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Speaking to POLITICO from his office in Kyiv, Oleksiy Perevezentsev, president of the Ukrainian Curling Federation, said that, “what also disturbs is that actually nothing has changed. We just have absolutely unfair conditions for Ukrainian athletes,” while pointing to the ongoing destruction of his country’s sports facilities at Putin’s hands. “We have more than 500 sites of sports infrastructure, which are partially or totally destroyed,” Perevezentsev said, moments after an air raid siren delayed the start of the interview. “The latest was last week in Sumy. It’s a quite large Olympic infrastructural center which was totally destroyed by Russian missiles…

Warsh got additional news today: Powell in his post-meeting press conference said he plans to stay on as a governor after his chairmanship ends, which will at least temporarily prevent Trump from having another opening to fill on the central bank’s board. Powell made clear that his decision was tied to the Justice Department’s moves to open a criminal investigation into the Fed’s headquarters renovations and that he is otherwise ready to retire.The DOJ said on Friday that it would defer to the Fed’s inspector general on an investigation. That opened the way for Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) to end…

But that figure falls far behind many outside estimates, given the torrid pace of air and sea operations and the costs to restock expensive air defenses. It is also dwarfed by reports that the administration could seek hundreds of billions of dollars to cover the Middle East campaign.Hurst told attendees at a March defense summit in Washington that the first week of the Iran war cost roughly $11 billion. The $25 billion price tag comes as administration officials discuss a supplemental request of up to $200 billion to pay for the conflict and weapons replenishment. Officials, though, have stressed publicly…

The stone has become a point of contention between England and India, which was under colonial rule for two centuries until the end of World War II. However, other countries including Iran and Pakistan have also laid claim to the stone.A spokesperson for the royal family declined to comment on Mamdani’s remarks.Charles and Queen Camilla are set to attend the 9/11 ceremony Wednesday afternoon as part of their four-day trip to the U.S. that has included a private meeting between Charles and President Donald Trump, an innuendo-laden address to Congress and a sumptuous White House dinner.As POLITICO reported Wednesday, however,…

The US Federal Reserve has kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged for a third consecutive meeting, as policymakers grapple with heightened uncertainty linked to the war in the Middle East. The decision, which leaves rates at a range of 3.50% to 3.75%, is expected to be the last overseen by Chair Jerome Powell — though he has signalled he plans to remain on the central bank’s board beyond the end of his term. “Developments in the Middle East are contributing to a high level of uncertainty about the economic outlook,” the Fed said in a statement after its two-day meeting.…

BERLIN — Germany is embedding a senior U.S. officer deep into its military command structures in a sign of close cooperation that comes despite worsening political ties. Starting in October, an American colonel will serve at the German Army Command in a key role as deputy head of the Operations Division, where missions are planned and decisions are prepared, the German army and the Pentagon told POLITICO. This places a U.S. officer in close cooperation with German counterparts at the center of Germany’s land forces. The aim, a German army spokesperson said, is “to further deepen German-American cooperation and optimize…

After the meeting, which he called “highly constructive” in a post on X, Magyar struck a confident tone. “EU funds will soon start arriving in Hungary,” he said, while stressing the bloc was not imposing conditions “contrary to Hungary’s national interests.” Von der Leyen echoed the message in an X post of her own: “A very good exchange with Péter Magyar in Brussels today. We discussed the steps necessary to unlock EU funds earmarked for Hungary that are frozen due to corruption and rule-of-law concerns. The European Commission will support your work to address these issues and realign with shared…

The Greek authorities have put in place new Civil Protection measures for Santorini, following the recommendations of scientific committees monitoring the seismic and volcanic risk, following the recent extraordinary meeting of the Standing Scientific Committee for Seismic Risk Assessment and Seismic Risk Reduction. The measures mainly concern the control of access and stay in specific areas due to possible geological phenomena and will be in force until 31 March 2027. The main provisions have to do with the control of traffic in the main port of Santorini in order to avoid overcrowding and to reduce the time vehicles spend on…

And while the government lifted the ban on defense exports last September, these exports were still severely limited by a reluctant government, with Zelenskyy even lashing out at some defense producers that struck deals with foreign countries. “I know about some 10 factories, built in different parts of the world behind the state’s back,” Zelenskyy said last month, during a video call with several reporters, also attended by POLITICO. Tuesday’s announcement puts formal procedures in place to finally make homegrown defense exports a reality. Zelenskyy said Kyiv had proposed to its partners “a special form of cooperation,” where Ukraine would…

Published on 29/04/2026 – 19:25 GMT+2•Updated 19:33 Prime Minister-elect Péter Magyar said EU funds could soon be released to Hungary following a series of high-level meetings in Brussels on Wednesday. Magyar met European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in their first direct talks since his election victory on 12 April. The pair discussed steps to unlock billions of euros in EU funding currently frozen over concerns about corruption and rule of law. Hungary risks losing around €10 billion in post-pandemic funds intended to support its economy unless Magyar secures a deal before an August deadline. Magyar will return to…