In 1994, as part of the Budapest Memorandum, Ukraine gave up approximately 1,700 nuclear weapons with a promise from the U.S., Russia, and the U.K., that Ukraine’s sovereignty would be honoured in the future.
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The full rate for the UK new State Pension will be £230.25 a week in 2025/26.
The UK State Pension increases every year by either the rate of inflation, average earnings growth, or 2.5%, whichever is … Read the rest
Robert Fico became the Prime Minister of Slovakia on 30 September 2023, after his party, the “Direction – Social Democracy party”, who gained 23% of the popular vote in the 2023 Slovak parliamentary … Read the rest
In the 2022 peace negotiations in Istanbul, the Russia conditions for peace included:
Ukraine must appoint pro-Russian ex-MP Viktor Medvedchuk, personal friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin, as head of state in Ukraine.
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From 1 March 2025, the hourly rate for Aldi store workers will rise from £13.65 to £14 within the M25, and from £12.40 to £12.71 elsewhere in the UK.
At 22 January 2025, that … Read the rest
According to a Reuters analysis of interviews with several people close to Donald Trump, and statements made by them, advisers to Donald Trump are floating proposals to end the Russian war … Read the rest
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has apparently risked the start of WW3.
Russia invaded Ukraine again on 24 February 2022.
According to Russia’s state-owned TASS state news agency, the Russian lawmaker, Vladimir Dzhabarov has said that … Read the rest
Ajax Amsterdam -v- Maccabi Tel-Aviv in the UEFA Europa League.
The Ajax Amsterdam v Maccabi Tel-Aviv match, in the UEFA Europa League, has been overshadowed by violence involving Palestinians attacking Jewish supporters at the match.
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It is reported that Donald Trump intends to end the Russia-Ukraine War, possibly by creating an 800 mile (1,287 km) demilitarised zone.
Neither Russia nor Ukraine are prepared to surrender any of … Read the rest
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said, in comments picked up by TASS, a Russian state news agency. “We do not interfere in other countries’ internal affairs.”
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