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After being denied music funding by the then-Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch, Northern Irish group Kneecap have won a case against the government. Belfast rap group Kneecap has won a discrimination case against the British government, over the group’s arts council funding being revoked. The Irish language artists were awarded a £14,250 (€17,120) grant under the Music Export Growth Scheme (MEGS) in February this year. This was then revoked by the then-UK Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch. A spokesperson for Badenoch said at the time that the government did not want to fund “people that oppose the United…

Introducing the bill, Leadbeater urged her colleagues to reflect on “the heartbreaking reality and human suffering which far too many people are experiencing as a result of the status quo.” She argued the legislation would give dying people choice, autonomy and dignity at the end of their lives. Danny Kruger, a Conservative MP and one of the most prominent critics of the bill, said MPs should not opt for “a vote for despair but the start of a proper debate about dying well in which we do better than a state suicide service.” At present, laws throughout the U.K. prevent…

The current European Data Protection Supervisor mandate ends next week. European Parliament hearings to select the next European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) – the privacy watchdog of the EU institutions – will take place on 16 January, a Parliament spokesperson confirmed to Euronews.Key lawmakers of the Parliament’s Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee, LIBE, postponed the hearings to give candidates and lawmakers enough time to prepare.The candidates shortlisted by the European Commission are not public, but Euronews understands that both current EDPS Wojciech Wiewiórowski – who has held the position since 2019 – and French university professor François Pellegrini,…

The document shows that FDP politicians planned a detailed, four-phase media strategy for undermining German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s fractious three-party coalition, which ultimately collapsed in early November when Scholz fired his then finance minister, FDP leader Christian Lindner. The final phase of the FDP plan involved the “start of open field battle” against their coalition partners, the left-leaning Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the Greens, according to the document. The FDP published the internal document on its website on Thursday after a German media outlet obtained it, sparking embarrassment inside the party. The martial language in the document caused particular…

“It’s been repaired, reinvented, and rebuilt all at once,” the president remarked as he admired the modernized interior. “It’s beautiful.” In conversations captured by cameras, the first visitors to the restored Notre-Dame commented on the brighter appearance of the venue compared to its pre-fire look. Despite modernization, the fundamental architecture remains similar to its previous appearance. ⚡️ La visite présidentielle de Notre-Dame débute dans la nef, la première partie du vaisseau central de la cathédrale.Il y a 5 ans des gravats de bois et de pierre jonchaient le sol au lendemain de l’incendie. À l’occasion du déblaiement de la nef,…

Updated: 29/11/2024 – 13:07 GMT+1 After more than five years of reconstruction following the fire in 2019, Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris unveils its restored facade on Friday, with French President Emmanuel Macron visiting before it r

She took office in February 2021 after his first term ended. But Trump’s chief trade negotiator, Robert Lighthizer, tried to block her from becoming WTO director-general — only to have that decision reversed after Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election. In the runup to this week’s meeting, neither Trump’s transition team nor the Biden administration openly opposed or supported her bid for a second term. However, nervousness over what Trump might do clearly influenced the action of WTO members in recent months.   Accelerated process Okonjo-Iweala first term does not end until Aug. 31, 2025, so the process of reappointing…

One of Mexico’s greatest cinema stars, Silvia Pinal has died. Silvia Pinal, an actress from Mexico’s Golden Age of cinema in the 1940s and 50s, has died. She was 93.Over her 60-year career, Pinal appeared in movies with Mexican comics like Cantinflas and Tin Tan, heartthrobs like Pedro Infante, and starred in Luis Buñuel’s 1961 film Viridiana. Pinal went on to appear in two other Buñuel films, The Exterminating Angel in 1962, and Simon of the Desert in 1965.She was one of the few Golden Age actresses who also adapted to a subsequent career in television, after the quality of…

Von der Leyen has made Draghi’s suggestions the center of her second term as Commission president, incorporating their main conclusions ― apart from joint EU borrowing ― in the political program she asked the European Parliament to support over the summer. Presenting her new team before the Parliament on Wednesday, von der Leyen announced the main initiative of the next five-year term will be a “competitiveness compass” to close the innovation gap with the United States, decarbonize the EU economy and increase its economic independence, with each commissioner told to contribute to these goals. While her words were a little…

Annual inflation in the eurozone edged higher in November, matching expectations, while Germany reported its worst retail sales drop in two years, signalling broader economic challenges for the region. Eurozone inflation rose to 2.3% year-on-year in November, up from 2% in October, according to preliminary data released by Eurostat on Friday. The figure aligns with market expectations and reflects the anticipated narrowing of the deflationary impact of energy prices. While the annual increase marks a slight departure from the European Central Bank’s (ECB) target, the monthly data shows a more optimistic trend. Consumer prices in the eurozone fell by 0.3%…