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“2027 est très importante pour nous et, je l’espère, réaliste, afin que [le président russe Vladimir] Poutine ne puisse pas bloquer notre adhésion pendant des décennies”, a poursuivi Volodymyr Zelensky, précisant vouloir éviter le même sort que sa demande d’adhésion à l’Otan, qui n’est plus d’actualité en raison de l’opposition de Washington. Le raisonnement est que Viktor Orbán empêchera la candidature de Kiev de progresser avant le scrutin d’avril, parce qu’il a fait de l’opposition à l’Ukraine un élément central de sa campagne. Mais le Hongrois pourrait adoucir son opposition s’il parvenait à remporter un nouveau mandat, notamment s’il était…
The authorities of Larnaca District have been put on full alert due to the rapid spread of foot-and-mouth disease in Cyprus. An emergency meeting with experts from the European Commission was held on Tuesday evening, during which detailed information on the epidemiological situation in the 10 km surveillance zone was presented. On the basis of these data, it was decided to start vaccination immediately, in close cooperation with private veterinarians who are already familiar with the farms and are in constant contact with the farmers in the area. The first vaccinations will be carried out in the most dangerous areas,…
But the speech of France’s Permanent Representative Céline Jurgensen at a meeting of the UNHRC on Wednesday contained no such call for Albanese’s resignation. Jurgensen only referred to “repeated and extremely problematic statements by a United Nations Special Rapporteur,” and called on special rapporteurs to “exercise the restraint, moderation, and discretion required by their mandate.” During his Feb. 11 speech in France’s National Assembly, however, Barrot had said that Albanese’s “provocations call for only one response: her resignation. And it is in these terms and with this firmness … that France will speak … during the session of the United…
In advance of Merz’s trip, a growing number of German business leaders called on the chancellor to take a harder line on Chinese industrial policies that lead to price advantages for its companies — including subsidies, deliberate dumping and an undervalued currency. Merz seemed to respond to that pressure, calling on China to level the playing field. “Competition between companies must be fair,” he said. “We need transparency, we need reliability, and we also need compliance with jointly established rules.” He also said he aimed to reduce a trade deficit that has quadrupled since 2020. “This dynamic is unhealthy,” Merz said.…
Published on 25/02/2026 – 21:38 GMT+1•Updated 22:39 Cuban border guard have killed four crewmembers of a US registered speedboat on Wednesday after the vessel failed to stop when ordered in Cuban territorial waters, and allegedly opened fire on the police boat. The Cuban Ministry of Interior released a statement noting that six others on the boat were also injured in the exchange of fire. The commander of the Cuban police boat, which carried a total of five people onboard, was also wounded. Authorities stressed that all those injured were immediately brought to safety and received medical treatment. The ministry says…
“We were really disturbed by the reports that there might have been an opportunity to escalate this to law enforcement further, and we want to make sure if any company has that opportunity, they would escalate,” he added. OpenAI’s head of policy, Chan Park, and six others from the company, met with members of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Cabinet on Tuesday in Ottawa — a meeting ministers later described as “disappointing.” Justice Minister Sean Fraser said he expected OpenAI to return with substantial new safety measures. “The message that we delivered, in no uncertain terms, was that we have an…
Together with pro-Russian Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who on Monday cut off emergency power supplies to Ukraine, Orbán has accused Kyiv of slow-walking repairs to the Druzhba pipeline that supplies Russian oil to Hungary. Ukrainian authorities have said the pipeline was damaged in a Russian airstrike in late January and is still undergoing repairs. Earlier this week, the Hungarian leader also blocked a €90 billion financial lifeline from the EU to Ukraine that had been agreed at a European Council meeting in December — drawing an exasperated response from EU foreign ministers on Monday. “I am astounded about the Hungarian…
Published on 25/02/2026 – 20:30 GMT+1 Should Ukraine be given fast-track membership into the European Union? The majority of MEPs seem to think so. Although they may not see eye to eye on the how or the exact when, most MEPs think Ukrainian EU membership would send a strong message of support to Ukrainians and one of defiance to the Kremlin. To mark four years since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia, this week on The Ring, we are joined by two Lithuanian MEPs: Aurelijus Veryga from the ECR (European Conservatives and Reformists) group and Petras Auštrevičius from the…
ATHENS— Greece’s former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has been indicted and will stand trial for allegedly promoting the use of drugs, his left-wing MeRA25 party said in a statement Wednesday. The former politician, who served in the left-wing Syriza government during the country’s financial crisis in 2015 and remains a darling of the European left, is due to appear in court on Dec. 16. The charges concern comments he made during a podcast, in which he admitted he had tried drugs some 36 years ago at a festival in Australia. “Determined not to do a Bill Clinton (remember the laughable…
Fake Euronews videos circulating on X and Telegram have gone viral, spreading false claims about Ukrainian refugees and athletes during the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. For instance, one video, shared on X with more than 114,000 views, falsely claims that Ukrainian refugees robbed a Euronews crew at the Olympics. Another incorrectly claims that a Ukrainian interpreter escaped and fled the Ukrainian delegation, becoming the “52nd” person to do so. Some mix genuine Olympic events with fabricated allegations. For example, one video reports that Ukrainian fans committed vandalism in Milan after Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych was disqualified over his plan…