Kiev, Jan 15 (Sputnik) Ukraine will not extend the strict lockdown introduced over the coronavirus pandemic beyond January 24, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Friday in an interview with the Ukraina 24 broadcaster.
Moscow, Jan 13 (Sputnik) The first positive effects of strict lockdown measures are starting to manifest in the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Wednesday.
Moscow, Jan 13 (Sputnik) The United Kingdom''s coronavirus vaccination centers will switch to working round the clock as soon as possible, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Wednesday.
Chisinau, Jan 13 (Sputnik) Romanian President Klaus Iohannis authorized on Wednesday a criminal investigation into former Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu on suspicion of bribery.
Moscow, Jan 13 (Sputnik) Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, who earlier in the day expanded the coronavirus-related state of emergency to seven more prefectures, announced that the country was halting entry of all non-resident foreign nationals amid the continuing spike in new cases, Kyodo news agency reported.
Moscow, Jan 13 (Sputnik) Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared on Wednesday a state of emergency in seven more prefectures, expanding the measure beyond Tokyo (where state of emergency was introduced last week), amid a mew surge in coronavirus infections, Kyodo news agency reported.
Moscow, Jan 13 (Sputnik) Takeshi Niinami, an economic adviser to the Japanese prime minister, said Wednesday that he was not sure whether the Tokyo Olympic Games would go forward.
Moscow, Jan 13 (Sputnik) Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah on Wednesday submitted his resignation to the country''s ruler, Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, according to the state news agency KUNA.
Guwahati, Jan 12 (UNI) Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Assam on January 23.
Moscow, Jan 12 (Sputnik) Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis suggested introducing a vaccination certificate in the European Union to ensure that those who got the vaccine against the coronavirus could travel freely.
Moscow, Jan 8 (Sputnik) Hungary continues to negotiate coronavirus vaccine supplies with Russia, China and Israel due to EU-led procurement being too slow, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday.
Madrid, Jan 7 (Sputnik) - US President-elect Joe Biden will be able to overcome a "time of tension" in the United States in light of violence at the Capitol building following an incursion of supporters of outgoing US President Donald Trump, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday.
Athens, Jan 4 (Sputnik) Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reshuffled his cabinet on Monday but let his key ministers keep their jobs as the nation braces for "new challenges."The shakeup, the first major one since Mitsotakis’ New Democracy came to power in July 2019, saw Christos Tarantilis become the new government spokesman.
Moscow, Jan 4 (Sputnik) The roadmap of the development of Russia''s domestic gas provision is all but coordinated and will be adopted in the beginning of the year, Russia Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Monday.
London, Jan 3 (Sputnik) UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson insisted on Sunday that parents should send their children to primary schools on Monday, despite the fact that the number of COVID-19 cases has been rising exponentially all over the United Kingdom in the last few days.
Moscow, Dec 31 (Sputnik) The coronavirus variant that has been recently identified in the United Kingdom and has spread to other countries, including Ireland, is even more transmissible than most pessimistic models have suggested, Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said on Wednesday.
Chisinau, Dec 31 (Sputnik) Moldovan President Maia Sandu said she would appoint an acting prime minister on January 1, 2021, and it would be a minister in the current government.
Moscow, Dec 30 (Sputnik) Pascal Affi N''Guessan, the leader of the social-democratic Ivorian Popular Front party and Ivory Coast''s former prime minister, has been released on bail almost two months after he was arrested over the creation of a transition government following the general presidential election, the AIP news agency reported on Wednesday, citing N’Guessan''s lawyer Gbgagbo Godet.
London, Dec 30 (Sputnik) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has on Wednesday urged the country''s lawmakers to approve the future partnership agreement reached with the European Union on Christmas Eve ahead of a vote in the House of Commons later in the day.
Moscow, Dec 28 (Sputnik) Russia fulfilled all obligations for the export of military equipment and weapons this year, Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov said.
Yerevan, Dec 25 (Sputnik) - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Friday that he was ready to resign "by the people''s decision.""I am ready to leave the post of prime minister by the people''s decision. I will leave the post of prime minister by the people''s decision exclusively," he said on Facebook.
Moscow, Dec 25 (Sputnik) Canada has received the first batch of the coronavirus vaccine from Moderna just one day after the government approval, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said.
LONDON, Dec 24 (Sputnik) The United Kingdom has landed "the biggest trade agreement yet," worth 660 billion pounds ($893.6 billion) a year, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday, as it was announced that the UK and the European Union had stricken a post-Brexit trade deal.
Hyderabad, Dec 23 (UNI) Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao remembered former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao on his death anniversary on Wednesday.
Yerevan, Dec 22 (Sputnik) Armenians unhappy about their prime minister''s decision to sign a peace deal with Azerbaijan blocked two major highways on Tuesday, an opposition party member said.
New Delhi, Dec 22 (UNI) US President conferred the highest decoration, The Legion of Merit, Degree Chief Commander, on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday.
London, Dec 21 (Sputnik) UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that the 48-hour ban on travel and freight from the United Kingdom imposed by France out of fear of a new strain of coronavirus identified in south-eastern England only affect a small percentage of food entering the UK.
Moscow, Dec 21 (Sputnik) Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Monday that he will receive a COVID-19 vaccine shot on Sunday, the day the mass vaccination campaign rolls out in the country.
Moscow, Dec 21 (Sputnik) Joe Biden''s presidency may affect the level of oil production in the United States, his team makes statements opposite to that of Donald Trump, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak expects.
Moscow, Dec 21 (Sputnik) Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and his Kazakh counterpart, Askar Mamin, held a phone conversation on Monday to discuss cooperation in trade and the economy, and bilateral relations within the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) framework, the Russian cabinet said.
Kathmandu, Dec 20 (UNI) Standing Committee of the Nepal Communist Party may initiate disciplinary action against party chair and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.