Europe

Italy’s economy grows by 2.7 percent in second quarter of 2021

Published on: August 31, 2021
07:54

Rome, Aug 31 (Prensa Latina) Italy's economy grew by 2.7 percent in the second quarter of 2021 compared to the previous year, the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) informed on Tuesday.

Hundreds of UK citizens stranded in Afghanistan after evacuation ends

Published on: August 31, 2021
07:53

London, Aug 31 (Prensa Latina) United Kingdom's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Tuesday said that hundreds of British citizens have been stranded in Afghanistan after the evacuation of foreign troops ended, and admitted that leaving the country will be difficult.

FAO calls for renewed digital push in SIDS battered by Covid-19

Published on: August 31, 2021
07:50

Rome, Aug 30 (Prensa Latina) The Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) QU Dongyu on Monday called on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to foster the power of innovation and digitalization to speed up the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Lukashenko and Putin will meet in Moscow on September 9

Published on: August 31, 2021
01:56

Minsk, Aug 31(Prensa Latina) Belarusian President Alexandr Lukashenko and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, will meet in Moscow on September 9, the press service of the president of this country reported the eve.

UK’s evacuation from Afghanistan a humiliation

Published on: August 30, 2021
18:03

London, Aug 30 (Prensa Latina) British Conservative lawmaker Tobias Ellwood on Monday described the hasty way in which the United Kingdom evacuated its personnel and Afghan collaborators after the Taliban's return to power as humiliation.

Eurozone decreases economic confidence

Published on: August 30, 2021
18:01

Brussels, Aug 30 (Prensa Latina) The European Commission (EC) notified today that economic confidence in the Eurozone registered in August its first drop this year, to 117.5 points.

Spain makes preliminary assessment of its actions in Afghanistan

Published on: August 30, 2021
11:59

Madrid, Aug 30 (Prensa Latina) Spain evacuated 2,200 people from Afghanistan, most of them with requests for political asylum, while stressing that it is open to operational contacts without recognizing the Taliban regime.

Russia denounces Western attempts to influence its elections

Published on: August 30, 2021
10:59

Moscow, Aug 30 (Prensa Latina) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov denounced today that the West is trying to question the possible results of the next parliamentary elections in the country in a more notable way than in previous campaigns.

Greek justice rejects lawsuit from health sector

Published on: August 30, 2021
10:34

Athens, Aug 30 (Prensa Latina) The Supreme Administrative Court of Greece today rejected a lawsuit filed by hundreds of doctors and the public hospital union, regarding the compulsory vaccination of workers in the sector.

Russia maintains normal relations with any power in Afghanistan

Published on: August 30, 2021
10:27

Moscow, Aug 30 (Prensa Latina) The special representative of the Russian president for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, acknowledged today that his country establishes contacts with the Taliban movement and considered it necessary to maintain normal relations with any authority in that Central Asian nation.

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