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(Adnkronos) – The mayor of Budapest, Hungarian opposition figure Gergely Karacsony, was indicted today for organizing last June’s Pride in the capital, which attracted a record number of participants, defying the ban imposed by Viktor Orban’s government. The Budapest prosecutor’s office announced

(Adnkronos) – The Saxony-Anhalt parliament has elected CDU politician and former Minister of Economic Affairs Sven Schulze as the new state premier. The forty-six-year-old secured the necessary majority in the first round of voting. Schulze succeeds Reiner Haseloff, also a Christian Democrat,

(Adnkronos) – Almost four years after the start of the war against Ukraine, a poll shows that most Russians feel surrounded by hostile foreign powers, primarily Poland and Lithuania, and consider their country a victim. Lev Gudkov, head of the Levada research

Tokyo, Jan. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japanese electronic device maker Nidec Corp. submitted a report on its alleged accounting irregularities to the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Wednesday, admitting that its corporate culture prioritizing the intentions of its founder, Shigenobu Nagamori, had weakened its internal

Tokyo, Jan. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japanese film director Yoichi Higashi, known for mega-hit 1992 movie “The River with No Bridge,” died of old age at a hospital in Tokyo on Jan. 21. He was 91. After graduating from university, Higashi, who is from

Hiroshima, Jan. 28 (Jiji Press)–An infielder of the Japanese professional baseball team Hiroshima Toyo Carp has been arrested for allegedly using etomidate, a designated drug also known as the “zombie cigarette.” Ryutaro Hatsuki, 25, denies the allegation and claims that he has

Tokyo, Jan. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japanese office and household goods supplier Askul Corp. on Wednesday reported a consolidated net loss of 6.6 billion yen for the two quarters ended in November 2025. The red ink following a year-before profit of 3.7 billion yen

Kumamoto, Jan. 28 (Jiji Press)–Kumamoto District Court on Wednesday dismissed the fourth appeal for a retrial of the case involving a special court within an isolated facility where a man deemed to have leprosy was sentenced to death in the 1950s. While

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s government is giving 900,000 euros to bolster cyber security and resilience in embattled Ukraine’s western Ternopil region and a further 100,000 euros to a Kiev-based international mechanism, initiatives which will strengthen overall national cybersecurity.  “When addressing the security of

Tokyo, Jan. 28 (Jiji Press)–With the Feb. 8 House of Representatives election drawing near, the short winter election battle following the abrupt dissolution of the lower chamber of Japan’s parliament has highlighted security challenges during stump speeches. The National Police Agency has