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The fund seeks to counter a “clear funding gap” that European companies experience when scaling risky, capital-intensive technologies that need investments above €100 million. The lack of scale-up capital “poses several risks for the EU,” such as the loss of companies and critical technologies domestically, according to the plan. “A European scale-up with critical mass, operating at market conditions, is needed to fill this gap and strengthen the EU’s economic security and tech sovereignty,” it reads. The draft — which contains more details on the fund than a version reported previously by POLITICO — shows the Commission is upping its…

At stake is not just who gets to be president, but whether Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Trzaskowski’s party boss, can get his agenda off the ground after nearly two years of obstructionism by President Andrzej Duda, a PiS ally. For PiS, the outcome will determine whether the defeat the party suffered in the 2023 parliamentary election was just a temporary setback. Trzaskowski and Nawrocki are virtually level in the polls ahead of the June 1 runoff, suggesting that even small shifts in voter attitudes or turnout could decide the outcome. In the first round of the presidential vote on May 18, Trzaskowski…

This prisoner swap has become the only big success of Trump-brokered direct negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. The first night of the exchange, Russia attacked Ukraine with 250 drones and 14 ballistic missiles, while claiming that it would present its own version of a peace proposal after the end of the POW exchange. Ukraine attacked Russia with 94 drones the same night. ‘Thank you, heroes’ Several hours before the attack, hundreds of women, men and children roared with joy as they saw the first buses arriving at a meeting spot. For some of the crowd, that day would have become…

“The longer Russia wages war, the tougher our response,” High Representative Kaja Kallas declared this week after foreign ministers of the European Union formally adopted a new round of sanctions against Russia for its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.The measures blacklisted 189 vessels belonging to Moscow’s so-called “shadow fleet”, bringing the total number of ships under restrictions to almost 350.The following day, Poland made a startling announcement.”A Russian ship from the ‘shadow fleet’ under sanctions was performing suspicious manoeuvres near the power cable connecting Poland and Sweden,” Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote on social media.”After effective intervention by our military, the…

By Euronews Published on 24/05/2025 – 5:23 GMT+2A French court found the ringleader and seven other members who were involved in the armed robbery of Kim Kardashian guilty, but did not give them a prison sentence. The chief judge, David De Pas, said that the defendants’ ages and their health issues weighed on the court’s decision to impose milder sentences. He added that the nine years between the robbery and the trial was also taken into account. The 69-year-old ringleader Aomar Aït Khedache received the stiffest sentence, eight years imprisonment but five of those were suspended. Three others got seven years,…

Iran and the United States made “some but not conclusive progress” in the fifth round of negotiations in Rome over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear programme, Oman’s mediator has said.The remarks by Badr al-Busaidi suggested the negotiations between the two sides would continue.But blocking progress is Washington’s demands that Iran completely stop enriching uranium, something Tehran has called a “red line” and insists its programme must continue.”The fifth round of Iran US talks have concluded today in Rome with some but not conclusive progress,” al-Busaidi wrote on X.”We hope to clarify the remaining issues in the coming days, to allow us to…

By Euronews with AP Published on 23/05/2025 – 18:24 GMT+2Brazilian photographer and environmentalist Sebastião Salgado, known for his award-winning images of nature and humanity, has died at age 81.Instituto Terra, which was founded by him and his wife, confirmed the information on Friday but did not provide more details on the circumstances of Salgado’s death or where it took place.”Sebastião was more than one of the best photographers of our time,” Instituto Terra said in a statement.”His lense revealed the world and its contradictions; his life, (brought) the power of transformative action.”Salgado’s life and work were portrayed in the 2014 documentary film…

ECR has condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin for invading Ukraine, and a majority of its members have been staunch supporters of sending military aid to Kyiv. ECR’s leadership has been debating for months whether to kick Kartheiser out of the group over his pro-Russian stance.  “If he goes, I will submit a motion to have him removed from the group,” the co-chair of the ECR group, Patryk Jaki, told POLITICO. “ECR, and especially PiS [Poland’s Law and Justice party], is the largest party in Europe that has consistently opposed the policy of ‘resets with Moscow’ for decades. This was the…

But documents summarizing this week’s meeting of the bloc’s ambassadors, seen by POLITICO, indicate serious doubts regarding Madrid’s bid. While Belgium, Cyprus, Portugal, the Netherlands, Romania and Slovakia supported granting EU recognition to the Spain’s additional official languages, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany and Sweden backed Italy’s demands for “further clarity on the costs and legal implications of the move.” Madrid has vowed to foot the bill for the potentially millions of euros to add the languages into the EU’s translation and interpretation framework. But Sánchez’s promise has not swayed all his colleagues in the Council of the…

Harvard University is challenging the Trump administration’s decision to bar it from enrolling foreign students.In a lawsuit filed in Boston on Friday, the Ivy League university said the government’s action violates the First Amendment and will have an “immediate and devastating effect for Harvard and more than 7,000 visa holders”. The renowned institution said it had been targeted for defying the White House’s political demands. Since the start of US President Donald Trump’s second term, the US government has sought to fundamentally change the country’s universities. “With the stroke of a pen, the government has sought to erase a quarter…