Portugal expels 10 Russian diplomats

The Portuguese government has decided to declare ten employees of the Russian Embassy in Lisbon persona non grata, Portuguese newspaper Diário de Notícias reports, citing the country's Foreign Ministry.

Report informs, citing TASS, that, according to the publication, the Foreign Ministry considered that the activities of the expelled embassy employees "contradict the national security" of Portugal. They will be given "two weeks to leave the territory" of the republic.