1, which has two branches, and one in the...
Madrid (EFE).- Spanish News Agency EFE will attend the World News Media Congress, organized by the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), which will take place in Zaragoza from September 28-30 to analyze and discuss the future of journalism. Recent events in Europe have put the spotlight on fresh challenges...
Tokyo, Sep 27 (EFE).- Hundreds of people in Japan visited Tokyo’s Kudanzaka Park on Tuesday to offer flowers in memory of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, as he is given a state funeral. Abe, who served as prime minister for the longest period in post-war Japan, died at the age...
Moscow, Sep 27 (EFE).- The final day of voting in referendums on joining Russia began Tuesday in Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories, state news agency TASS reported. Polling stations opened at 8 am local time (05:00 GMT) and will close at 4 pm, after which the count will begin. The referendums, to...
Rome, Sep 26 (EFE).- Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni looks set to become Italy’s first female prime minister after the coalition formed by her Brothers of Italy (FdI) party, League and Forza Italia (FI) appears to have won an absolute majority in the general elections on Sunday, according to projections. The...
Manila, Sep 26 (EFE).- At least five people were killed and more than 74,000 evacuated following the passage of Typhoon Noru through the Philippines on Monday. Noru, which made landfall in the northeast of the Philippine archipelago with winds of up to 185 kilometers per hour (115 miles per hour)...
Rome, Sep 25 (EFE).- Italians headed to polls on Sunday to vote in decisive elections that could deliver the most far-right government since WWII with the victory Giorgia Meloni, who would become the first woman to hold the country’s top post. About 51 million Italians are eligible to vote, including...
