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Updated: 17/10/2024 – 17:36 GMT+2 A historic neoclassical building in Paphos, Cyprus, suffered severe damage from a fire on Tuesday. A historic neoclassical building in Paphos, Cyprus, suffered severe damage from a fire on Tuesday.The fire broke out in a restaurant on the ground floor and spread rapidly, destroying the wooden roof and causing extensive damage.The iconic building, with its ancient Greek columns, is located in the heart of the coastal town, in an area considered to be one of the most remarkable architectural complexes in Cyprus.Firefighters managed to bring the blaze under control, preventing it from spreading any further.…
Vargas David, now chairman of the board of Euronews, put forward €170 million from his fund to buy the media in 2022 at a time of great financial difficulties. The son of a center-right European People’s Party lawmaker, he was described as someone with genuine interest in European affairs by three people who have worked closely with him. They also said he was first and foremost a businessman, marked by his years as a McKinsey consultant and as a manager trained at elite French business school INSEAD and the Harvard Kennedy School. As a fund manager, he takes losses seriously,…
US President Joe Biden is visiting Germany this week after Hurricane Milton forced him to cancel his trip originally scheduled last week. What could his visit ahead of the US election mean for NATO and the EU? US President Joe Biden will meet with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron, and UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer in the German capital, Berlin, this week, as his presidency draws to an end.His visit, initially scheduled for last week, included a meeting at Germany’s Ramstein air base, where he was set to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and key European…
Cypriot President Christodoulides calls for more migration agreements with third countries and seeks to normalise relations with Syria, while stressing the need to invest in infrastructure to enable the return of Syrians. President Nicos Christodoulides of Cyprus voiced support for establishing more strategic agreements with third countries to address migration issues.Speaking to Euronews, the Cypriot president argued that the EU’s agreement with Lebanon has delivered results. The agreement allocated economic aid to Beirut in exchange for cooperation in curbing illegal immigration to Europe.Christodoulides said he is now ready to discuss other possible solutions including return hubs.”We are ready to look…
On substance, the EU had little to offer Kyiv. With Hungary objecting, the bloc failed to unblock frozen Russian assets as loans for Ukraine. Zelenskyy also met with Robert Fico, the prime minister of Slovakia, another increasingly pro-Russia country like Hungary. His Brussels tour began in the European Council. Despite a worsening situation on the front lines — Zelenskyy said North Korea was preparing to send some 10,000 troops to fight for Russia in Ukraine — EU leaders glossed over Ukraine’s requests and turned their attention to the Middle East in the early afternoon. Hungary’s reaction was less of a…
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy presented Ukraine’s much-anticipated ‘victory plan’ at the parliament in Kyiv on Thursday. What is in there, what isn’t, and what does NATO have to do with all this? After showing it to Ukraine’s most important allies and the two candidates for the next US president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy presented his victory plan to the parliament in Kyiv. The proposal comprises five points, the first being a bid to join NATO. According to the latest available data, 84% of Ukrainians want their country to be a member of the alliance.Over two and a half years into Russia’s full-scale invasion and countless…
The new Italian law restricting overseas travel for surrogacy services goes further than other countries, but same-sex couples face family planning hurdles across Europe. A new law that bans Italians from travelling abroad for surrogate pregnancies is expected to make it harder for LGBTQ people to become parents – but Italy is far from the only country where family planning is a challenge for same-sex couples.Italy’s restrictive approach to surrogacy isn’t new – or unique. Many European countries ban surrogacy outright, while others have strict rules about citizenship, payment, and relationship status.Those rules have prompted some couples to travel elsewhere…
That follows three consecutive annual summits where the Indo-Pacific leaders attended as guests. “It’s extremely positive that these four countries are participating more and more with NATO allies,” NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte told reporters Thursday, “because of the simple fact that security threats in the Indo-Pacific, of course, have a link to what is happening here, and you cannot simply divide the world.” Russia has turned to its allies for help in Ukraine. Iran has supplied the Shahed drones that regularly pound Ukrainian cities, and has deployed military advisers as well. The United States and Ukraine say it has also…
The Lord Mayor of the City of London, Michael Mainelli, who acts as an ambassador for the city’s financial district, says the Square Mile has lost thousands of jobs because of Brexit. The Lord Mayor of London’s economically influential financial district has called the UK’s decision to leave the European Union a ‘disaster’ that has led to the loss of tens of thousands of jobs. Professor Michael Mainelli, who represents the Square Mile, one of the world’s leading financial centres that includes the Bank of England, Lloyd’s of London, international banks, law firms, and insurance companies, said the Brexit decision…
The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. If Europe decides to ban imports of aluminium from Russia, it would need to find a source capable of replacing roughly 500,000 tonnes of material per year. And the list of alternatives is quite limited, Chris Weafer writes. Since Russia sent its tanks into Ukraine in early 2022, the West has been ratcheting up sanctions pressure against Moscow and its export-focused economy. But it has so far stopped short of targeting one key Russian export — aluminium.…