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The Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union will officially end on 30 June. At a press conference in Brussels, Donald Tusk summed up the six months of the Presidency, referring above all to defence. European and Polish politicians also commented on the Presidency.Donald Tusk on Europe without war: naïve European faithDonald Tusk summed up the six months of the Polish Presidency, drawing attention above all to defence. As he stated, during the presidency Poland managed to “convince Europe that the current geopolitical situation requires bold and unprecedented decisions”, crediting Poland with changing the EU paradigm.”The European Union…
Opposition parties were quick to criticize the appointment of Plevris. “The far-right line of Mitsotakis continues unabated with the choice of Thanos Plevris, an inhumane, dead-end and frightening line overall for the refugee issue and the image of the country,” the Syriza party said in a statement. The New Left party called his appointment “a message of hatred, racism, authoritarianism.” In a statement, the party recalled comments by Plevris in the past that “border security cannot exist if there are no casualties and, to be clear, if there are no deaths.” The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) is pursuing dozens of cases…
Iran decided to ban the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency from its nuclear facilities and to remove surveillance cameras from them, claiming it discovered Israel’s government obtained “sensitive facility data,” according to media reports Saturday. The vice speaker of the Iranian parliament, Hamid Reza Haji Babaei, announced the decision to bar IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi on Saturday during funerals of top military officials and nuclear scientists killed by recent Israeli strikes, Mehr news agency reported. A ceasefire has been agreed between Israel and Iran, after a war that lasted 12 days. Israel had attacked Iranian highly protected…
‘Words are not enough’ Díaz’s colleague, Culture Minister Ernest Urtasun, who also joined the march in Budapest, said Spain’s government is “very, very concerned” about the issue. “It is a duty” of all progressive governments to “stand in the way” when there are attacks against fundamental rights, he added. Echoing Díaz, Uratsun said the government in Madrid expects “the European Commission to be strong in defending EU law.” “We would like the European Commission to be much stronger than it has been doing in the last months,” Uratsun said. The Spanish delegation was joined in Budapest by government representatives from…
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said the international legal order should be part of German identity but suggested Berlin avoid putting the country in a potential conflict with the International Criminal Court over the ICC’s arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.“We, in particular, should make the international legal order part of our own identity,” Steinmeier said in a radio interview with Deutschlandfunk. But he hinted that a potential conflict with the ICC should be avoided. “This is a plea not to ignore international law but to avoid testing it in this case,” Steinmeier said. The interview, to be broadcast…
Published on 28/06/2025 – 11:33 GMT+2Prix Versailles, a prestigious global architecture award, has revealed its annual list of the world’s most beautiful restaurants – and this year’s picks are a feast for the eyes as much as the palateSo, who made the cut?Top spot goes to Dubai’s Gerbou, a sleek restaurant where traditional Emirati craftsmanship and cuisine meets modern design. With camel leather sofas, ghaf wood chairs, and fish-scale lighting echoing the coast, the space has been described as feeling both intimate and contemporary. Chef Ionel Catau’s menu, featuring 70% locally sourced ingredients, reinterprets ancestral flavours with innovative flair -…
Senior European Union officials joined Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony at an international press conference on Friday at City Hall to mark the event.Mayor Karácsony opened the event by highlighting the significance of the large media turnout, saying it reflects deep concerns about the state of democracy in Hungary. “Hungary has become a laboratory for dismantling democracy over the past 15 years,” the mayor said, calling the attempted ban on Pride the culmination of that process.He emphasized that Saturday’s Pride parade is a municipal event and is not subject to the recent legal bans introduced in the spring. “Love cannot be…
From social media-driven reinventions of classic dishes to immersive dining experiences in the wilderness, food traditions are being rewritten before our eyes. Culinary heritage isn’t being preserved in a museum: it’s being brought to life in kitchens worldwide. Rather than simply replicating age-old recipes, or repurposing cuisine between two different cultures, today’s chefs are fusing their cultural roots with flavours, methods, and influences from around the world. This is “Turnover Tradition”: the redefinition of heritage cooking as chefs and content creators blend ancestral techniques with global influences, personal narratives, and modern innovations.Take Siberian-born chef and author Alissa Timoshkina, who has…
One European diplomat said their country had been quoted €1 million to rent rooms for a negotiating team of 20 people. The April presentation from Brazil said that the cruise ship cabins would range from $700 to $1,300 per night. The diplomat said that in Bonn last week, however, the COP30 presidency promised that cabins would start at $250 and rooms in rental houses at $100 per night. “But we don’t know how far those are from the venue and how many are available for this price,” the diplomat said. A promised booking platform was set to launch in March,…
By Euronews with AP Published on 28/06/2025 – 1:10 GMT+2The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda signed a US-brokered peace agreement on Friday aimed at ending decades of deadly conflict in eastern Congo and facilitating American access to critical minerals in the region. “Today, the violence and destruction comes to an end, and the entire region begins a new chapter of hope and opportunity, harmony, prosperity and peace,” US President Donald Trump said at a White House meeting with the foreign ministers of both countries. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called it “an important moment after 30 years of war.” Eastern Congo has been…