Benchmark projected to average 8.3% this year, according to the European Commission Inflation will hit 7.6% in the Eurozone and 8.3% in Europe as a whole this year, according to the European Commission’s revised forecasts on Thursday, 1.5% up on the previous predictions.

Russia’s ambassador has responded to Kamala Harris’ accusations of ‘crimes against humanity’ Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov has slammed accusations by Washington that Russia had committed “crimes against humanity” as an attempt to vilify Moscow and escalate the conflict in Ukraine.

Large rallies have continued in the Armenian capital, with protesters demanding that PM Nikol Pashinyan’s government step down Mass protests continued in the Armenian capital for the second straight day on Wednesday, prompted by a new escalation in Azerbaijan’s breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region.