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Can Eurovision succeed in uniting through music?

ADVERTISEMENTEuronews’ Eurovision aficionado Gerardo Fortuna, who has interviewed the show’s new top chief and several contestants, spoke with Radio Schuman about this year’s controversies and how organisers are working to ensure Eurovision doesn’t become a political competition.He delved into “flaggate”, this year’s favourites to win and why non-European countries participate.We…

Pope already hit with waves of misinformation a week into the job

ADVERTISEMENTOne week into his papacy, Pope Leo XIV has already found himself in the middle of multiple false narratives, much like Pope Francis before him.A social media post, for example, claims that an attached video shows the new pontiff deliberately snubbing and turning away from the LGBTQ rainbow flag as…

Trump says without the US, France would be speaking German, Japanese

ADVERTISEMENTUS President Donald Trump complained on Thursday that the US was the only country not celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Allied victory against Nazi Germany in the Second World War last week, even though “we won the war.”He made the comments during an address to US troops stationed in…

Brussels looking to beef up the EU’s collective defence clause

ADVERTISEMENTThe EU’s highest military body is looking into strengthening the bloc’s mutual defence clause with a view of boosting interoperability and military mobility among European armed forces as the US increasingly looks to the Asia-Pacific.Austrian General Robert Brieger stressed on Thursday following a gathering of the European Union Military Committee,…

Simion seeks diaspora support in Romanian presidential race last leg

ADVERTISEMENTHard-right Romanian presidential candidate George Simion is spending his last campaign days not in Romania, but on a foreign tour. Simion is seeking the decisive votes of the Romanian diaspora and spreading his message, garnering support and fostering future European alliances if he emerges victorious on Sunday.As the latest Romanian…

Post-war rules-based system is up for negotiation, Eurogroup head says

ADVERTISEMENTRules and institutions established under US leadership in the aftermath of World War II are up in the air and up for negotiation, Irish Finance Minister and Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe has told Euronews in an interview.With the United States threatening to withdraw defence support from Europe, the continent has…

Costa urges Kosovo to fulfil EU commitments on Western Balkans tour

ADVERTISEMENTEuropean Council President Antonio Costa continued his Western Balkans tour on Wednesday with a visit to Kosovo, another EU membership hopeful.Costa arrived in the capital Pristina during an institutional and parliamentary crisis. Even after three months of elections, the new parliament chair had not been chosen, and the new government…

Can Eurovision succeed in uniting through music?

ADVERTISEMENTRobinson, who as a member of the Elders group has met with key global figures including the late Pope Francis, French President Emmanuel Macron and China’s President Xi Jinping, criticised the United States for what she termed a “stupid” approach to climate change in an interview with Radio Schuman.She told…

Merz vows to keep US support for Ukraine as he addresses parliament

ADVERTISEMENTNewly appointed German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced on Wednesday his commitment to unify Europe and the United States in their strategy regarding Ukraine, strengthen Germany’s military to establish the most formidable conventional army in Europe, and reinvigorate the continent’s largest economy as a driving force for growth.Merz, the leader of…

Support grows for Dutch call to review EU-Israel ties over Gaza aid

ADVERTISEMENTA Dutch proposal to review the EU’s trade and cooperation with Israel over the situation in Gaza is steadily gaining support among a group of member states before it is set to be formally discussed by foreign ministers in Brussels next week.Belgium, Finland, France, Portugal and Sweden have all publicly…

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