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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz visited Kiev on Sunday to provide support and a new promise of financial assistance to Ukraine. This visit takes place at a time when the Ukrainian capital is facing a resurgence of Russian attacks, which targeted a bridge for the fourth day in a row.
Remco Evenepoel was crowned European champion for the first time on Sunday in Sencur, on the roads of Slovenia, where local hero Tadej Pogacar was missing. The Belgian cyclist ahead of the Italian Giulio Ciccone.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced a new aid package for Ukraine worth more than 1.3 billion euros ($1.5 billion) during a visit to Kyiv on Sunday marked by renewed Russian attacks on the Ukrainian capital, including the latest drone attack on a bridge spanning the Dnipro River.
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in Kiev on Sunday for a surprise visit, following a warning from Moscow calling on foreigners to leave the Ukrainian capital. Shortly after his arrival, a Russian strike hit the North Bridge in the Ukrainian capital. Follow live the events in Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that the US wants to broker a new round of talks with Ukraine and Russia on ending the war and hold it by the end of October. Earlier, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the city's Northern Bridge over the Dnipro River was again hit in a Russian attack during a visit by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Follow our liveblog for all the latest developments.
Bosnian voters vote on Sunday in a country still deeply divided between Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats, after years of political turmoil. The election also takes place in a context of declining purchasing power, while the main candidates defend very different visions of the future of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bosnians head to the polls Sunday in elections that could impact how much influence Russia has over the small Balkan nation, with separatist Serb leader Milorad Dodik dominating the campaign despite his ban from public office. Bosnia and Herzegovina, a country marred by ethnic tensions, has struggled to recover since its brutal 1992-95 conflict.
Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs was set to retain power and form a coalition after his centrist United List won parliamentary elections on Sunday, the biggest in the country's post-independence history. While the result is expected to reinforce the Baltic country’s pro-European and pro-Ukrainian stance, populist parties also made significant gains.
Approximately one sixth of the strategic oil reserves of the member States of the International Energy Agency have been exhausted since March. Donald Trump's government received satisfaction on Friday, when he had been calling on European states to release more diesel oil for several days. Explanation of these stocks in anticipation of crises.
France’s decision to share defence documents with the Italian judiciary has raised hopes of a breakthrough in investigations into the 1980 crash of a passenger jet near the island of Ustica, which a former Italian president claimed was mistakenly shot down by a French fighter jet. Sceptics caution that the files are unlikely to shed light on one of Italy’s most enduring mysteries, let alone reveal a culprit.
Tens of thousands of protesters marched in Madrid and other cities in Spain on Saturday to demand affordable housing, fuelled by anger at lawmakers who narrowly rejected measures put forward by the government of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to strengthen protection for tenants.
Latvia is not expected to shift its pro-Europe and pro-Ukraine trajectory, but coalition negotiations could be complex.
A large bridge in the Ukrainian capital was hit by Russian strikes, the second in a few days. After the South Bridge, targeted on Thursday and Friday, the North Bridge suffered damage on Saturday, including on the trolleybus roadway and cables. In parallel, Moscow once again called on foreigners to leave Kiev and threatened new "massive reprisal strikes".
Kyiv's Northern Bridge across the Dnipro river was hit by a Russian air attack, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said Saturday, deepening travel chaos amid an escalation in strikes on infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital. The latest attack comes a day after the city's Southern Bridge was hit by several strikes that officials said were "tearing Kyiv apart".
America’s fight over data centers is going global. Communities across Europe and Asia are pushing back over the rising costs of the AI infrastructure boom.
Ten years after the Brexit referendum, the hypothesis of a rapprochement between London and Brussels comes back into the British political debate. Prime Minister Andy Burnham even mentioned the possibility of the UK being reintegrated into the EU. While the prospect of a "Bretturn" seems still far away, "there is certainly much better to do than to maintain the status quo," says Sébastien Maillard, special adviser at the Jacques Delors Institute.
Demonstrators protesting against Spain's housing crisis reacted with fury on Friday after the country's parliament rejected two bills put forward by the government that centre-left Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez hoped would address their concerns. Rents have doubled over the past decade, with average prices now almost equivalent to the average young person's monthly salary.
US President Donald Trump says Europe agreed to release a ‘massive amount’ of diesel from emergency stockpiles.
