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Hungary has filed a 11-point plan to Kyiv on minority rights that includes the areas of education, language and cultural rights “These negotiations are proceeding very positively,” Magyar said. “We hope to conclude these technical-level negotiations as early as this week.” Ukraine hopes to join the EU as early as next year. But Budapest has […]

“We could fall behind. If Germany continues at this pace, in five years, the argument that we have operational experience and a certain culture will no longer hold water,” the French general said. “For the Americans, Germany is gradually becoming the European benchmark.” By 2029, Germany is expected to spend €153 billion a year on defense. […]

“Flights scheduled between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. will be delayed until after 9 p.m. if possible,” the airport said on its website. Brussels South Charleroi Airport said the surprise action had already “led to the cancellation of numerous flights between 6:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m.” The resumption of the strike in the afternoon is […]

The concerns relate to solar panels imported from China, which dominates global solar manufacturing. Campaigners and MPs accuse Beijing of forced labor abuses against the Uyghur population in the country’s northern Xinjiang province, including in solar manufacturing. Of seven companies given contracts to install solar panels on British schools last fall — funded partly by GB Energy — five could not guarantee there was no […]

Several projections, including by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, suggest that not only could this coming El Niño reach 2C, but it may far exceed that threshold.  The most recent El Niño, in 2023, ranked among the five strongest on record and helped turn 2024 into the world’s hottest year. WMO experts already […]

Budapest opposed Ukraine’s accession fiercely under former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, but the country’s new leadership has privately signaled openness to lifting its veto following a meeting on Monday between Ukrainian and Hungarian experts on the matter of minority rights for Hungarians living in Ukraine, said the diplomats, who were granted anonymity to speak about […]

“There are many who, ahead of the elections, are expecting support from the Russian Federation and are trying in any way to say the worst things about us,” Vučić said. “There is no talk of that, nor will such a decision be made. Even if they were to make it, it would be immediately revoked.” […]

Asked about missing exchanges with Mandelson on his personal phone, Thomas-Symonds said the pair had swapped messages of congratulations on their respective appointments, and were in a discussion about the former Labour peer’s campaign to be elected chancellor of Oxford University. U.K. lawmakers in February demanded the government publish communications between Mandelson, ministers, and officials […]