Romanian anti-corruption prosecutors seek parliamentary and presidential approval for a criminal investigation into former Prime Minister Florin Citu and two ex-ministers over alleged abuse of office related to COVID-19 vaccine purchases. The investigation focuses on the purchase of excess Pfizer and Moderna doses during January-May 2021, buying an excess of 90 million doses of vaccines while Romania... 

Scotland would use a British exit of the European Union to break away from the United Kingdom, former Prime Minister Tony Blair has warned. Speaking to French radio station Europe 1, Blair said he was “very worried” about the result of the upcoming referendum. “There’s a little-mentioned aspect, which is that, in my opinion, if the UK votes to leave Europe, Scotland will vote to leave the... 

Following his decision to stand down as the Quartet’s Middle East envoy, former Prime Minister Tony Blair has announced he is taking up the position of chairman of the European Council on Tolerance and Reconciliation (ECTR). The council’s aim is to tackle prevailing anti-Semitism in European countries, ultimately making Holocaust denial a criminal offense, defining racism and anti-Semitism and... 

Malaysia’s former prime minister says the CIA spy agency is hiding crucial facts about the destiny of the missing Malaysian Airlines plane. Commenting on his personal weblog on Sunday, Mahathir Mohamad questioned crash scenario for the plane. He said CIA and the Boeing Company may be withholding data on the flight, but for some reasons, media outlets are not printing anything on this story. The... 

An Italian right-wing politician has been fined for organizing a protest against the wearing of Islamic veils for women. On Monday, Daniela Santanche, a leading member of the conservative Forza Italia party of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, was handed a 100-euro fine and a four-day jail sentence for not warning police about the action. The punishment was subsequently converted into a 1,100-euro... 

Italy’s former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been sentenced to one year in prison over the publication of leaked transcripts from a police wiretap in 2005. The 76-year-old billionaire was accused of violating secrecy laws in 2005, when the daily Il Giornale, which is run by his brother, published the transcripts in an apparent attempt to discredit... 

Police disperse supporters and opponents of Ukraine’s former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko in front of a court building during her trial in Kiev. A Ukrainian court has ordered the arrest of country’s former Prime Minister and high-profile opposition leader, Yulia Tymoshenko. ­Around 30 police officers surrounded Tymoshenko’s table and escorted the ex-PM out of the court room. After the... 

A fan of opposition leader Martin Ziguele rides a bicycle in the streets of Bangui in 2005. The Central African Republic’s government accused main opposition leader and former prime minister Ziguele of heading a rebel movement, in a statement broadcast Friday. The Central African Republic’s government accused main opposition leader and former prime minister Martin Ziguele of heading a...