Ahead of the first-ever EU–Armenia summit, FRANCE 24’s François Picard sits down with Armenia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ararat Mirzoyan, at the country’s newly inaugurated embassy in Paris. He presents a country at a pivotal juncture: one defined by the simultaneous consolidation of peace and strategic repositioning. He asserts that “we now have peace between Armenia […]
Continue ReadingAhead of the EU-Armenia summit, joining us from Armenia’s newly inaugurated embassy in Paris, France 24’s François Picard welcomes Armenia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ararat Mirzoyan, who presents a country at a pivotal juncture: one defined by the simultaneous consolidation of peace and strategic repositioning. He asserts that “we now have peace between Armenia and […]
Continue ReadingUrsula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, with Volodymyr Zelenskyj at a meeting in Brussels in 2025.Image: Keystone analysis Ukraine’s military know-how is the best defense against a Russian attack. April 29, 2026, 7:59 p.mApril 29, 2026, 7:59 p.m follow me There are so many different ways to worry: While in Washington, after […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 04/29/2026 – 19:52 GMT+2•Updated 19:57 China has called on EU member states to revise the bloc’s proposed “Made in Europe” legislation, according to Suo Peng, trade and economy minister at China’s mission in Brussels. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The European Union is currently debating the draft, which was unveiled by the European Commission in March […]
Continue ReadingThe final operation to save the whale is being closely followed, after the failure of earlier attempts.
Continue ReadingPublished on 04/29/2026 – 18:54 GMT+2 An international taskforce formed to crack down on “violence for hire” has led to 280 arrests in its first year, the European Union’s police agency Europol said on Wednesday. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The arrests underscore a trend across the continent of criminals hiring people, many of them youngsters, via social […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 04/29/2026 – 17:47 GMT+2 Women MEPs will be allowed to delegate their vote to a colleague before and after childbirth, thanks to a new measure aimed at strengthening work-life balance – despite claims that it runs against the European Parliament’s gender equality policy. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The changes, adopted by MEPs in Strasbourg on […]
Continue ReadingThe Iran war has already cost the Pentagon $25 billion, a top Defense Department official said Wednesday, providing the first official price tag for a U.S. military campaign that has stretched two months. Acting Pentagon comptroller Jules Hurst gave the figure during a House Armed Services Committee hearing alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint […]
Continue ReadingApril 29, 2026, 5:08 p.mApril 29, 2026, 6:03 p.m Russia’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Sakharova. (Archive image, January 2026)Image: keystone The Russian Foreign Ministry has accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of provoking a nuclear war and threatened Europe with the consequences. Ukraine is shelling the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, and Zelensky is demanding not only […]
Continue ReadingThe values enshrined in Article 2 of the EU treaty and the Charter of Fundamental Rights must be upheld in all EU policies and fully enforced by member states, Parliament says in a report adopted by 328 votes in favour, 199 against and with 98 abstentions. MEPs warn that fundamental rights violations, democratic backsliding, political […]
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