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Four months after the official visit of King Charles and his wife Camila to France, the Queen met today in London with the First Lady of France, Brigitte Macron, to mark the award of a Franco-British literary prize.

France is in a political and economic whirlwind as debate is underway on motions of no-confidence tabled following the decision by French Prime Minister Michel Barnier to trigger the controversial Article 49.3 of the Constitution to approve the 2025 budget. The procedure, which allows bills to be approved without a parliamentary vote, has provoked strong opposition parties.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Dec. 3 urged Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad to engage in a political settlement process to prevent further escalation of the ongoing conflicts in the country.

A few minutes past noon, Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the President of PASOK-KINAL, Nikos Androulakis, began their meeting in the Prime Minister’s office in Parliament.

According to reports, two trays of kourabiedes from Dora Bakoyannis awaited Mr. Mitsotakis and Mr. Androulakis.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) speaks with Turkish's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (C) and Britain's Minister of State Stephen Doughty during a NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Oganization) Foreign Ministers' meeting at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, on Dec. 3, 2024.

Alexis Tsipras, Greece's former left-wing prime minister, has sought to defend his political legacy, including the controversial decision to hold a referendum on the bailout terms proposed by international creditors during the critical summer of 2015.

France's Prime Minister Michel Barnier receives makeup touch-ups prior to a televised interview broadcast on the evening news on French TV channels TF1 and France 2, at Hotel Matignon in Paris, on Dec. 3, 2024.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan emphasized the importance of ensuring that Syria does not become a source of further instability in the region during a phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, according to a statement by Türkiye's Communications Directorate.

The SYRIZA disciplinary committee voted 8 to 6 not to exclude former president Stefanos Kasselakis from the leadership race.

The majority decided to archive the case without further examination. 

DUBROVNIK  - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday he had pointed out at a Ukraine-Southeast Europe summit in Dubrovnik the necessity of respect for the UN Charter and adherence to that principle, but not only when it suited some countries.