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First Minister John Swinney earlier backed calls for the Ukrainian president to be invited to address the Scottish Parliament.

Scotland’s First Minister has backed calls for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to be invited to address the Scottish Parliament.

The invitation would have to come from Presiding Officer Alison Johnstone.

IAN Murray has seen his efforts to lobby the Labour leadership over nuclear weaponry slapped down – with the UK dismissing any engagement with a…

The comments come as relations between Ukraine and the US have been strained.

JOHN Swinney slapped down Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay for branding the SNP’s opposition to nuclear weapons “dangerously and naively…

NOW is the time to reaffirm the UK Government’s commitment to nuclear weaponry, the Prime Minister has said – on the day that international…

First Minister John Swinney has paid tribute to Scottish artist Jack Vettriano, who has died at the age of 73...

THE INDEPENDENT DEBATE: Plans for the US president's state visit have sparked division. While Lib Dem leader Ed Davey sees it as an opportunity to secure stronger US commitments on Ukraine, SNP leader John Swinney argues that Britain should not reward a president who has undermined a key ally

AN SNP MP has called for Donald Trump’s upcoming state visit to Scotland to be cancelled due to The President being a ‘hostile actor’ towards…

SCOTTISH soldiers could be deployed in Ukraine this year in a peace-keeping role, First Minister John Swinney has said ...