Spain is planning to impose a tax of up to 100% on properties bought by non-residents from countries outside the EU, such as the UK. Announcing the move, Prime Minister…
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UK: Parking charges to increase for town’s polluting cars
Higher polluting vehicles will cost more to park in a county town, a local authority has proposed. Those with the highest carbon dioxide emissions would see charges more than double…
UK: Burst pipe collapses road and disrupts supplies
Residents have been left with little or no water after a pipe burst and part of a road collapsed. Twenty properties on Kidmore Road in Caversham Heights, Berkshire, have been…
Ukraine: Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is willing to hand over two captured North Korean soldiers to Pyongyang in exchange for Ukrainian prisoners of war in Russia. “For those North…
Germany: AfD embraces mass deportation of migrants as German election nears
Germany’s far right is in a buoyant mood. On Saturday, while its conference was under way in the eastern city of Riesa, in Saxony, Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) laid out…
Norway: A nation on track to be first to go all-electric
Norway is the world leader when it comes to the take up of electric cars, which last year accounted for nine out of 10 new vehicles sold in the country.…
Saudi Arabia: EU agrees to tackle Syria sanctions as Western, Arab leaders meet in Riyadh
European foreign ministers have agreed to meet at the end of January to discuss lifting sanctions on Syria as foreign ministers and top diplomats from Western countries and the Middle…
Japan: Crime boss admits to conspiring to sell nuclear material to Iran
A apanese crime boss has pleaded guilty to conspiring to sell nuclear material from Myanmar to Iran along with drug trafficking and weapons offences, authorities in the United States have…
Croatia: President Milanovic re-elected in landslide run-off victory
Croatia’s opposition-backed President Zoran Milanovic, a critic of the European Union and NATO, has overwhelmingly won re-election for another five-year term, defeating a candidate from the ruling conservative party in…
Croatia: Incumbent expected to win presidential run-off
Croatians are voting in a presidential run-off election, with incumbent Zoran Milanovic expected to win a second term in office in what would be a blow to the ruling Croatian…