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“Regarding Yermak, the president clearly said that personnel issues in his office are his business,” a Ukrainian MP from Zelenskyy’s Servant of the People faction, granted anonymity to speak candidly, told POLITICO. The internal tug-of-war comes as Russia and some U.S. officials are once again pressuring Kyiv to agree to a so-called peace plan, which appears to favor Kremlin demands — though during a discussion with several reporters in Kyiv, American officials claimed the plan is comprehensive and does not amount to Ukraine’s capitulation to Russia. “We are here to support the Ukrainians like we have been throughout this conflict,…
Published on 21/11/2025 – 10:27 GMT+1 The European Commission has confirmed an €82 million financial contribution to the Palestinian Authority after the first meeting of the Palestine Donor Group in Brussels. But the money had already been pledged by four EU member states: Germany, Luxembourg, Slovenia, and Spain – and despite the Commission’s efforts to engage with non-EU countries, the conference has yielded no other commitments. The contribution will be channelled through “Pegase”, the Palestinian-European Socio-Economic Management and Assistance Mechanism, which links European disbursement to specific reforms and aims to control the final destination of the money. The Palestine Donor…
France welcomed the new Beaujolais Nouveau in the early hours of Thursday, opened as always at midnight. In central Paris, small crowds gathered in a local bar to taste the young wine with plates of cold cuts and oysters. Beaujolais can only carry the name if it comes from one of the 85 towns stretching from Lyon to Mâcon, a vineyard area of about 31,000 acres. France remains the main market, buying around nine million bottles a year, while about one hundred countries also import it. For winemakers and restaurant owners, the November release is above all a simple and…
From Soweto to Seattle, from apartheid to Black Lives Matter, Ralph Ziman’s art travels through history of 20th-century violence. The Johannesburg-born artist speaks about his work with the passion and calm of someone who has spent a lifetime confronting violence, not with weapons but with art. His monumental installations, such as ‘Weapons of Mass Production’, reinterpret military symbols, turning them into tools for dialogue and reflection. _”_I was born in South Africa during the dark days of apartheid. As a child I was aware of the injustice. I was raised by my parents, but also by African workers who worked…
Europe must work to unleash the untapped potential of its internal market, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said, noting that she given the very same message in 2019 – before Russia’s war on Ukraine and U.S. President Donald Trump’s disruptive second presidency. Speaking at the annual European Banking Congress in Frankfurt, Lagarde said the ECB estimates that internal barriers in services and goods markets are equivalent to tariffs of around 100 percent and 65 percent, respectively. While acknowledging that barriers cannot be removed entirely, she pointed out to three key steps to boost potential. These include a overhaul of…
France’s Armed Forces Minister Catherine Vautrin backed top military officer General Fabien Mandon, who has called on the country to show “fortitude” and “accept losing our children” in order to “protect what we are,” warning that Russia is preparing for confrontation with Western nations by 2030. General Mandon told the Congress of French Mayors on Tuesday that France risks failure if it is not prepared to accept casualties and economic pain from prioritising defence production. “If our country flinches because it is not prepared to accept losing its children, because we have to say things, suffering economically because priorities will…
Meet the doge Nicknamed the “Doge of Venice,” Zaia, a former Italian agriculture minister, has spent 15 of his 57 years running Veneto from an office lined with emerald silk in a 16th-century palazzo on the Grand Canal.He won eight out of 10 votes cast in 2020, the highest approval rating of any regional chief, but is barred from running again because of a two-term limit.In an interview with POLITICO, he joked about the whirl of theories about his next steps. “I am in the running for everything: [energy giant] ENI, Venice, parliament, minister.” But when pressed on what he will do,…
Published on 21/11/2025 – 8:45 GMT+1 Every morning at 8 am Brussels time, you can join Euronews’ chief anchor Méabh McMahon and our EU editor Maria Tadeo, who will bring you up to speed on the major news events of the day in our new daily show “Europe Today”. Broadcasting live from Brussels, our new format will bring you the day’s key events plus crucial analysis of all the stories shaping the EU and beyond. “Europe Today” is an original broadcast in English with real-time translated subtitles in 11 other languages and of course is only available on Euronews! Talking…
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As Rachel Reeves’ budget approaches, Westminster is braced for tax hikes. The political manoeuvring necessary may just be one of the greatest political challenges of her career. So on this week’s episode of Westminster Insider, Sascha speaks to those who have been there, and compiles some golden rules on how to raise taxes – and get away with it. Social Market Foundation Director and former Gordon Brown advisor Theo Bertram walks Sascha through Brown’s 2002 decision to raise National Insurance, and how he kept voters onside while he did it. And Rishi Sunak’s former advisor James Nation explains why Sunak’s…