Europe

The European Union's member countries will not decide in summer on issuing the mandate to the European Commission for the negotiations on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project.

The United Kingdom, following its leave from the European Union, is expected to propose rights for EU nationals living in the country that will be almost similar to those Britons already have, local media reported Monday.

Fresh out of high school graduates were asked to display their assets by posing in their bikinis for a chance to be selected for an internship at the biggest nuclear power station in the Czech Republic.

The "Russian threat" is a convenient tool for pushing through military updates. Sweden is now looking forward to a thorough shake-up of its aging defense system, citing Russian missile systems stationed in the Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad. US-made Patriot systems are one of the options for the overhaul.

The possibility of a telephone conversation in the so-called Normandy Four format on settling the conflict in Donbas region is being considered through diplomatic channels, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday.

The European People's Party group has approved a motion of no confidence in its leader as PACE president, a Dutch PACE lawmaker said Monday.

UK Prime Minister Theresa May will inform the country on how she will safeguard the rights of EU citizens living in Britain following Brexit. The PM's new plan is to protect the rights of EU nationals living in the UK for five years, and some experts believe the new provision is better than the previous "unworkable" one.

An administrative court in Münster, Germany, is considering the case of Ukrainians, who posed as Syrian refugees in order to receive asylum status in Germany, German Die Welt newspaper reported.

Six police officers were hurt as a protest in east London about the death of a Portuguese man who was stopped by police last week turned ugly. Edir Frederico Da Costa, who was black, died on June 21 when a car containing four people was stopped by police.

Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko sees the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project as Moscow’s attempt to avenge Kiev’s victory at the arbitration court in Stockholm, which took the side of Ukraine’s Naftogaz in the dispute with Gazprom.

Earlier, Sweden emerged as one of the top EU producers of jihadists per capita. Some 150 of them have reportedly returned to Sweden, where some of them enjoy a protected identity, yet struggle to find a job.

British Prime Minister Theresa May and the leader of Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party Arlene Foster signed a deal on Monday to support May's minority government.

Divisions in the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe which have emerged due to political polarization have deepened and hamper the decision-making process, including appointments on key positions, outgoing OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier told Sputnik.

For decades, the Nordic countries' collaboration with Saudi Arabia has triggered fierce criticism from an ethical standpoint. The recent nomination of 31-year-old Muhammad bin Salman, who is known for his hawkish behavior, as Saudi Crown Prince and potential heir to the throne, has once again stirred fears of the Saudis sponsoring hardline Islam.

Of late, Sweden has been a little preoccupied with the ludicrous idea of a "Russian invasion." Nevertheless, it seems to overlook more palpable threats, as a group of Polish soldiers embarked on Sweden's western coast without the permission of the Swedish government.

The first human head transplant operation scheduled for later this year will be a quantum leap forward for humanity. However, in the lead-up to the groundbreaking operation, to be conducted as part of Project Heaven, scientists have come across a serious ethical problem.

On Sunday, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said that Ukraine expects that the United States will decide on supplying Kiev with defensive weapons later this year.

Head of the Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Arlene Foster said Monday that she had arrived in London, hoping to reach a final agreement on forming the UK government with the Conservative Party this week.

The launch of the second unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant (NPP) which is under construction on the border with Lithuania will be held in accordance with the schedule, Belarusian Ambassador to Russia Igor Petrishenko told Sputnik.