BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union ambassadors agreed on Friday formally to start accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova, the Belgian EU presidency said, adding this would take place at intergovernmental conferences on June 25. Belgium, which holds the six-month rotating presidency of the EU, said on social media post X that the decision should be …
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By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on the neo-Nazi Nordic Resistance Movement and several of its leaders, designating them terrorists as Washington seeks to combat violent white supremacy, the U.S. State Department said. The action designates Sweden-based NRM and three of its leaders as “specially designated global terrorists,” …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union failed on Friday to agree a 14th package of sanctions against Russia, EU diplomats said, as Germany held out over the extent to which EU companies would be responsible for sanctions violations. Officials from the 27 EU countries have been debating for more than a month on a package …
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By Vladimir Soldatkin MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin said on Friday Russia would end the war in Ukraine only if Kyiv agreed to drop its NATO ambitions and hand over the entirety of four provinces claimed by Moscow, demands Kyiv swiftly rejected as tantamount to surrender. On the eve of a conference in Switzerland to …
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By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine dismissed ceasefire conditions announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday as “absurd”, saying he was trying to mislead world powers and undermine genuine peace efforts. Putin said in a speech Russia would end the war in Ukraine only if Kyiv agreed to drop its NATO ambitions and …
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By Karolina Tagaris and Renee Maltezou ATHENS (Reuters) -Hundreds of demonstrators rallied in Athens on Friday to mark the one-year anniversary of a shipwreck that killed hundreds of migrants off Greece, demanding answers about the causes of the disaster and the fate of relatives. Up to 700 migrants from Pakistan, Syria and Egypt were crammed …
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PARIS (Reuters) – A Paris court ruled on Friday to overturn an earlier decision by France’s conservative Republicans party to expel Eric Ciotti as the party chief, said Ciotti, in a move that could boost the far-right National Rally party ahead of parliament elections. “The Paris court tribunal has suspended the move to expel me …
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HELSINKI (Reuters) – The Finnish Border Guard said on Friday it suspects four Russian military planes violated the Nordic country’s airspace on June 10. On Monday, Finland’s defence ministry said it suspected a Russian military plane of violating the airspace early on Monday for about two minutes. “As the investigation progresses, it has become apparent …
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ATHENS (Reuters) -Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is to reshuffle his cabinet after his centre-right party performed worse than expected in the European Parliament election. The new government’s composition will be announced by the government spokesman at 11:30 a.m. (0830 GMT), a statement by the prime minister’s office said. Mitsotakis’ New Democracy party, which has …
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By Martin Coulter LONDON (Reuters) – Senior bosses at leading French technology firms have warned curbs to immigration proposed by the far-right National Rally party pose a threat to the country’s ambition to become Europe’s leading AI hub. After heavy losses for his Renaissance party at the weekend’s European Parliament election, President Emmanuel Macron called …
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