Author: Euronews

Estonia’s ruling party has chosen Climate Minister Kristen Michal to replace outgoing leader Kaja Kallas as the Baltic state’s new prime minister. Source link

The farmers Euronews spoke to in Braslou, a village of 315 inhabitants in southern Touraine, shared the feeling familiar among large parts of rural France: they have been forgotten and abandoned by politicians and authorities alike. ADVERTISEMENTAlthough the far-right won a large majority in rural France in the European elections on 9 June, French farmers are not its strongest supporters. And while some are tempted to vote for the National Rally (RN) in the upcoming snap legislative elections, others doubt its ability to work for them and their interests. European subsidies, though criticised, are essential to their survival. At the…

The far-right Alternative for Germany opened a convention on Saturday after a strong performance in the recent European election, as protesters gathered outside. Source link

Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dačić said in a statement that the attacker fired a crossbow bolt at the officer, hitting him in the neck. ADVERTISEMENTAn attacker with a crossbow wounded a Serbian police officer guarding the Israeli Embassy in Belgrade on Saturday, Serbia’s interior ministry said, and the officer then shot the assailant in retaliation.Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said in a statement that the attacker fired a bolt at the officer, hitting him in the neck. He said the officer then “used a weapon in self-defence to shoot the attacker, who died as a result of his injuries.”The policeman was…

Jose Manuel Albares’ pledge to remove Francoist symbols blocked after court orders portrait of General Francisco Gómez-Jordana y Sousa to be rehung. Source link

The ten Ukrainian prisoners, two of them monks, were reunited with their families at Kyiv’s international airport. Source link

Sidra Medicine in Qatar is one of the world’s leading hospitals for women and children. CEO Doctor Iyabo Tinubu-Karch is paving the way for a new way to care for the sickest patients. Her vision for personalised healthcare is inspiring clinicians and civil society alike. Source link

Video. Left-wing news outlet Fanpage claimed it had video evidence of some National Youth members using racist slurs and making a Nazi salute. Source link

As Ukrainian contemporary culture today battles an existential threat, a London exhibition explores how modernism in Ukraine flourished against the turbulent political backdrop of the early 20th century. ADVERTISEMENTBilled as the most comprehensive UK exhibition about Ukrainian modernist art, In the Eye of the Storm opens at London’s Royal Academy of Arts on Saturday.The show covers modernism in Ukraine from 1900-1930, a tumultuous period that included the First World War and the creation of the Soviet Union, and gave rise to bold creative experimentation. Among the over 60 works on show – ranging from sketches and collage to designs for theatre…

In this edition, we learn why scientists reckon current southern European heatwaves are a direct consequence of climate change, and how recent elections might affect EU environmental targets. ADVERTISEMENTThis week, with all eyes on an EU summit that filled Brussels’ top job vacancies, Méabh Mc Mahon spoke to Belgian climate activist Adelaide Charlier, corporate lobbyist Connor Allen and EU policy specialist Julian Parodi from EPICO.Panelists considered what message European voters sent when they went to polls last May, and what impact that could have on EU climate legislation. Complaints that EU environmental law is becoming an expensive imposition may have…