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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy slammed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán for providing “specific support” to Russian President Vladimir Putin by blocking Kyiv’s ambition to join the European Union. The deadlock has prevented both Ukraine and Moldova, which are informally coupled, from opening the first cluster of accession talks, fuelling anger and frustration. “I don’t think that I have to offer something to Viktor Orbán,” Zelenskyy said, in an interview via videolink with Euronews CEO and editorial director Claus Strunz at the Euronews’ EU Enlargement Summit. “I think that Viktor Orbán has to offer something for Ukraine, which is protecting the…

Clashes broke out Thursday on the University of Navarra campus in Pamplona between far-left protesters and police after Vito Quiles announced a talk without university authorization. Though Quiles canceled the event at the last minute, tensions flared as protesters confronted officers, chanting “Fascists out of our streets,” throwing objects, and lighting flares. Riot police intervened and set up a cordon to separate the groups. No arrests were reported. Committee to Protect Journalists reported that masked protesters attacked journalist José Ismael Martínez while he was covering the clashes.

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Early voting has begun in New York City as residents choose a new mayor to succeed Eric Adams. Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, former Governor Andrew Cuomo, and Republican Curtis Sliwa spent the final campaign days rallying across all five boroughs. Zohran Mamdani danced with seniors in Manhattan, Cuomo dined in Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach, and Curtis Sliwa visited a mosque in the Bronx, each making their last appeal to lead America’s largest city.

The Maldives has brought in a ban on smoking for all young people born on or after 1 January 2007. The measure makes it the only country with a generation-wide tobacco prohibition. The new law also applies to tourists holidaying in the Indian Ocean archipelago. The country already has strict rules around bringing electronic cigarettes into the country. Here’s what travellers need to know about lighting up in the Maldives. Maldives bans smoking for young people The smoking ban was introduced on 1 November, meaning it is now illegal for those under the age limit to buy or sell tobacco…

Facing an international outcry, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reversed course on his controversial decision to assert political control over the anti-corruption agencies and restored the independence of two corruption-fighting bodies in July. But the damage to Ukraine’s image as an A+ candidate for EU membership had already been done in the eyes of the European Commission, as well as national capitals, according to EU officials and diplomats who spoke to POLITICO ahead of the report’s unveiling later on Tuesday afternoon. The uproar led Kos to give slightly more emphatic praise for Moldova’s reform efforts in the progress report even though…

The US government shutdown is poised to become the longest ever on record on Tuesday as the impasse between Democrats and Republicans drags on, leaving millions of people at risk losing food aid benefits while healthcare subsidies are set to expire. The chances of ending the shutdown soon appeared uncertain after President Donald Trump said in an interview aired on Sunday that he “won’t be extorted” by Democrats who are demanding negotiations to extend the expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies. Echoing congressional Republicans, the president said that he would negotiate only when the government is reopened. Trump said Democrats “have…

Published on 04/11/2025 – 13:48 GMT+1 France’s most prestigious literary prize, the Prix Goncourt, has been awarded to Laurent Mauvignier for his family chronicle “La Maison vide” (“The Empty House”). The author succeeds Kamel Daoud, winner of the Goncourt prize in 2024 for “Houris”. “La Maison vide” beat other favourites for the coveted prize, including the stunning and harrowing book “La Nuit au cœur” by Nathacha Appanah, who was a finalist for the award and who won the Femina Prize yesterday for her book about the victims of male violence. Other shortlisted candidates for this year’s Goncourt were Emmanuel Carrère…

He added: “I renew my appeal for workplace safety to be placed at the top of every political agenda and for the necessary resources to be allocated so that every worker can return home at the end of the working day.” Another opposition party, the 5Star Movement, has called for the creation of a dedicated prosecutor’s office for safety at work. The government last week approved measures worth €900 million to improve workplace safety, including incentives for responsible employers as well as more training, inspections and fines. But unions said the measures won’t reduce the number of accidents caused by…

The European Commission on Tuesday praised Ukraine’s “remarkable commitment” and progress towards EU accession but urged the war-torn country to reverse recent “negative trends”, especially in the area of corruption. The Commission said in its annual report card on candidate countries’ progress that it “positively assessed” the roadmaps and action plan Kyiv adopted earlier this year on the rule of law, public administration reform and on the functioning of democratic institutions as well as its negotiating position for the fundamental clusters. It states that Brussels stands ready to support Ukraine’s ambition to close negotiations before the end of 2028, but…