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Following a successful world tour with private screenings and a premiere at the Warsaw Film Festival last year, ‘Bucha’ is now set for wider distribution across Europe, with hopes of reaching a global audience. Stories from the battlefield are often told through the lens of soldiers, but in Ukraine, the true heroes of the ongoing war are the civilians who have been thrust into unimaginable circumstances.’Bucha’, described as the first feature narrative film shot in Ukraine since the Russian invasion, brings these untold stories to life.After premiering at the Warsaw Film Festival last year and being screened at the European…
The revelation ― more than a week after the Commission announced that she was ill ― raises questions over a lack of transparency about the EU’s most powerful official. On Wednesday, asked whether von der Leyen had been admitted to hospital, Paula Pinho, the president’s chief spokesperson, said there was “no update.” Von der Leyen’s illness forced a delay to the unveiling of a key piece of her economic strategy, as well as a meeting of the college of Commissioners in Poland. But at that point von der Leyen’s camp made no mention of her hospital stay, which took place at University…
“This is not just about Greenland. This is about the Arctic. You have Russia that is trying to become king … It’s oil and gas. It’s our national security. It’s critical minerals,” said Mike Waltz, Trump’s pick to be national security adviser, on Fox News on Wednesday. Other Arctic countries are watching warily, such as Norway with its Svalbard islands in the freezing far north, which could attract the imperialist eye of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre on Thursday dismissed any concerns about the archipelago’s potential vulnerability. “Svalbard is Norway, and Svalbard is safe,” Støre…
In an interview with GQ published this week, the 24-time Grand Slam champion said he “had some health issues” once he returned to his native Serbia and underwent toxicology tests to find the cause after his five-day detention in the Park Hotel in central Melbourne. “And I realized that in that hotel in Melbourne I was fed with some food that poisoned me,” he said. “I never told this to anybody publicly, but … I had a really high level of heavy metal,” he added. “I had the lead, very high level of lead and mercury.” Asked if he thought…
Officials say the damage to Estlink 2, a power connection with the capacity to provide half of Estonia’s winter electricity needs, did not disrupt service, although it did drive up energy prices in the country and the other Baltic nations. Naval authorities in Estonia say they have stepped up patrols in the Baltic Sea in a show of force after last month’s suspected cable sabotage.Maritime officials say at least three Estonian navy ships are part of the patrols by NATO countries following the damage done to Estlink-2 power cable and communication links between Finland and Estonia on 25 December. According…
TikTok’s fate arrives at the US Supreme Court in a case that represents a collision of free speech and national security. TikTok’s fate will be on the line in the United States on Friday as the country’s Supreme Court hears arguments on a law passed to force a sale or ban the short-form video app.The US Congress passed legislation last year with wide bipartisan support requiring TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance to divest from the social media platform or face a ban over national security concerns.TikTok has said that it will shut down the platform by January 19 unless the…
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu will not be detained despite the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant. The Polish government has guaranteed that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not be arrested if he attends the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, despite the International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant against him.Poland’s President Andrzej Duda, from the opposition Law and Justice party (PiS), this week wrote to the government requesting that Netanyahu not be arrested if he decides to attend the Auschwitz commemoration on 27 January, according to a presidential aide.The office of…
The European planemaker delivered 766 jets last year, marginally missing its goal due to supply chain disruptions. Airbus looks certain to retain its lead ahead of competitors in the aerospace industry as it confirmed it had delivered 766 jets last year.”On deliveries, we kept our trajectory and celebrated several landmark firsts,” said Christian Scherer, CEO of Commercial Aircraft at Airbus, in a statement released on Thursday.”Given the complex and fast-changing environment we continue to operate in, we consider 2024 a good year. It has been a massive team effort to deliver this 2024 result,” he added.An end-of-year push was instrumental…
The percentage of smokers in the EU has remained almost static since 2020. Nearly a quarter of EU citizens (24%) are smokers.The latest Eurobarometer survey on smoking highlights that the smoking rate has remained relatively unchanged between 2020 and 2023, with just a 1% drop.The heaviest smokers are in Eastern Europe, with 37% in Bulgaria, 36% in Greece, 35% in Croatia, and 34% in Romania.Sweden has the lowest rate of smokers (8%), followed by the Netherlands (11%) and Denmark (14%).Men are more likely to use tobacco products than women (28% vs 21%). At the same time, 56% say they never…
The world’s richest man has a lot to say, a vast platform, and the ear of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. Now he has turned his focus to Europe. As Elon Musk weighs in on European politics, often supporting extreme candidates and promoting conspiracies, Brussels tech regs appear no match for the algorithmic onslaught. For former MEP Marietje Schaake, now International Policy Director at Stanford University’s Cyber Policy Center, it’s just a small part of Europe’s subordination to Silicon Valley, as described in her book “The Tech Coup.” She joins Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, professor at the University of Copenhagen and co-author of…