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EU ambassadors gave the green light to a joint declaration launching the Conference on the Future of Europe on Wednesday. The text set outs the structure, scope and timing of the conference. Until now, EU institutions have been locked in a debate on who should lead the conference, designed to involve EU citizens in policy-making. The EU's Portuguese presidency wants the conference to start on Europe's day (9 May).

Le nouveau film "Namaste wahala" est une comédie romantique sur un Indien et une Nigériane. Dans cette vidéo, des couples de mêmes origines nous parlent de leurs quotidiens et des similitudes avec le film.

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After Hungary, Slovakia has now also approved Sputnik V, and the governments of Poland and the Czech Republic are openly discussing following suit. Meanwhile Austria and Denmark have set their sights on a vaccination alliance with Israel. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen want to meet with Netanyahu on Thursday. Some observers see such unilateral efforts as reckless; others see no viable alternative for some states.

Just over two months after the transition period ended Brexit is clearly making itself felt in Europe's financial geography: Amsterdam's average daily trading volume has surged from 2.6 to 9.2 billion euros, while that of London has dropped from 17.5 billion to 8.6 billion - among other things because under the current rules EU shares traded in euros must be traded on EU exchanges. Commentators on both sides of the English Channel take a critical view of the trend.

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, was in office for just six years. But in that time he initiated radical changes with his glasnost and perestroika reform policies, which led to detente and rapprochement between the East and West. Commentators take stock on Gorbachev's 90th birthday.

After the liberal-conservative coalition in Lithuania put the Istanbul Convention and a law on the legalisation of civil partnerships between LGBT people on the agenda in autumn, the debate has now escalated. LGBT opponents have threatened the openly gay chairman of the country's Human Rights Committee and collected 300,000 signatures to depose him. At the same time, Catholic priests are also under attack.

The Finns have rediscovered the joys of the summer house in the pandemic. Holidays abroad were much more popular than the time- and money-consuming maintenance of a house in the countryside before the pandemic. But now there is a boom and even houses that have been empty for a long time are selling like hotcakes. However, opinions differ on how long this trend will last.