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By Lucy Davalou Published on 22/05/2025 – 14:23 GMT+2German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has travelled to Lithuania for the formal inauguration of a German brigade stationed there to bolster NATO’s eastern flank. Merz was welcomed on Thursday by Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys. The inauguration of the 45th Armoured Brigade is set to take place in Vilnius’ central square, with more than 1,000 Lithuanian and German troops expected to attend. The aim of this new unit, which consists of 4,800 troops and 200 civilian personnel, is to strengthen NATO’s presence in the region in light of the threat posed by Russia. It…

Hosted by actress Rachel Pizzolato at GH On The Park, the event featured canine fashion inspired by celebrity red carpet looks. Highlights included LaLa the Pomeranian styled as Diana Ross, Dusty the Pomeranian channelling Colman Domingo, and Suki the Chinese Crested dressed as Shakira. The Pet Gala, organised by Anthony Rubio Designs, is a not-for-profit event with proceeds going to the AKC Museum of the Dog, home to the world’s largest collection of dog-related art.

But Macron’s own liberal political family is having none of it. Pascal Canfin, an influential French member of European Parliament with Macron’s centrist Renew Europe group said he would not support repealing the law.  “I will defend the revision of the Directive to make it more manageable for companies, just like the French government has done so far in the negotiations — in coherence with the fact that it has already set up a strong due diligence law in 2017,” he told POLITICO in a written statement. “Removing all obligations would create an uneven and fragmented Single Market.” The CSDDD,…

By Euronews Culture with AP Published on 22/05/2025 – 12:07 GMT+2A collection of artifacts linked with President Abraham Lincoln, including the blood-stained leather gloves he worn the night of his assassination, have been sold at an auction in the United States for $7.9 million (€6.9 million).A total of 144 items up for sale to pay off the remainder of a two decade old $8 million (€7 million) debt that the Lincoln Presidential Foundation used to buy a one-of-a-kind cluster of Lincoln artifacts from a California collector. The gloves proved to be the most popular item, fetching $1.52 million (€1.35 million) including the…

While confirming Germany’s continued military support for Ukraine, Merz said his government was actively pushing for a diplomatic solution. “We are really not missing any conceivable opportunity to reach a diplomatic solution here,” he said. “But we know we cannot achieve it in a short space of time.” His remarks come after the latest round of indirect talks between Kyiv and Moscow — brokered with Turkish involvement — produced limited progress, including a recent prisoner exchange. Ukrainian officials have pushed for an immediate truce, while Russia has laid down conditions that Kyiv has rejected as unacceptable. Merz also pointed to…

International Red Cross President Mirjana Spoljaric spoke to Euronews at the European Humanitarian Forum 2025 about intensifying global conflict, warning of declining respect for humanitarian law and rising concerns over shrinking budgets.

In Slovenia, the event took place in 17 towns and cities, with 14 locations participating in Serbia and another three in Slovakia.At noon in the Serbian city of Niš, 1,100 students wearing red and blue shirts gathered in the main square to perform the quadrille to Strauss’s The Bat, followed by a lively circle dance.The tradition began with Slovenian students in 2002 and has steadily spread across Europe since 2005.Speaking in Ljubljana’s Congress Square, Mayor Zoran Janković encouraged students to value their school friendships, describing them as lifelong connections worth preserving.

Eurozone private sector contracted in May, with Composite PMI falling to 49.5. Services saw their sharpest drop in 16 months, while manufacturing stabilised. Business confidence hit a 19-month low, reinforcing expectations for further ECB rate cuts.

US content distributor King Features says it has fired a writer who used artificial intelligence to produce a story on summer reading suggestions that contained books that didn’t exist.The list appeared in “Heat Index: Your Guide to the Best of Summer,” a special section distributed in Sunday’s Chicago Sun-Times and The Philadelphia Inquirer last week.More than half of the books listed were fake, according to the piece’s author, Marco Buscaglia, who admitted to using AI for help in his research but didn’t double-check what it produced.“A really stupid error on my part,” Buscaglia wrote on his Facebook page. “I’m not…

“Several people in the Parliament saw it happening; it was related to Palestine-Israel tensions, because the MEP is very pro-Israel,” said a Parliament official, who was granted anonymity to speak freely. The atmosphere in the Parliament on Wednesday was tense as lawmakers debated Israel’s ongoing invasion of the Gaza Strip during a plenary session. A spokesperson for the Parliament said the violent incident, which was caught on surveillance cameras, was “being investigated as a matter of priority,” and “the initial assessment confirms the MEP’s version of events.” The spokesperson added that the Parliament was providing assistance to Teodorescu, whose office…