Moldovan PM announces resignation

In this photo taken on May 9, 2022,  Moldovan Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita attends a joint press conference with UN Secretary-General following their talks in Chisinau. (PHOTO / AFP) BUCHAREST - Moldovan Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita announced her resignation on Friday, according to Moldpres, the national news agency. "The time...

Finland, Sweden pledge to join NATO together

Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson arrives for an EU summit in Brussels, Oct 20, 2022. (GEERT VANDEN WIJNGAERT / AP) HELSINKI – Ways to further enhance cooperation between Finland and Sweden, especially on their path to membership of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), topped the agenda of talks here...

German Chancellor vows to help rebuild Ukraine

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (right) and Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal (back right) attend the German-Ukraine economic forum with the motto "Rebuild Ukraine" in Berlin on Oct 24, 2022 to discuss the post-conflict reconstruction of Ukraine. (MICHAEL KAPPELER / POOL / AFP) BERLIN / JERUSALEM / BUCHAREST – German...

New Italian PM Meloni calls for unity

Outgoing Prime Minister Mario Draghi (left) shakes hands with new Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni during the handover ceremony at Chigi Palace Premier's office, in Rome on Oct 23, 2022.  (ANDREW MEDICHINI / AP) ROME - New Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Sunday called for unity as she symbolically took...

Italy’s new PM, govt sworn in

Italian President Sergio Mattarella (second left) welcomes new Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (center) as she arrives for the swearing-in ceremony of the new Italian Government at the Quirinal Palace in Rome on Oct 22, 2022. (FABIO FRUSTACI / ANSA / AFP) ROME - The new Italian government formed by appointed...

Far-right leader Meloni becomes Italy’s first woman PM

This handout picture taken and released by Quirinale Press Office on Oct 21, 2022 shows President of the Italian party Fratelli d'Italia and Italian Prime Minister-designate Giorgia Meloni addressing the media after a meeting with Italian President Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinale Palace in Rome. (FRANCESCO AMMENDOLA / QUIRINALE PRESS...

Truss resigns, becomes shortest-serving UK PM

Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss reacts as she delivers a speech outside of 10 Downing Street in central London on Oct 20, 2022 to announce her resignation. (DANIEL LEAL / AFP) LONDON - United Kingdom Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned on Thursday after just a little over six weeks in office...