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A local Labour branch has come under fire for suggesting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism is part of a plot by Israel to shield the Jewish State from criticism, The Jewish Chronicle reported Sunday....

The leaders of Macedonia and Greece, Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras, are to be nominated for a Nobel peace prize for their efforts to achieve a historic agreement between their countries. One of the 2015 Nobel...

Under-pressure Theresa May has told MPs that rejecting her Brexit deal would be a “subversion of democracy”. She made the claim during an address at the House of Commons on the eve of a crucial vote...

From the peaks of Montenegro and Macedonia to the mountains of Bosnia and Romania and the underrated Sharr Mountains in Kosovo, the Balkans offer many alternatives to Europe’s costly and better-known Alpine ski reports. Some of...

Macedonia’s parliament has passed all four constitutional amendments to allow the country’s name to be changed – as required under the historic agreement with Greece. Macedonia’s parliament backed all four of the government-proposed amendments on changing...

Every five years, millions of Europeans across the continent go to the polls to elect their national members of the European parliament. This May we’ll be doing so again, in what could be a watershed election for...

What’s the story? We’ve known for some time that cows reared for beef or dairy products produce a lot of greenhouse gas emissions – and with demand expected to double, this is an increasing concern. But what...

KABUL (Reuters) – The Taliban launched a series of attacks on security checkpoints in four Afghan provinces early on Thursday, killing 32 members of the security forces and pro-government militias, provincial officials said. Both sides in...

Russia’s President is to bestow the Alexander Nevsky award on Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, putting him in the company of a number of world leaders not known for their democratic principles. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has...

MacKenzie Bezos’s divorce from Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos could make her the world’s richest woman. As of now, Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, the granddaughter of the founder of cosmetics manufacturer L’Oreal SA, is the richest woman in the world,...