Minister Resigns

• Evika Siliņa si dimette dopo il collasso della coalizione a seguito del licenziamento del ministro della Difesa • Europe live – ultimi aggiornamenti • Il primo ministro di centro-destra della Lettonia si è dimesso a causa della gestione del suo governo riguardo ai droni ucraini che sono entrati nel territorio lettone dalla Russia, provocando la caduta del suo governo di coalizione a pochi mesi dalle elezioni previste per ottobre.

Auditor found Sarah Wedl-Wilson approved payments of public money to groups that had not been fully vettedBerlin’s top culture official, British-born Sarah Wedl-Wilson, has stood down over a funding scandal involving the the irregular distribution of €2.6m in public money for programmes to fight antisemitism.As culture senator for the Berlin regional government, Wedl-Wilson had already sacked a state secretary in her department, Oliver Friederici, over the affair this week, but the opposition called him a mere scapegoat. Continue reading...

Giorgia Meloni made public request for Daniela Santanchè to quit in effort to restore credibility after voters rejected judicial reformItaly’s embattled tourism minister has resigned, heeding a call from Giorgia Meloni to step down as the prime minister strives to restore credibility after a bruising defeat in a referendum that has thrown her far-right government into turmoil.The resignation on Wednesday of Daniela Santanchè, a prominent and brash member of Meloni’s Brothers of Italy, came after the prime minister took the unusual step of calling in a public statement for the minister to go. Continue reading...