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It’s the little kitty that could…  The Oscar winning animated film Straume (Flow), directed by Gints Zilbalodis, has won this year’s LUX Audience Award, the pan-European audience film prize which champions EU co-productions that engage with topical issues and encourage debate about European values.The Latvian, French, Belgian co-production tells the story of Cat, a solitary animal whose home is devastated by a great flood. In his efforts to adapt to a new world, Cat finds refuge on a boat populated by other animals. This wonderful animated fantasy adventure, created using the free and open-source software Blender, is notable for its lack of dialogue and…

The morning political podcast, which gives you all you need for the day ahead in 20 minutes, with Sky News’ Sam Coates and Politico’s Anne McElvoy. Back on British soil, Anne joins Sam to talk about Trump’s 100 days in office and whether the President is really in a tough spot. And there are reports that the US has decided a UK trade deal is a second or third-order priority. Anne and Sam discuss why there has been a slowdown in the trade deal, and, if and when it comes, will it be worth the wait? Also, Sir Tony Blair…

“Now, give me a word, any word,  and I will show you how the root of that word is Greek.”These were the immortal words of late actor Michael Constantine, playing patriarch Gus Portokalos in the 2002 global hit My Big Fat Greek Wedding. After a further two films in the series – and a wealth of other titles under her belt – the movie’s writer and main star, Nia Vardalos, is about to get even more acquainted with the Greek language.Having won acclaim for her moving, yet funny stage show Tiny Beautiful Things, based on Cheryl Strayed’s book, Vardalos is…

A common path The scale of the Valencia region’s reconstruction challenge is formidable. According to Mayor Silvent, some infrastructure — like Catarroja’s indoor pool and police station — is set to be rebuilt on higher ground, while buildings like the auditorium will be cleared of waterlogged elements and remodeled to ensure anyone trapped inside can quickly move to safety. “We’ve also got to figure out how to move the machinery that powers city hall out of the basement and sort out the underground archive,” she said. “It’s a miracle water didn’t seep into it this time. If it had, we…

A total of almost 60 million people in Spain and Portugal were plunged into darkness on Monday. The major power cut – one of the most significant in European history – caused widespread chaos.Speculation is still rife about the exact cause of the outage. In the meantime, we asked Euronews’ senior energy and environment correspondent Robert Hodgson what exactly went wrong and whether Europe could be hit by another, similar outage. What regions are most at risk? And what can be done to prevent it from happening again? We will also look at a draft proposal signalling a reset of…

The lifting of sanctions comes against the backdrop of a decision by United States President Donald Trump to upend international trade relations by slapping tariffs on imports, with the most punitive levies falling on China. The resulting uncertainty has jump-started EU trade negotiations with countries around the world. Since China imposed the sanctions on the five MEPs in 2021, the Parliament has held an unofficial veto on China, conditioning any potential diplomatic contact on Beijing’s lifting the sanctions. European Parliament lawmakers have not toned down their criticism of China, arguing that President Xi Jinping’s aggressive trade and industrial policy and…

Revolut will announce on Wednesday that it will launch monthly mobile phone plans, hoping to disrupt the established telecoms market in the EU.The British-based fintech told Euronews that the plans will first be launched in the UK and Germany this year, with more markets to follow.Customers will have access to unlimited calls, texts and data at home, and they can receive a local phone number without fixed contract commitments.UK plans will provide a 20GB roaming allowance across the EU and the US, while German plans will include 40GB of EU roaming. Offers for EU customers travelling to the UK have…

Designierter Kulturstaatsminister: Warum die Kritik an Wolfram Weimers Positionen das eine ist, für Merz aber die Nähe der beiden, lange vor Wahlkampf und Kanzlerkandidatur, aber ein Geschmäckle hat, analysiert Gordon Repinski. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview: Nancy Faeser über ihren Besuch in Syrien, die Zukunft der Migrationspolitik unter Schwarz-Rot und ihre künftige Rolle in Partei und/oder Regierung.  Antrittsbesuch in Brüssel: Warum Johann Wadephul dem Kanzler im Machtzentrum der EU zuvor kommt und wie die Union ihre Außenpolitik aufstellt, berichtet Hans von der Burchard.Und: Deutsch-niederländische Verständigung bei Bitterballen und Bier.  Das Berlin Playbook als Podcast gibt es morgens um 5 Uhr. Gordon Repinski und…

The reason behind the extensive blackouts in Spain and Portugal remained unclear on Tuesday, with some isolated disruptions persisting after the majority of power was restored.One of the most significant blackouts in Europe grounded flights, paralysed train services, disrupted mobile communications, and caused ATMs to shut down across the Iberian Peninsula on Monday.By 11 am CET on Tuesday, the Spanish electrical system was reported to be operating normally, according to electricity operator Red Eléctrica. The Portuguese grid operator REN confirmed that power had been restored to all 6.4 million customers.As normalcy began to resume, Spanish authorities had not yet offered…

Automakers and independent analyses have indicated that the tariffs could raise prices, reduce sales and make US production less competitive worldwide. Trump portrayed the changes as a bridge toward automakers moving more production into the United States.“We just wanted to help them during this little transition, short term,” Trump told reporters. “We didn’t want to penalize them. ”Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who spoke earlier at a White House briefing on Tuesday, said the goal was to enable automakers to create more domestic manufacturing jobs.“President Trump has had meetings with both domestic and foreign auto producers, and he’s committed to bringing…