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Back to homepage / Shows / arts24 Issued on: 26/02/2024 – 18:47 12:38 arts24 © FRANCE 24 Violinist Alena Baeva is Russian, Luxembourgish Polish and Ukrainian. With her Ukrainian husband, the pianist Vadym Kholodenko, she has just released a new album entitled “Fantasy”, which revisits dream-tinted music by Franz Schubert, Igor Stravinsky, Robert Schumann and Olivier Messiaen. The duo are currently touring the record and the award-winning soloist stopped by arts24 to tell us more about it. We also take a look at other new collaborative albums including Ye (Kanye West) and Ty Dolla Sign’s “Vultures 1”, as well as Liam…

Farmers faced off with riot police in Brussels streets paralysed by tractors on Monday, as EU ministers huddled to try to streamline rules and red tape that are fuelling protests across the bloc.  Issued on: 26/02/2024 – 16:55 3 min An estimated 900 tractors brought the city’s European quarter to a halt — for the second time in a month — with farmers hurling eggs, burning tyres and setting off fireworks while officers fired water cannon and tear gas to press them back.While the day saw no serious clashes, it represented a new show of force in the Europe-wide farmers’…

Back to homepage / Shows / Focus Issued on: 26/02/2024 – 13:25Modified: 26/02/2024 – 13:29 06:14 FOCUS © FRANCE 24 In Israel, ultra-Orthodox Jews make up 15 percent of the population and enjoy a special status. They do not pay certain taxes and are exempt from military service, a privilege that has been questioned by some politicians since the war against Hamas broke out. But following the October 7 attacks, thousands of young ultra-Orthodox men have come forward to volunteer in the armed forces, even if their families don’t always support them in this endeavour. Our team on the ground reports.…

Associates of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Monday that talks were underway shortly before his death to exchange him for a Russian imprisoned in Germany. Issued on: 26/02/2024 – 15:38 2 min “Alexei Navalny could have been sitting here now, today. It’s not a figure of speech,” Maria Pevchikh, who lives outside Russia, said in a video statement. She said she received confirmation the talks were in the “final stages” on Feb. 15, the day before Navalny was reported dead. According to Pevchikh, Navalny and two U.S. citizens held in Russia were supposed to be swapped for Vadim Krasikov. He…

A French journalist has been arrested and detained in Ethiopia since February 22 on suspicions of conspiring “to create chaos” in the country, his employer, the specialist publication Africa Intelligence, announced on Monday. Issued on: 26/02/2024 – 10:30 3 min Antoine Galindo had travelled to Ethiopia to cover the African Union summit earlier this month for the specialist publication Africa Intelligence.Following his arrest on Thursday, he was brought before a judge on Saturday, who ordered his detention extended until March 1, Africa Intelligence said, condemning the “unjustified arrest”.”These spurious accusations are not based on any tangible evidence that might justify…

Issued on: 26/02/2024 – 10:57 Agriculture ministers from around the European Union are gathering in Brussels this Monday to discuss ways to address demands of protesting farmers. In today’s Business Daily, we look at some of the proposals put forward by the EU Commission to make things easier for farmers. Also in this edition, FRANCE 24’s Emerald Maxwell takes a look at a type of online scam called “pig butchering”, where users of dating websites fall for fake crypto investments. Source link

At least 15 civilians were killed and two others injured during a “terrorist” attack on a Catholic church during Sunday mass in northern Burkina Faso, a senior church official said. Issued on: 25/02/2024 – 18:55 1 min “We bring to your attention a terrorist attack which the Catholic community of Essakane village was the victim of today, February 25, while they were gathered for Sunday prayer,” the vicar of the Dori diocese, Jean-Pierre Sawadogo, said in a statement sent to AFP.The provisional toll was 15 killed and two wounded, he added.Calling for peace and security in Burkina Faso, Sawadogo denounced…

French President Emmanuel Macron is due to host European leaders Monday for a conference aimed at strengthening Western support for Ukraine, two years into the Russian invasion Issued on: 26/02/2024 – 04:23 2 min The meeting in Paris will be a chance for participants to “reaffirm their unity as well as their determination to defeat the war of aggression waged by Russia in Ukraine”, the French presidency said.It also signals Macron’s eagerness to present himself as a European champion of Ukraine’s cause, amid growing fears that American support could wane in the coming years.”Battered and bruised, but still standing. Ukraine…

The world’s trade ministers gathered in the UAE on Monday for a high-level WTO meeting with no clear prospects for breakthroughs, amid geopolitical tensions and disagreements. Issued on: 26/02/2024 – 04:03 3 min The World Trade Organisation’s 13th ministerial conference (MC13), scheduled to run until Thursday in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, is the first in two years.The WTO is hoping for progress, particularly on fishing, agriculture and electronic commerce.But big deals are unlikely as the body’s rules require full consensus among all 164 member states — a tall order in the current climate.”I don’t have…

Hungary is expected to ratify Sweden’s NATO accession on Monday, clearing the last hurdle before the historic step by the Nordic country whose neutrality lasted through two world wars and the simmering conflict of the Cold War. Issued on: 26/02/2024 – 05:10Modified: 26/02/2024 – 05:21 2 min The Hungarian parliament’s vote, which is expected to pass smoothly after a visit by Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson last Friday during which the two countries signed an arms deal, will end months of delays to complete Sweden’s security policy shift.Stockholm abandoned its non-alignment policy for greater safety within the North Atlantic Treaty…