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Former Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces and current Ambassador to the UK Valerii Zaluzhnyi intends to run in the next presidential elections, according to the latest domestic reports. According to Ukrainian media outlet Ukrainska Pravda, Zaluzhnyi was summoned to Kyiv in mid-June, when incumbent President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reportedly asked his former top military commander whether he would take part in presidential elections if they were held in autumn. According to the reports, Zaluzhnyi confirmed his intentions and explained that he had previously never sought a political career, “but many people are placing their hopes in him and he would not…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen met Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Baku on Tuesday, opening a two-day visit to the South Caucasus that underscored the European Union’s growing strategic interest in the region as it seeks to strengthen energy security, transport links and regional stability. Baku is the first stop of von der Leyen’s regional tour before she travels to Armenia, with the European Commission describing the visit as part of sustained high-level engagement with partners across the South Caucasus. At a joint press conference following their talks, the two leaders focused on the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace process, transport…
“We urge FIFA to stand on the side of peace and not appease the aggressor – Russia,” the letter reads. After Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine in 2022, FIFA banned Russia from participating in all of its football competitions. FIFA lifted the blanket ban for youth competitions in 2023, but Russian teams have not played in its U-17 World Cups since. FIFA announced last week its first U-15 World Cup, in which boys and girls will compete this October in Azerbaijan. At the time, the organization announced that the competition would be open to “all FIFA member associations,” opening…
Published on 01/07/2026 – 19:07 GMT+2 Albania’s position as host of next year’s NATO summit is in doubt thanks to the country’s failure to meet key spending milestones. Euronews previously reported that the draft conclusion for next week’s NATO summit in Ankara omits any mention of holding the next gathering in Albania, despite the summit’s location being previously announced. The withholding of any mention from the final summit declaration is a purposeful move by NATO officials to pressure Albania to step up. A NATO source confirmed on Wednesday that the situation hasn’t changed, and the alliance was sending a “strong…
Published on 01/07/2026 – 21:28 GMT+2 The families of five young men killed in Venezuela have sued ousted president Nicolás Maduro in US court, alleging that he ordered the extrajudicial killings as part of a wider pattern of state violence. The 44-page complaint states that Maduro had an elite security force called Special Action Forces (FAES) execute the men between 2017 and 2020. It says the victims were among thousands killed under Maduro’s command by units including FAES, which dissolved in 2021 after complaints of human rights abuses including from the United Nations. Maduro is currently in a New York…
Published on 01/07/2026 – 21:12 GMT+2 It was a tough watch for England fans but thanks to the heroics of Harry Kane the Three Lions are through to the World Cup round of 16 after coming back from a goal down to beat the Democratic Republic of the Congo 2-1 in Atlanta. An all-time shock was on the cards when the underdogs took the lead after just seven minutes through Brian Cipenga. However, skipper Kane stepped up with two late goals as England set up a last-16 tie against co-hosts Mexico. Bayern Munich striker Kane equalised on 75 minutes when…
Serafin’s investigation also failed to single out any individual responsible. “On the basis of the information gathered during the investigation, and with the limited tools currently available to the Commission, it is not possible to attribute individual responsibility or involvement beyond that of the intelligence officers themselves,” the document says. The document, which was sent to MEPs, said the Commission was “not aware” of any “serious” security breaches. Nevertheless, it does detail some of its findings — and confirms for the first time the spy ring’s existence, as well as its targeting of EU officials. “The intelligence officers used their…
Published on 01/07/2026 – 20:30 GMT+2 Europe is the fastest-warming continent on Earth, heating up at roughly twice the global average rate. As temperatures continue to rise, a critical question emerges: is Europe prepared for a hotter future? This question is the centre of this edition of The Ring from the European Parliament in Brussels, featuring Italian Green Benedetta Scuderi and German EPP Andrea Wechsler. The challenge goes far beyond climate policy. Cities are struggling to deal with extreme heat, energy systems are facing growing pressure, and governments are being forced to find new ways of protecting society’s most vulnerable.…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy cut short his visit to Dublin on Wednesday, warning that the Kremlin would soon launch a new large-scale attack on Ukraine. Zelenskyy was attending the first day of the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union and, during a press conference with Taoiseach Micheál Martin, told reporters he would leave Ireland immediately. “We know that Putin has been preparing this massive strike against Ukraine for some time,” Zelenskyy said. “Tonight, that is the threat we are facing,” he continued, warning his citizens to heed air raid alerts.
German prosecutors said on Wednesday they had brought charges against a suspect in the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipeline linking Russia with Europe. Federal prosecutors confirmed to the AFP news agency that a man had been charged over the explosion, with German media reporting that he was a Ukrainian national said to be the head of the team that carried out the operation. They named the man as Serhii K. and said he was the same suspect who was arrested in summer 2025 in Italy and extradited to Germany the following November. The reports say that he…