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State of the Union: EU elections plunge France into uncertainty

This edition of State of the Union focuses on the outcome of the European elections that led French president Macron to call for a national vote in a few weeks - plunging France into political uncertainty. Another topic: a week of intense diplomatic activity over Ukraine.

Europe News

Switzerland to host Ukrainian Peace Summit, but without Russia

About 90 countries and organisations will attend the summit in Buergenstock, but Russia's absence looms over the event.

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WATCH: At least 9 killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine

Strikes hit a residential building in Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's hometown, on Wednesday.

Ukraine

Russian bombing kills 9 as Biden approves new missile system transfer

Follow the latest updates from the war in Ukraine.

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Ukraine Recovery Conference head resigns in bitter row with Kyiv

Mustafa Nayyem's resignation comes only a day before the Ukraine Recovery Conference kicks off in Berlin.

Design

Here's how you can win a limited edition Ukrainian landmark LEGO set

The limited edition LEGO sets are being raffled off in order to help fund a school's rebuilding in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

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Voter turnout in Latvia slightly up on 2019 data

According to opinion polls carried out in February and May by the research centre Norstat together with the public broadcaster LSM, around a third of respondents said they had no interest in the EU elections.

France

Ukraine's president meets Macron in Paris to secure more military aid

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is on his fourth visit to France since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.

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Brussels says Ukraine and Moldova ready for EU membership talks

Diplomatic sources say Hungary is threatening to derail the opening of accession negotiations.

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Pyrotechnic operations in Zaporizhzhia region

Pyrotechnics have destroyed over a thousand explosive devices in the Zaporizhzhia region since early this year, primarily enemy cluster munitions on land and S-300 fragments in water.

Culture news

Ukraine's biggest music festival to return this July

ATLAS festival returns to Kyiv, renamed as ATLAS UNITED, for the first time since Russia's invasion.

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Twelve EU states push for progress on Ukraine and Moldova’s accession

The twelve capitals say formal talks on both countries’ EU membership bids should be convened ‘by the end of June’.

Art

'Ukraine and Ukrainians': The art album preserving a nation's memories

Presented by GUNIA Project x Honchar Museum, the album features 130 sheets of photographs and sketches by the renowned Ukrainian artist Ivan Honchar.

Europe News

Ukraine update: Russia hits civilian targets in Dnipro and Kherson

The latest updates from the war in Ukraine.

Europe Decoded

Euroviews. The EU must foster deeper defence integration with accession countries

Today’s situation demands the EU to put foreign and defence policy alignment into the heart of the enlargement process, Laurence Boone and Nicu Popescu write.

Europe News

Let us strike Russian territory, Zelenskyy asks Western allies

Since the start of the war, Western allies have asked Ukraine to refrain from using their donated weapons to strike deep inside Russia.

Europe News

Putin will win if Biden doesn't show up at peace summit: Zelenskyy

US President Joe Biden has not yet confirmed whether he will attend the upcoming peace summit in Switzerland.

Ukraine

G7 eyes frozen Russian assets for Ukraine as US sends more aid

Washington has announced €253 million in military assistance for Ukraine as G7 nations say they will explore ways of using frozen Russian assets to help Kyiv.

Europe News

Putin afraid of what peace summit can achieve: Zelenskyy

Ukraine's president said his Russian counterpart was scared of the June summit that was "capable of forcing Russia into peace."

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State of the Union: Europe's divisions over the Middle East

This edition of State of the Union focuses on the divisions within the EU over the Middle East, western hesitations to arm Ukraine, Moldova's growing ties with the EU and the release of a commemorative coin to remember D-Day.

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