The new right-wing Slovenian government has blocked
Tanja Fajon, the country’s former foreign minister, from taking up a senior diplomatic post with the European External Action Service.
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His Majesty received in Audience the Rt. Hon. Andrew Burnham MP and requested him to form a new Administration. The Rt. Hon Andrew Burnham MP accepted The King's offer and kissed hands upon his appointment as Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury.
(OZADJE) Slovenski razkol dosegel Bruselj: "Škandal iz političnega maščevanja, ki se ne bi smel zgoditi." Pišeta @MatejGroselj in @JonKnez https://t.co/8PWv5ZQKnY
(ANALIZA) Nova oblast brez integritete: "Politične odgovornosti v Sloveniji ni več. Vse je dovoljeno in sprejemljivo." Piše @MatejGroselj https://t.co/sbhDfG2yvx
Keir Starmer has just popped to the back of the plane on our way home from the Nato summit in Ankara.
He told us that Turkey's president Erdogan gave him, and all the other leaders, a surprising choice of gift: a revolver engraved with their names, with a box of live rounds.
But the PM had to leave his in Ankara - despite it coming with a note from Erdogan waiving export controls - because it would be illegal to import it to the UK. Instead, it stays behind for decomissioning.
🇪🇺🇸🇮Slovenian troublemaker MEP Branko Grims has been expelled from the EPP group. In a secret vote in Strasbourg, 131 of his colleagues voted him out, following Manfred Weber's request. 7 voted against, 7 abstained. He will now automatically slide into the non-attached group.