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Celebrated actress Tilda Swinton attends the Berlin Film Festival and accepts her Honorary Golden Bear. She explains why she decided to come, despite calls for boycott over Gaza and freedom of expression. Any time with Tilda Swinton is precious and with her, a press conference very easily turns into something more. A masterclass. An articulate conversation. A thoughtful meditation.The Academy Award-winning actress, who is in Berlin to accept the Honorary Golden Bear, has been a Berlinale regular for decades now, having starred in close to 30 films in the festival’s selection. These include Caravaggio, the first film she made with…

Russia is preparing to station up to 150,000 troops in Belarus this year that could be used against NATO countries, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday in Munich. “This year, Russia will prepare 15 divisions for training and strengthening the situation in the Belarusian direction. It will be 100,000-150,000 people,” Zelenskyy said. “And I am not sure that this group will go on the offensive against Ukraine. But it will go on the offensive,” Zelenskyy said. “I am not intimidating anyone. They can simply go on the offensive into Ukraine, just like they went in 2022 … or they will…

The carmaker blamed the job losses on lacklustre demand for electric vehicles and “challenging geopolitical and economic conditions”. The luxury carmaker Porsche will cut 1,900 posts by the end of the decade as its profit margins are hit by rocky market conditions.The cuts will see a reduction in overall staffing numbers by 15% by 2029 at its main sites in southwestern Germany, Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen and Weissach.This process began back in 2024 when 1,500 fixed-term contracts expired.Now, another 500 fixed-term contracts are expiring, although the 1,900 cuts will come on top of this.Employees will be encouraged to leave voluntarily by accepting early…

Actors and filmmakers are presenting their latest works and meeting the press live at the Berlinale. Follow us here on Euronews Culture for each day’s top stories from the Berlin International Film Festival. The 75th Berlinale, the world’s biggest movie festival for the public, is now on in the German capital. You can follow each day’s press conferences live here on Euronews Culture.Last night British actress Tilda Swinton received an Honorary Golden Bear in recognition of her lifetime’s work.Over the next ten days 19 films will compete for the prestigious Golden and Silver Bears, with American director Todd Haynes leading…

“If the American president comes, creates peace, and an agreement is reached, then I think Russia will be reintegrated into the global economy, reintegrated into the European security system, and even into the European energy security system. This will give a huge boost to the Hungarian economy, it is a great opportunity, we will gain a lot from peace,” Orbán said. On the issue of Europe being left out of talks on Ukraine, Orbán — who on Thursday mocked EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas’s stance on Ukraine as “worthless” — said that international politics is “tough, interest-based, often ruthless.” “You…

Forget remembering to buy roses and a card – let the real test of today be your knowledge of romcoms and dating terminology. The power of love (and perfect quiz scores) compels you. Happy Valentine’s Day! Romance may or may not be dead, but that’s the perfect excuse to remain distracted with a totally pointless but also potentially rizz-inducing quiz (anyone that knows the origins of the heart-shaped chocolate box has CHARM.)While Gen-Z are reportedly giving up on sex, and dating apps remain a hopeless pit of sad swipes and existential despair, it’s not totally bleak out there. All those…

Terror warning: Former Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt also highlighted the malicious use of AI in an interview with the BBC after the Paris AI Action Summit where he warned that it could be used by terrorists or “rogue states” to create weapons that harm innocent people. “Think about North Korea, or Iran, or even Russia, who have some evil goal. This technology is fast enough for them to adopt that they could misuse it and do real harm,” Schmidt said, adding that it could even mean creating weapons to facilitate “a bad biological attack.” UK SWITCHES FROM SAFETY TO…

A protective shield over the destroyed fourth reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear plant has been struck overnight by a Russian attack drone carrying a high-explosive warhead, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. Chernobyl nuclear power plant was hit by a Russian attack overnight, striking a protective shield over its destroyed fourth reactor, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.The structure, known as the New Safe Confinement, was built through international cooperation to contain the remnants of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. It was designed to prevent radiation leaks and safeguard the site and the broader area from environmental hazards.According to Ukraine’s president, the strike…

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Friday he would communicate more with the US over President Donald Trump’s concerns over the chip industry and invest more in the US hours after Trump ordered reciprocal tariffs on trade partners. Trump said on Thursday that Taiwan had taken away the US chip business and said that he wanted it back in the country. Taiwan’s TSMC is the world’s largest chipmaker and produces chips for companies including Apple, Intel and Nvidia.In a news briefing after holding a meeting of the National Security Council at the presidential office, Lai said that he was aware…

Autre piste : la création d’un ticket coupe-file, avec la mise en place d’une procédure à part pour le raccordement de sites à “très forte puissance”. Le patron de RTE, Xavier Piechaczyk, a d’ailleurs rappelé hier qu’il avait déjà fait des propositions de raccordements “ultrarapides” aux opérateurs de datacenters, “à condition qu’ils se connectent sur les bons nœuds de réseaux”. Le gestionnaire a proposé huit sites où la pleine puissance peut être atteinte en trois ans, sur les 35 identifiés par le gouvernement. **Débrief | Sommet pour l’Action sur l’IA, et après ? Quelles perspectives en France et en Europe…