A group of climate change activists climbed onto the Europa Building in Brussels, which is playing host to a European Council summit, and set off flares in a protest on Thursday against proposals to make the European Union carbon-neutral by 2050, a date that protesters believe to be not soon enough

A recent surge in support for Scottish independence could give the Scottish National Party (SNP) a crucial boost as the United Kingdom votes in Thursday's general election, an exclusive poll commissioned by Scottish newspaper The Courier has showed, with support for independence now within the margin of error

EU leaders should reconsider their anti-Russian stance and abandon the sanctions imposed on Russia, as their potential renewal would harm the development of the EU economy, Ivan Shonus, deputy head of the Crimean parliamentary committee on public diplomacy and inter-ethnic relations, told Sputnik

Burkhard Varnholt, the global deputy chief investment officer (CIO) of the Credit Suisse banking company and CIO of Swiss Universal Bank, told Sputnik that the Russian stock market was showing good results despite many external factors and that there was a significant potential for the country's economic growth in the foreseeable future

Ankabut, the Emirates Advanced National Research and Education Network, an initiative of Khalifa University of Science and Technology, today announced nearly 100 delegates from across the Middle East and Africa region gathered for the ninth annual e-AGE 2019

New European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell met with Tajikistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sirojiddin Muhriddin on Wednesday for bilateral talks that focused on improving relations between the EU and Tajikistan, as well as human rights and security issues in the region, a press release stated

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Wednesday that the resumption of negotiations on the settlement of the conflict in eastern Ukraine is important to Italy, which is also committed to a constructive approach to EU sanctions against Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed during a telephone conversation with European Council President Charles Michel that Kiev will continue to be a reliable partner regarding the gas transit issue, the presidential press service said on Wednesday