On Tuesday, Mount Etna erupted again in Sicily, spewing a large cloud of volcanic ash into the atmosphere, causing the operation of one of the local airports to be suspended. This was reported by ANSA. The company that operates Catania Airport suspended flights on Tuesday...
The Czech Republic has officially joined the international coalition to provide Ukraine with drones, led by Latvia and the United Kingdom. After the Czech Republic joined, the number of members of the ‘drone coalition’ increased to 16 countries. This was reported by the Latvian Ministry...
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, during a meeting with his EU counterparts, asked them to lift the restrictions imposed by their countries on Ukraine’s use of long-range weapons. TVN24 reported this with reference to Sikorski’s statement to journalists following the meeting in Brussels. Sikorski stressed...
The Council of the European Union has today extended economic sanctions against Russia over the ongoing war in Ukraine for the next six months, until the end of January 2025. This was reported by the press service of the EU Council. These are the sanctions...
Turkey is pushing for the renewal of the Black Sea Grain Agreement, which has been the framework for Ukraine’s maritime agricultural exports for the past year, operating without the participation or guarantees of the Russian Federation. Why now, and why include Russia? It’s likely because...
In the UK, Labour is swept to power: with more than half of the 650 seats claimed, Keir Starmer will become the new Prime Minister as the Labour Party secures a majority. Rishi Sunak congratulated his successor. “We’ve done it,” says Starmer. The Labour Party won the British general...
Greece has become the first EU country to introduce a six-day working week, in contrast to Europe, the US, Australia and Japan, which have been testing a four-day week, IN.gr and OT.gr report. The aim of the innovation is to improve the economy, which was undermined by the...
The Canadian Armed Forces will be led by a woman for the first time in history. Lieutenant General Jennie Carignan will be appointed Chief of Defence Staff. This was announced by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Since the establishment of this position in 1964, it has been...
The G7 summit held in Apulia, southern Italy, focused on the war in Ukraine, the conflict in Gaza, issues in Africa, illegal migration, and China’s aggressive trade expansion. Sustainable development goals, including climate challenges, were also extensively discussed. Five of the eleven points in the...
The 23rd Transylvania International Film Festival (TIFF.23) has begun in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. This festival is the largest in the country and one of the most significant annual events in Romania’s cultural calendar. Over 11 days, it will feature hundreds of film screenings, exhibitions, concerts,...
Today, Princess Kate Middleton of Wales made her first public appearance in six months after being diagnosed with cancer. She rode in a carriage with her three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, the Daily Mail reports. King Charles and Queen Camilla rode in...
An unprecedented number of participants – 101 delegations from countries and international organisations – have joined the inaugural Peace Summit, which began today in Switzerland, the Office of the President of Ukraine reports. Before the start of the inaugural Peace Summit, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met...
The opening match of Euro 2024 between Germany and Scotland ended with a 5-1 victory for the hosts at the Munich Stadium. For the first time in history, the opening match of the European Championships ended with a four-goal difference in favour of one of the...
The European Union ambassadors have agreed on a negotiating framework for Ukraine and Moldova’s accession to the EU. This is reported on the official website of the Belgian presidency of the EU Council. The first intergovernmental conference will be convened on 25 June. It will...
Over the past week, Ukraine has received another large batch of weapons from Germany, including air defence systems, tanks and armoured vehicles. This is evidenced by information on the German government’s website. It is noted that in total, the German government has transferred or pledged...
Romania will finance the training of Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets at its Fătesti air base. This was reported by Profit. According to the publication, the costs of training Ukrainian pilots and technical staff during their stay at the Romanian airbase will be covered...
The European Investment Bank (EIB) Group, in cooperation with the European Commission and the Government of Ukraine, signed a number of important projects and partnership agreements; funds in the amount of EUR 1 billion will be directed to Ukrainian business and the restoration of...
Ukraine was elected for the first time to the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage at UNESCO headquarters in Paris during the 10th session of the General Assembly of States Parties to the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible...
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has announced a new military aid package for Ukraine, which includes the provision of 100 missiles for Patriot air defence systems. Pistorius made this announcement during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as reported by Ukrinform. The announcement was...
The legendary American pop diva Madonna supported the Global Peace Summit in Switzerland and called for the fight for peace and protection of Ukrainian children. Madonna wrote about this on her Instagram. The singer reminded that on 15 June, world leaders will gather in...
Austria was the first to support stripping Hungary of its voting rights in the EU. Vengeance through the centuries. How would it be in German: this is for our Karl Habsburg, you bastards! Seriously though, the treachery of the Hungarians equals that of the...
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and First Lady Olena Zelenska took part in the official international ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy. The ceremony took place at the Omaha Beach memorial in the French city of Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer. The ceremony was attended...
Small Lithuania invites German Rheinmetall to produce ammunition, Italian troops train on firing ranges, and Estonia shows record defence spending relative to its GDP. Europe has begun to take the threat from Russia seriously. Global defence spending has reached record levels, surpassing that of...
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has approved the training of about 50 Ukrainian pilots on F-16 aircraft on Romanian territory, Ukrinform reported. The pilots will learn to operate F-16 aircraft at a military base in the city of Fătesti, in southern Romania. Iohannis also informed the parliament...
Germany has announced a new military aid package for Ukraine worth an estimated €500 million. This was announced by German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius at the Ramstein meeting, FAZ reports. Pistorius clarified that it is about additional supplies of ammunition and vehicles. “The delivery will...
Dutch metal band Within Temptation has filmed a new video for the song “A Fool’s Parade” in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Within Temptation announced this on Instagram. “We’ve just finished filming our music video for ‘A Fool’s Parade’ in Ukraine! We are incredibly grateful...
On March 26th, Warsaw and Berlin will kick off the “armoured coalition” for the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence of Poland, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, during a meeting with his German counterpart Boris...
Slovenia has joined the Czech-led initiative to purchase artillery ammunition for Ukraine outside of Europe. The government of Slovenia will allocate €1 million for this purpose, as reported on March 18 by the Slovenian Ministry of Defence, according to The Slovenian Times. The Slovenian government...
Ukrainian esports athlete Andriy “CIG_ST92_UA” Shakalov won Group G of the UEFA eEuro 2024 electronic football championship qualifying stage and secured one of the eight spots for the European championship, which will take place this summer in Germany. This information was reported by the Ukrainian Football...
Construction has begun on the largest NATO base in Europe in Romania, where up to 10,000 servicemen and their families will be accommodated. The Mihail Kogălniceanu military complex will cover an area of 2,800 hectares with a perimeter of 30 km. The preliminary cost...
Greece has become one of the countries that joined the Lithuanian-initiated demining coalition established within the framework of the Ramstein Contact Group on Ukraine’s defence. This was stated by Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias during his visit to Vilnius. In his speech, Dendias stressed Greece’s support...
The European Parliament will not observe the ongoing Russian presidential “elections” and will not comment on either the process or the results. This is stated in a statement by the co-chairs of the European Parliament’s Democracy and Electoral Coordination Group, MEPs David McAllister and Tomasz Tobé....
Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz is hosting President of France Emmanuel Macron and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Berlin on March 15 to discuss European unity in supporting Ukraine, as reported by The Guardian This meeting comes amidst differences in approaches between the assertive...
The heads of the foreign affairs committees of 20 countries issued a joint statement rejecting the legitimacy of the sham “elections” of the Russian president held in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. This was announced by the chairman of the Lithuanian parliamentary committee...
Ukrposhta, Ukraine’s national postal service provider, has partnered with DHL Global Match to provide transport and parcel services. From now on, Ukrainian entrepreneurs selling their goods on international marketplaces will have more confidence in stable delivery times. This was announced by the company’s CEO Igor...
At the 55th Conference on Lunar and Planetary Sciences held in The Woodlands, Texas, scientists announced the discovery of a massive volcano and a possible buried ice reservoir in its eastern part. The mountain, located on the planet’s equator and marked by cracks and...
Australian footballer Joshua Cavallo of Adelaide United, known as the world’s only openly gay professional footballer, announced his engagement to his partner, Layton Morrell. Cavallo shared the news on his Instagram along with photos of him proposing to Morrell on the Coopers Stadium field, the home...
The Committee on International Trade of the European Parliament has approved the extension of measures for trade liberalization to support Ukraine and Moldova. Specifically, the decision to extend the agreement with Ukraine was passed by a majority vote – 26 committee members voted in...
United Kingdom is prepared to release all frozen assets of the Russian Central Bank in the country to Ukraine on the condition that they are returned when Russia is compelled to pay reparations to Ukraine after the end of the war. This was stated...
A Russian missile attack near the motorcade of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who was on his way to a meeting with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, marked the visit of the Greek Prime Minister to Odesa, Protothema reports. Ukraine’s navy says five people were killed. The...
