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Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged for the first time on Sunday that his country was facing a “certain deficit” of fuel, as Ukraine continues to strike Russian energy infrastructure, setting fire to yet another major oil refinery in the south According to regional Governor Veniamin Kondratyev, the falling debris killed one person in Sloviansk and wounded another in a nearby village, in eastern occupied Crimea, Processing close to 4 million tons of crude per year, the facility is one of southern Russia’s major refineries and a key source of petroleum products for export through Russia’s Black Sea ports, including fuel…
“Film directors are a bunch of wretches who devote themselves to doing something that is, technologically, almost obsolete,” Orson Welles declared in a 1985 interview, recorded by ‘Arte TV’ (source in Spanish), months before his death. Alonso Quijano could have said something similar about the profession of chivalry, already obsolete in the Renaissance Spain that witnessed his exploits, which may explain why one of the most influential filmmakers in history felt compelled to adapt Cervantes’ classic. Nearly 40 years later, a project led by the Spanish Film Archive, in collaboration with the Cinémathèque Française, Italy’s Cineteca Nazionale and Munich’s Filmmuseum,…
The EU’s diplomatic service is losing power, people and influence to Ursula von der Leyen’s Commission. Zoya Sheftalovich and Nick Vinocur look at how the EEAS is fighting for its future — and whether the bloc’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, can turn it around. Plus, Europe tries to reset trade ties with China without backing away from tougher defenses, and Greece puts a bounty on poisonous pufferfish. And hear Finnish President Alexander Stubb on Trump, Ukraine and the future of NATO in his full interview with Dasha Burns on POLITICO’s The Conversation: Questions? Comments? Send us a voice note or…
Weltweit stehen 100.000 Jobs bei VW auf der Kippe, vier deutsche Werke könnten langfristig schließen. Aber ist nur der unfaire Wettbewerb aus China schuld? Gordon Repinski analysiert mit Romanus Otte von Industrie & Handel die toxische Mischung aus hohen Energiepreisen, Bürokratie und der schleppenden E-Mobilitäts-Wende in Deutschland. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview fordert der baden-württembergische CDU-Fraktionschef Tobias Vogt ein sofortiges Eingreifen aus Brüssel bei den strengen Flottengrenzwerten. Laut Vogt dürfe die Politik der Industrie nicht länger vorschreiben, welcher Antrieb sich durchsetzt, sondern müsse Technologieoffenheit zulassen, um die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit zu retten. Friedrich Merz beruft das Kabinett in den abhörsicheren Konferenzraum des Verteidigungsministeriums. Mit Rixa…
A decade and a half on, that messy EU compromise is unraveling. Facing budget cuts, a battle for talent and a lack of policy tools to back up its diplomatic role, the EEAS, now headed by former Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, has been losing out in a protracted turf war with the Commission headed by Ursula von der Leyen ― while national governments, which have largely kept their foreign policy independence, are also weighing reform. In more than a dozen conversations with POLITICO over the past three months, 10 current and former EU officials and diplomats described an EEAS…
Thousands of guests, including diplomats, politicians and military personnel, attended an event organised by the US Embassy to Belgium in Brussels on Sunday to celebrate the 250th anniversary of US independence. “The US Embassy in Belgium will host an invitation-only celebration to celebrate this historic milestone: 250 Years of Independence: Building Our Future Together. The lavish celebration took place at Parc du Cinquantenaire, an iconic park in the Belgian capital near the European Union institutions. Guests tried their hand at baseball, rode a mechanical bull and participated in a linedance. The festivities also featured music, performances, a ceremonial flyover and…
Updated: 28/06/2026 – 23:00 GMT+2 Spanish and international rescue teams pulled a survivor from the rubble four days after deadly earthquakes struck Venezuela. Search operations continue as crews race to find more survivors, with the death toll rising to more than 1,400. … More
An informal meeting of the presidents of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Romania was held at the presidential residence in Jurata, hosted by Polish President Karol Nawrocki. The meeting comes ahead of the upcoming Ankara NATO summit in Turkey. “Joint positions ahead of the NATO summit in Ankara were discussed. During the talks, priorities were set for regional cooperation and for the security of the Baltic and Black Sea basins, and key issues in transatlantic relations were also discussed,” the Presidential Chancellery wrote on X. The participants also focused on strengthening NATO’s eastern flank, developing Europe’s defence capabilities, and activity…
US-Iran negotiations to end the war came under severe additional pressure on Sunday after the IRGC announced that Washington’s strikes over the previous two days had “violated Clause 1 of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding” and “will result in a total halt of all processes.” “From now on, violating vessels will be dealt with more strongly than in the past and will face a crushing response,” the IRGC added in a statement shared by Iranian state-run media. The immediate trigger for the weekend’s escalation was the drone attack that the US attributed to Iran on Saturday on the M/T Kiku,…
By Euronews with IJF Published on 28/06/2026 – 17:33 GMT+2 China was ready for a powerful finish to a thrilling event as Judo’s heavyweights took to the tatami. At -90kg, Guilherme SCHIMIDT faced Yahor VARAPAYEU. After an impressive performance in the preliminaries, building momentum towards the gold medal contest, a yuko in the final delivered VARAPAYEU the gold medal. International Judo Federation Executive Committee Member Mrs Louisa AGIUS GALEA awarded the medals. Anna Monta OLEK was up against Mizuki SUGIMURA in the -78kg category. The World rank number 1 OLEK took home her fourth Grand Prix gold medal after a beautiful…