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German prosecutors search finance & justice ministries as part of money-laundering probe

German prosecutors have searched the offices of the finance and justice ministries in Berlin, seizing documents related to a probe into possible obstruction of justice by a government agency tasked with tackling money laundering. The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), which is part of the Finance Customs Administration controlled by the Finance Ministry, has been under […]

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Hungary and Serbia will ‘rebuild’ Central Europe and ‘protect’ it from waves of immigration – Orban

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said that Budapest and Belgrade have pledged to “rebuild Central Europe,” even stating that the two Balkan countries will “protect” the region against waves of migration from Afghanistan. On Wednesday, Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic met with Orban in Budapest for a joint government session. The Hungarian leader described […]

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France won’t accept ‘financial blackmail’ & anything that breaks the law, minister says amid migrant row with the UK

French interior minister Gérald Darmanin has responded bluntly to British Home Secretary Priti Patel’s plan to send migrant boats crossing the English Channel back to France. The French minister said on Thursday that “the friendship between our two countries deserves better than postures which undermine cooperation between our services.” France will not accept any practice […]

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New Zealand PM says hospital visitors should not have sex with patients during pandemic – or any other time

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has made it clear that hospital visitors should not be having sex with patients after the country’s director-general of health called such activity “high-risk” due to Covid-19. During a coronavirus press conference on Thursday, Ardern was asked by a reporter about an “allegation of sexual relations between a patient […]

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Belarus: Protasevich and his wife almost fell into a coma after the interview

Belarusian authorities announced on Tuesday that they are inviting representatives of the US and European Union aviation as well as international civil aviation to investigate the urgent landing in Minsk on Sunday of a Ryanair flight in which journalist and opponent Roman Protasevici was on board. According to international news agencies, the Belarusian Ministry of […]