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His more experienced coalition partner, Micheál Martin, appears best positioned to lead the next government — and insists he won’t turn left to Sinn Féin or right to anti-immigrant independents. Nov 29 9 mins read

The surprise attack against the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government marks the most severe fighting in northwestern Syria since 2020, when Russia and Turkey brokered a deal aimed at reducing hostilities. The deal allowed Syrian government forces to reclaim territories previously under opposition control. Following the rebel assault, the Syrian Interim Government (SIG), the temporary governing body in the areas of northern Syria no longer under the control of the Assad regime, announced on Saturday the launch of a new military operation aimed at “liberating the areas usurped by the Assad regime and the PKK/PYD terrorist militias.” “The liberation achieved today…

And unlike others in Trump’s MAGA circle, Kellogg welcomed President Joe Biden’s decision to approve Ukraine’s use of U.S.-supplied long-range missiles to strike targets inside Russia, saying it has given Trump “more leverage” and adding that “it gives President Trump more ability to pivot from that.” Contrast that with the howls of protest over the missile approval from Donald Trump Jr., Mike Waltz, the president-elect’s choice to be national security adviser, and Richard Grenell, who was acting director of National Intelligence during Trump’s first term. “No one anticipated that Joe Biden would ESCALATE the war in Ukraine during the transition…

Nostalgic digital dreams at London’s Tate Modern, a festive light show in Amsterdam and one of the most absurd movies you’ll see this year – here’s what’s cool in Europe this week. If there’s one benefit to the darker days, it’s getting to experience the warm glow of Europe’s light shows. Amsterdam’s takes place this week, while the Fête des Lumières (Festival of Lights) is approaching in Lyon from 5-8 December. Moomins fans should head to Helsinki, where a new exhibition at Helsinki Art Museum celebrates the lesser-known works of the iconic characters’ creator Tove Jansson, while for a rather…

The Thessaloniki metro was first conceived more than a century ago, and the first tunnel was dug in 1986. A new metro whose first construction began about 38 years ago has been inaugurated in Thessaloniki, Greece’s second-largest city.The 9.6-kilometre inaugural line – using driverless trains and platform screen doors across 13 stations – was officially opened on Saturday by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.The public will be able to use it for four days completely free of charge, and then the ticket price will be 0.60 euros, officials say.The Thessaloniki metro was first conceived more than a century ago, and the…

Euronews Culture reports from the Marrakech Film Festival in Morocco, one of the largest in the Middle East and North Africa. As it celebrates its 21st edition, the week-long event is increasingly making its presence felt, well beyond its borders. The Marrakech International Film Festival has always attracted actors and filmmakers from around the world but, now in its 21st year, the Moroccan celebration of cinema is entering a new era of maturity.Seventy features from 32 countries are being showcased for movie lovers to devour. A number of major Oscar contenders will be screened but unlike other larger events of…

The unrest followed a turbulent Thursday night when police used water cannons, pepper spray and tear gas to disperse crowds after Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze of the ruling Georgian Dream party announced the suspension. President Salome Zourabichvili joined protesters on Thursday, accusing the government of declaring “war” on its own people. The interior ministry said 43 protesters were detained after Thursday protests. The government’s decision to suspend EU membership negotiations came just hours after the European Parliament passed a resolution on Thursday condemning last month’s election as not “free and fair” and calling for a rerun under international supervision. In…

“A part of the electorate continues to believe in old conspiracy theories or developed new ones,” Magdin said. But the man who brought the court case, Cristian Terheș, a member of the European Parliament, who ran for president and received about 1 percent of the vote, sees no conspiracy at play. Whatever the result of the vote recount, “it’s a win-win for democracy,” he said. If the recount confirms the results of the first round, it shows that the election was fair. If it doesn’t, it corrects the results, he said. “Unfortunately, in Romania, every time you do something, they…

On Sunday, Romanians vote in crucial parliamentary elections, with polls showing hard-right parties on track to bag a third of the ballots, riding on the momentum created by Georgescu who surged in the polls out of nowhere last Sunday to secure a shock win. The stakes are high. An outright victory for the far-right presidential hopeful, an admirer of Russian President Vladimir Putin and staunch euroskeptic, would shatter Romania’s image as a reliable NATO ally and EU member in southeastern Europe at a time when the bloc is facing the war in Ukraine raging at its border and the return…

A powerful explosion damaged a water canal and temporarily cut water and power supply to Kosovo’s cities, the prime minister said on Saturday. Prime Minister Albin Kurti said the explosion on Friday in Vrage, 60 kilometres north of the capital Pristina, disrupted water supply to some cities and main power plants. It followed two other explosions in previous days on police station buildings and local authorities in the same area in the north of the country, mostly populated by the ethnic Serb minority.Kurti blamed “official Belgrade and its criminal structures led by Milan Radoicic, supported by Serb institutions and Serbia’s…