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By Alessandra Galloni NEW YORK (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday Ukraine would still try to deliver battlefield results by the end of the year and that he remained sure Kyiv would eventually have success in the war despite difficulties at the front. Acknowledging the slow progress of Kyiv’s counteroffensive in the occupied …

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(Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy spoke at the Reuters NEXT conference in New York in an interview by video link on Wednesday. Following are excerpts of his comments. EU MEMBERSHIP BID “Today is a successful day … Reforms are also fighting – with an old system. Of course, we need it to become a member …

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By Alvise Armellini ROME (Reuters) -Albania will hold a maximum of 3,000 migrants at any one time under a deal announced this week allowing Italy to build two migrant reception and detention camps there, official documents showed on Wednesday. The scheme is the first example of a non-EU country accepting migrants on behalf of an …

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By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) – Portuguese green energy investments that require European Union funds and the privatisation of airline TAP are among the projects at risk of being derailed in the wake of Prime Minister Antonio Costa’s resignation, experts said on Wednesday. Costa resigned after an investigation into alleged corruption in his inner circle …

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By Gabriela Baczynska and Marine Strauss BRUSSELS/KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy praised as a “historic step” a recommendation by the European Union executive on Wednesday to invite Kyiv to begin membership talks as soon as it meets final conditions, even as it fights to repel Russia’s war. The recommendation by the European Commission is …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the West on Wednesday of provoking crises on the global oil and gas market by rushing to switch to green energy and imposing pressure on other countries to do the same. “In fact, the reasons for the negative phenomena in the energy sector were the irresponsible …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that United Nations attempts to revive the Black Sea grain initiative were still bearing no results. Russia withdrew in July from the deal which had allowed Ukraine to safely export grain from its Black Sea ports despite the war. Since then it has frequently …

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