Who was freed in biggest Russia-West prisoner swap since the Cold War? | Politics News

Who was freed in biggest Russia-West prisoner swap since the Cold War? | Politics News

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been freed as part of the biggest prisoner swap between Russia and the West since the Cold War. Paul Whelan, a former US marine, as well as prominent Russian opposition politicians and activists who had been jailed for criticising the full-scale invasion of…

Slovenia’s ‘moral duty’: What’s behind its push to recognise Palestine? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Slovenia’s ‘moral duty’: What’s behind its push to recognise Palestine? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Slovenia is set to recognise Palestinian statehood in June, following in the footsteps of Ireland, Norway, and Spain. But Israel’s war on Gaza continues to divide European Union members. On one end of the spectrum, countries such as Germany, Hungary, and the Netherlands staunchly support Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government….

Spain leads European push to recognise Palestine, risking Israel’s wrath | Israel War on Gaza News

Spain leads European push to recognise Palestine, risking Israel’s wrath | Israel War on Gaza News

Spain is on a mission. As Israel’s war on Gaza rages on for a seventh month, with almost 34,000 Palestinians killed, Madrid wants to recognise Palestine as a state by July and is encouraging its neighbours to follow in its footsteps. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, a longtime supporter of Palestinian…

Ireland, Spain, Norway moving closer to recognising a Palestinian state | Israel War on Gaza News

Ireland, Spain, Norway moving closer to recognising a Palestinian state | Israel War on Gaza News

Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez says declarations on Palestine will be made “when the conditions are appropriate”. Ireland and Norway are both moving closer to recognising Palestinian statehood, leaders of the two countries expressed separately after meetings with Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who also champions the move. Ireland wants to…