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But the Trump campaign questioned those sums in its formal letter to the Federal Election Commission, arguing the LinkedIn post suggested Labour could be stumping up costs for the activists.  “Those searching for foreign interference in our elections need to look no further than [the] LinkedIn post,” said the letter, from Trump campaign lawyer Gary Lawkowski. “The interference is occurring in plain sight.”  Lawkowski demanded the FEC launch an immediate investigation into the matter.  He also quipped: “This past week marked the 243 anniversary [sic] of the surrender of British forces at the Battle of Yorktown, a military victory that…

This article was originally published in French The two programmes could face significant budget cuts in 2025 if lawmakers in Brussels approve the proposal. Erasmus+ and the Horizon Europe research and innovation programme could face slimmer budgets in 2025. The student exchange programme was first on the line after the Council of the EU pitched a €295 million cut.”I find this really regrettable because, for me, Erasmus is really a symbol of cooperation, of cultural rediscovery and really of mutual help between people of different nationalities”, Maeva Campos Perez, Erasmus+ ambassador in Brussels, told Euronews.In her view, a drop in funding…

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), a domestic intelligence body, caught another medical official from Mykolaiv region with $450,000 in undeclared cash. She had also issued disability certificates to herself and to her son, who carried a Russian passport, the SBU said. Overall, some 64 state medical commissioners have been issued with “notes of suspicion,” the Ukraine equivalent of criminal charges that have not yet been tried in court. Some 4,000 disability certificates were canceled after the audit, SBU head Vasyl Malyuk said Tuesday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy demanded Kostin take political responsibility for the scandal. The prosecutor general duly…

In an article arguing the tech billionaire is a threat to democracy in the US, Der Spiegel drew a parallel between the X owner and Nazi-era media mogul Alfred Hugenberg. German magazine Der Spiegel has defended its reporting on Elon Musk after the billionaire accused the magazine of fuelling violent threats toward him and US presidential candidate Donald Trump.Musk shared a photo on social media platform X of a Der Spiegel article featuring a photo montage of him and Trump with the English caption, “Enemy number two”. “With their relentless hit pieces, legacy mainstream media are actively encouraging the assassination…

A New Democracy official said the party would appeal the decision to Greece’s highest administrative court, the Council of State. Asimakopoulou emailed Greeks living abroad on March 1, the same day a separate message from the Interior Ministry informed expats they could cast their votes by post in the next election. Failing to explain how she got the voter contact data, Asimakopoulou — vice-chair of the European Parliament committee on international trade in the previous term — dropped out of the election later that month. The authority discovered that a file containing data on all registered voters had found its…

The first episode of this programme that aims to decode the European Union (EU) legislative process explains why the European automotive industry is at a critical crossroads. Will tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles help competitiveness or trigger a trade war? Chinese electric cars sold in the EU quadrupled between 2020 and 2023, reaching a market share of almost 9%. Next year, they could represent 17%, according to estimates by the European Commission (EC), which decided to apply higher customs tariffs in order to rebalance the scales.EU DECODED explores how this decision was reached, what the pros and cons are and…

Les dirigeants politiques, les hauts fonctionnaires et les chefs d’entreprise européens sont particulièrement inquiets de ce qu’ils décrivent comme l’obsession de Trump et de ses acolytes pour l’industrie automobile allemande. S’il met cette menace à exécution, comme beaucoup le pensent, les conséquences pourraient être désastreuses non seulement pour l’Allemagne, mais aussi pour la plupart des grandes économies de l’UE. Des constructeurs tels que Volkswagen, BMW et Daimler exploitent des usines en Grande-Bretagne, en Espagne, en Pologne, en Belgique, en République tchèque, en Hongrie, en Roumanie et dans d’autres pays. Ils s’approvisionnent en pièces détachées auprès de fournisseurs à travers toute…

This article was originally published in Italian Ilaria Salis spent 15 months in a Budapest cell on charges of assaulting far-right demonstrators before being granted immunity following her election to the European Parliament last June. Hungary has asked the European Parliament to lift the immunity of Ilaria Salis, an Italian MEP, who was imprisoned in Hungary on charges of attacking right-wing activists. The topic was raised by Hungarian MEPs from Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s party, Fidesz, during a plenary session in Strasbourg. President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola said Hungary’s request had been forwarded to the Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee,…

“No one knows how our retaliation and revenge will be completed,” she said. The furious statement follows reports from Kyiv and Seoul that North Korea is sending its soldiers to fight alongside Russia in its war against Ukraine. Both countries said that some 10,000 troops have been deployed to Russia, with pro-Kremlin military bloggers allegedly having filmed the troops at a military base. Pyongyang and Moscow have stepped up their military cooperation since North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a comprehensive strategic partnership treaty in June. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that North Korea supports Russia…

South Korea may deploy military staff to Ukraine and provide armed support after reports of North Korean troops aiding Russia, Yonhap reported. Seoul is considering the possibility of deploying a team of military personnel from intelligence units to Ukraine following reports on North Korean involvement in Russia’s full-scale invasion, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported.South Korean team would be able to analyse Pyongyang’s warfare tactics and combat capabilities. The government in Seoul is also reportedly considering providing Ukraine with armed support. Until now, Seoul has only sent humanitarian aid to Kyiv, although there have been reports that South Korea has indirectly…