Ukraine has signed three new agreements with Denmark, Estonia and the Netherlands to share its battlefield-tested drone expertise, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday, as Kyiv seeks to strengthen defence cooperation with NATO allies amid continued Russian missile attacks.
Continue ReadingThe International Olympic Committee provisionally lifted its suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee on Tuesday, paving the way for Russian athletes and teams to move closer to competing under their flag and anthem at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, despite strong objections from Ukraine.
Continue ReadingUkraine still controls the strategically important eastern city of Kostiantynivka, President Volodymyr Zelensky and the General Staff said on Saturday, rejecting Russian claims that it has been captured. Russia’s military told President Vladimir Putin on Friday that its forces had taken control of Kostiantynivka, a target that Moscow has long sought in its advance through […]
Continue ReadingPope Leo XIV, who has sparred with the Trump administration over its immigration crackdown, spent the Fourth of July on Saturday in the epicenter of Europe’s migration debate to honor the tens of thousands of people who have died trying to reach Europe to find freedom and prosperity. While the United States marks the 250th […]
Continue ReadingThousands of demonstrators flooded a German city on Saturday, blocking major roads and disrupting public transport, in a bid to shut down the resurgent far-right AfD party’s annual congress and signalling their concern over echoes from Germany’s Nazi past. One of the party’s leaders said the protesters were “protesting against democratic decision-making”.
Continue ReadingThe EU is trying to assert its strategic independence in an unstable world – a world of bullies, as some members of the EU Parliament describe it. That means independence in matters of defence and energy supplies, but also in the whole field of tech. The European Commission says non-EU companies provide more than 80 […]
Continue ReadingFRANCE 24’s Europe Editor-in-Chief Caroline de Camaret hosts Maia Sandu, the President of Moldova. This in the context of an EU-Moldova summit held on June 22, 2026, in Brussels. The ex-Soviet republic of nearly 3 million people that borders Ukraine has opened its first “cluster” of negotiations to join the European Union. But, as it moves […]
Continue ReadingAs rising populism threatens freedom of expression, designers can no longer look away. Yohji Yamamoto rages, with clothes scorched by the sun. Issey Miyake celebrates the power of shadow. Jeanne Friot indicts the politicians. The IFM urges its students to push beyond limits. KML, the Saudi-born label, dismantles Western dress codes. And all of them are […]
Continue ReadingWhile the Lyhanna case in France has exposed the shortcomings of a fragmented system for dealing with sexual violence against minors, Belgium stands as a model with its Centres for the Care of Sexual Violence (CPVS). The centres are based on a simple principle: a victim only has to walk through one door to find a […]
Continue ReadingOn September 25, 2022, Giorgia Meloni made history by becoming the first female leader of an Italian government, with a powerful personal story – that of a child from a deprived neighbourhood of Rome reaching the summit of power thanks to her popularity. Three and a half years later, the honeymoon period seems to be over. […]
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