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Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo called the reports "truly sad news"

It was the second disruption in a week, after a Ukrainian drone attack on a pumping station in Russia’s Bryansk region briefly stopped flows last week

Wagenknecht will no longer be represented in the party’s name

From 14 to 17 April 2025, the 7-Member delegation of the Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE) conducted a mission to Chișinău, Moldova and Odesa, Ukraine, reaffirming its strategic commitment to supporting the security, resilience, and democratic integrity of the EU's eastern partners and candidate countries. This marks SEDE’s second visit to Moldova in two years and SEDE’s first visit to Odesa since the start of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.
Location : Chisinau (Moldova), Odesa (Ukraine)
SEDE mission report including the final programme
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A 4-Member delegation of the Committee on Security and Defence travelled to Bosnia and Herzegovina to visit the EU’s EUFOR Althea operation. This was already the second visit of the SEDE Committee within two years (the last one as the Subcommittee in 2023) showing the keen interest of this committee to monitor the evolving security situation in a key country of the Western Balkans.
Location : Bosnia and Herzegovina
SEDE mission report including the programme
Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

A 6-Member delegation of the Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE) travelled from 5 to 8 February 2025 to Israel and Palestine. This was the first mission of SEDE as a fully-fledged Committee, reflecting SEDE’s strong interest and commitment to supporting the scaling-up of EU support to the region, in particular through the two CSDP missions.
Location : Israel and Palestine
SEDE report including the programme
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The latest deal proposes is said to include an initial 60-day truce, a partial hostage release, the freeing of some Palestinian prisoners and provisions allowing for the entry of aid

The parliamentary election set for spring 2026 is shaping up Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's toughest challenge to date

The church is one of 23 cultural buildings relocated to the new Kiruna town centre to make way for the expansion of Europe's biggest underground mine

European leaders left Washington relieved but empty-handed – for now

Macron said Switzerland would be an ideal “neutral country” for a Putin-Zelenskyy summit, while warning that recognising land grabs by force would “open a Pandora’s box"

Une vierge jurée, son père et la petite-fille de celui-ci. Avec L'Homme de la maison, présenté ce mardi au Festival de Sarajevo, le réalisateur Andamion Murataj percute les schémas ancestraux avec les réalités de l'Albanie contemporaine. Entretien.

- Articles / Albanie, Courrier des Balkans, Culture et éducation

The European Parliament is in recess over the summer from 28 July to 22 August 2025.

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A single hornet can kill up to 50 bees per day

Voltaire Cousteau’s rules may have been written as parody in 1973, but their relevance today is deadly serious. The waters of geopolitics are infested

"I think that the European nations are going to take a lot of the burden and we’re going to help them" the US President said

Security guarantees, not concessions, top Ukraine allies’ agenda

The only effective deterrent is to create a credible threat that Moscow cannot beat, with much less wriggle room for would-be protectors to soften their commitment

Henrik Landerholm, who resigned in January over the scandal, left documents in an unlocked locker at a hotel in March 2023

Aux côtés de Jean-Luc Soulé, président fondateur du Festival, une équipe de bénévoles et de salariés, efficaces et passionnés, s'engage toute l'année pour porter et développer le Festival et ses activités artistiques ou solidaires. Cette mobilisation est soutenue par de fidèles mécènes et partenaires publics et privés depuis trente-cinq ans.
Le Festival du Périgord Noir tient à remercier chaleureusement tous ceux qui ont choisi de s'investir dans le quotidien du Festival et d'en soutenir (…)

- Agenda / France - Régions, Albanie