AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands was set to have its most right-wing government in recent history after anti-immigration populist Geert Wilders said he was close to working out a deal with coalition partners.
WHAT WILL THE NEW PROPOSED GOVERNMENT LOOK LIKE?
Wilders' nationalist PVV party, the clear winner of the Nov. 22 election, will form a coalition with outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte's centre-right VVD, the new centrist NSC... (continue reading...)
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's new government is keen on ramping up sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, Environment and Energy Minister Maria da Graca Carvalho said on Wednesday.
The centre-right minority government took over last month, after a narrow win in a March 10 election that ended eight years of Socialist rule.
The European Commission's next sanctions package is expected to propose restrictions on Russian liquefied... (continue reading...)
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African retail sales rose 2.3% year on year in March after decreasing by a revised 0.7% in February, Statistics South Africa figures showed on Wednesday.
On a month-on-month basis, sales increased 1.4% in March.
(Reporting by Bhargav Acharya; Editing by Alexander Winning)
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PARIS (Reuters) - Hundreds of police fanned out across northern France on a massive manhunt for a fugitive gangster known as "The Fly" on Wednesday, a day after he was sprung from a prison van by gunmen in an attack that killed two prison guards.
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said France had deployed unprecedented resources to capture the armed gang, including assistance from foreign countries. Four-hundred... (continue reading...)
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his military to practise the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons after what Moscow said were threats from France, Britain and the United States.
Why, and what will happen?
WHAT DRILLS WILL TAKE PLACE AND WHERE?
Russia's defence ministry said missile forces in the Southern Military District will take part,... (continue reading...)
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